The 1983 Australian Open was a tennis

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 tournament played on grass court

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s at the Kooyong Stadium

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 in Melbourne

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 in Victoria

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 in Australia

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. It was the 72nd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 29 November through 11 December 1983.

Men's Singles

  Mats Wilander

Mats Wilander

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defeated   Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl

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 6–3, 6–3, 6–2

• It was Wilander's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.

Women's Singles

  Martina Navratilova defeated   Kathy Jordan

Kathy Jordan

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 6–2, 7–6 (7–5)

• It was Navratilova's 22nd career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title.

Men's Doubles

  Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson

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/   Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee

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defeated   Steve Denton

Steve Denton

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 /   Sherwood Stewart

Sherwood Stewart

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 6–3, 7–6

• It was Edmondson's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 4th Australian Open title. It was McNamee's 4th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Women's Doubles

  Martina Navratilova /   Pam Shriver

Pam Shriver

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defeated   Anne Hobbs

Anne Hobbs

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 /   Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...

 6–4, 6–7, 6–2

• It was Navratilova's 23rd career Grand Slam title and her 5th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 6th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title.

Boys' Singles

  Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

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defeated   Simon Youl

Simon Youl

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 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

  Amanda Brown defeated   Bernadette Randall 7–6, 6–3

Boys' Doubles

  Jamie Harty /   Desmond Tyson defeated   Darren Cahill

Darren Cahill

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 /   Anthony Lane 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' Doubles

  Bernadette Randall /   Kim Staunton defeated   Jenny Byrne

Jenny Byrne

Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 45 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles...

 /   Janine Thompson 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

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