1983 Donnay Open – Doubles

Doubles
1983 Donnay Open
Champions Bernard Boileau
Libor Pimek
Runners-up Bernard Fritz
Jean-Louis Haillet
Score6–3, 6–4
Draw16
Seeds4

Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah and were the defending champions, but Noah did not compete this year. Leconte teamed up with Gilles Moretton and lost in the first round to Henrik Sundström and Magnus Tideman.

Bernard Boileau and Libor Pimek won the title by defeating Bernard Fritz and Jean-Louis Haillet 6–3, 6–4 in the final.[1][2]

This tournament saw an unusual outcome, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in the first round.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 H Gildemeister
B Prajoux
6 2 5
P Cash
M Leach
1 6 7 P Cash
M Leach
3 7 6
F Segărceanu
J Windahl
7 3 7 F Segărceanu
J Windahl
6 5 3
M Martínez
P Rebolledo
5 6 5 P Cash
M Leach
6 3
3 P Arraya
I Năstase
6 6 6 B Fritz
JL Haillet
7 6
T Delatte
M Purcell
2 7 8 T Delatte
M Purcell
4 2
B Fritz
JL Haillet
3 7 6 B Fritz
JL Haillet
6 6
A Brichant
C Limberger
6 6 0 B Fritz
JL Haillet
3 4
D Bedel
G Ocleppo
6 6 B Boileau
L Pimek
6 6
D Pérez
J Velasco Sr.
2 2 D Bedel
G Ocleppo
H Sundström
M Tideman
6 6 H Sundström
M Tideman
w/o
4 H Leconte
G Moretton
3 4 H Sundström
M Tideman
0 3
B Boileau
L Pimek
6 6 B Boileau
L Pimek
6 6
H Kary
C Panatta
1 2 B Boileau
L Pimek
6 7
A Maurer
W Popp
7 6 A Maurer
W Popp
2 6
2 JL Damiani
C Motta
6 2

References

  1. ^ Delanoë, Régis (16 April 2015). "Bernard Boileau, a (sad) Belgian history". We Are Tennis by BNP Paribas. Retrieved 25 November 2024. That season, he also won also his only ATP title: the Open de Nice in doubles with the Czechoslovak Libor Pimek.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1984). World of Tennis 1984 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Willow Books. p. 156. ISBN 0002181223.