1983 Head Cup
Encyclopedia
The 1983 Head Cup was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
in Kitzbuhel
, Austria
that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
. The tournament was held from July 18 through July 24, 1983.
Pascale Paradis
defeated
Petra Huber 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Chris Newton / Pam Whytcross
defeated Nathalie Herreman
/ Pascale Paradis
2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
in Kitzbuhel
Kitzbühel
-Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 11th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 1983, and concluded on December 11, 1983 after 56 events....
. The tournament was held from July 18 through July 24, 1983.
Women's Singles
Pascale ParadisPascale Paradis
Pascale Paradis-Mangon is a former professional tennis player from France.Paradis was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon in 1988 before falling to Steffi Graf....
defeated
Petra Huber 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
- It was Paradis' 1st career title.
Women's Doubles
Chris Newton / Pam WhytcrossPam Whytcross
Pam Whytcross is a former professional tennis player from Australia. In a nine-year professional career beginning in 1977, Whytcross won 3 doubles titles and was a losing finalist with Naoko Satō at the 1978 Australian Open. In singles Whytcross' best Grand Slam results were at Melbourne and...
defeated
Nathalie HerremanNathalie Herreman
Nathalie Herreman is a former professional tennis player . She was born in France on March 28, 1966 and played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won a singles title in 1986 in Perugia and reached the 4th round at Wimbledon in 1990.-Singles 1 :...
/
Pascale ParadisPascale Paradis
Pascale Paradis-Mangon is a former professional tennis player from France.Paradis was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon in 1988 before falling to Steffi Graf....
2–6, 6–4, 7–6
- It was Newton's only career title. It was Whytcross' 1st career title.