The 1982 World Championship Tennis Finals was a tennis

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 indoor carpet courts. It was the 12th edition of the WCT Finals

WCT Finals

The WCT Finals was a tennis tournament that served as the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis circuit. The event was held annually in Dallas, Texas, and played on indoor carpet courts. The 1971 quarterfinals and semifinals were played in Houston, and final played at Moody...

 and was part of the 1982 World Championship Tennis circuit since World Championship Tennis

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 had split from the Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was played at the Reunion Arena

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 in Dallas, Texas

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 in the United States

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 and began on April 20, 1982.

Men's Singles

  Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl

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defeated   John McEnroe

John McEnroe

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6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

• It was Lendl's 7th title of the year and the 26th of his career.