1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles

The 1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from July 12 through July 18, 1982. The draw comprised 32 teams of which eight were seeded. Pavel Složil and Raúl Ramírez were the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. The eighth-seeded team of Craig Wittus and Steve Meister won the title by defeating the unseeded team of Freddie Sauer and Schalk van der Merwe in the final, 6–2, 6–3.[1]

Doubles
1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Craig Wittus
United States Steve Meister
Runner-upSouth Africa Freddie Sauer
South Africa Schalk van der Merwe
Score6–2, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Seeds

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  1.   Raúl Ramírez /   Van Winitsky (semifinals)
  2.   José Luis Damiani /   Ricardo Ycaza (semifinals)
  3.   John Alexander /   Syd Ball (second round)
  4.   Chris Dunk /   Matt Mitchell (second round)
  5.   Mike Bauer /   Derek Tarr (First round)
  6.   David Graham /   Mel Purcell (second round)
  7.   Danie Visser /   Tian Viljoen (quarterfinals)
  8.   Steve Meister /   Craig Wittus (champions)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Raúl Ramírez
  Van Winitsky
6 3
8   Steve Meister
  Craig Wittus
7 6
8   Steve Meister
  Craig Wittus
6 6
  Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe
2 3
  Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe
6 5 6
2   José Luis Damiani
  Ricardo Ycaza
3 7 2

Top half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Raúl Ramírez
  Van Winitsky
6 6
  Jonathan Canter
  John Ross
2 3 1   Raúl Ramírez
  Van Winitsky
6 6
  Alejandro Ganzábal
  Alejandro Gattiker
6 7   Alejandro Ganzábal
  Alejandro Gattiker
3 2
  Gonzalo Núñez
  Hugo Núñez
0 6 1   Raúl Ramírez
  Van Winitsky
3 6 6
  Bruce Kleege
  Bill Maze
6 6   Bruce Kleege
  Bill Maze
6 2 0
  Mark Dickson
  Pender Murphy
3 4   Bruce Kleege
  Bill Maze
5 7 7
6   David Graham
  Mel Purcell
1 6 7 6   David Graham
  Mel Purcell
7 5 6
  Jiří Granát
  John James
6 4 6 1   Raúl Ramírez
  Van Winitsky
6 3
4   Chris Dunk
  Matt Mitchell
6 6 6 8   Steve Meister
  Craig Wittus
7 6
  Hans Gildemeister
  Mario Martinez
7 0 3 4   Chris Dunk
  Matt Mitchell
5 6
  Brad Drewett
  Scott McCain
3 7 6   Brad Drewett
  Scott McCain
7 7
  John Hayes
  Cary Leeds
6 6 4   Brad Drewett
  Scott McCain
4 7 2
  Mike Cahill
  Jay Lapidus
7 6 8   Steve Meister
  Craig Wittus
6 6 6
  David Dowlen
  Jeff Turpin
5 3   Mike Cahill
  Jay Lapidus
6 6 0
8   Steve Meister
  Craig Wittus
6 6 8   Steve Meister
  Craig Wittus
3 7 6
  Ángel Giménez
  Gabriel Urpí
1 3

Bottom half

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First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
  Bernard Fritz
  Gilles Moretton
6 6
5   Mike Bauer
  Derek Tarr
4 4   Bernard Fritz
  Gilles Moretton
6 6
  Rick Fagel
  Diego Pérez
6 4 6   Rick Fagel
  Diego Pérez
1 3
  Bob Berger
  Blaine Willenborg
3 6 2   Bernard Fritz
  Gilles Moretton
6 4
  Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe
7 7   Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe
7 6
  Tom Cain
  Eric Fromm
6 6   Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe
3 6 6
3   John Alexander
  Syd Ball
6 7 3   John Alexander
  Syd Ball
6 3 4
  Mark Darby
  Todd Lundy
2 5   Freddie Sauer
  Schalk van der Merwe
6 5 6
7   Danie Visser
  Tian Viljoen
7 6 2   José Luis Damiani
  Ricardo Ycaza
3 7 2
  Glen Holroyd
  Eric Sherbeck
6 4 7   Danie Visser
  Tian Viljoen
7 6
  Matt Anger
  Mike Leach
6 6   Matt Anger
  Mike Leach
5 3
  Juan Avendaño
  Bernhard Pils
2 2 7   Danie Visser
  Tian Viljoen
4 4
  Ion Țiriac
  Guillermo Vilas
6 7 2   José Luis Damiani
  Ricardo Ycaza
6 6
  Marcel Freeman
  Rodney Harmon
4 6   Ion Țiriac
  Guillermo Vilas
6 6 6
2   José Luis Damiani
  Ricardo Ycaza
6 6 2   José Luis Damiani
  Ricardo Ycaza
7 4 7
  Ricardo Acuña
  Erick Iskersky
4 3

References

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  1. ^ "1982 Boston – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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