1983 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1983 Virginia Slims Championships
Champions	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
Runners-up	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff
Score	7–5, 6–2

Two-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Eva Pfaff in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1983 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's sixth Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's third.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the semifinals.

1. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
2. Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (semifinals)
3. Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
4. Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh (quarterfinals)
5. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Eva Pfaff (final)
6. Billie Jean King / Candy Reynolds (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
		BYE
								1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6
								6	Billie Jean King Candy Reynolds	2	4
	3	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6	2
	6	Billie Jean King Candy Reynolds	7	6
															1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7	6
															5	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	5	2
	5	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	7	3	6
	4	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	6	6	3
								5	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff	4	6	6
								2	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6	3	2
		BYE
	2	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith

External links

• 1983 Virginia Slims Championships Doubles Draw Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine