{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} {{TennisEventInfo|1983|South Australian Open| | date=29 December – 2 January 1984 | edition=81st | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | prize_money=$75,000 | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Grass court|Grass]] / outdoor | location=[[Adelaide]], Australia | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bauer]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1983 Adelaide – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/adelaide/7308/1983/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Craig A. Miller]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Sherbeck]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1983 Adelaide – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/adelaide/7308/1983/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> }}
The '''1983 South Australian Open''' was a men's professional [[tennis]] tournament held in [[Adelaide]], Australia. The event was part of the [[1983 Grand Prix (tennis)|1983 Grand Prix circuit]] and was played on outdoor [[grass court]]s. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 29 December to 2 January 1984. Fifth-seeded [[Mike Bauer]] won the singles title.<ref name=wot1984>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1984 : The Official Yearbook of the [[International Tennis Federation]]|year=1984|publisher=Willow Books|location=London|isbn=0002181223|page=160|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1983 South Australian Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Bauer]] defeated {{flagicon|CSK}} [[Miloslav Mečíř]] 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 * It was Bauer's 3rd title of the year, and the 8th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1983 South Australian Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Craig A. Miller]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Sherbeck]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Broderick Dyke]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Frawley]] 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 * It was Miller's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Sherbeck's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/adelaide/aus/1983/m-gp-aus-04a-1983/draws-and-results/ ITF – tournament edition details]
{{South Australian Championships South Australian Open tournaments|state=collapsed}} {{1983 Volvo Grand Prix}}
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