The 1983 Fila Europa Cup was a women's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor clay courts in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, West Germany that was part of Category 2 of the

1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series The 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 13th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 1983, and concluded on March 4, 1984, after 64 events. The Virginia Slims World Championship ...

. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 4 July through 10 July 1983. First-seeded

Andrea Temesvári Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career. Born in Budapest, Temesvári began playing tennis at age nine. S ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Eva Pfaff Eva Pfaff (born 10 February 1961) is a German former professional tennis player. Career During her career, she won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Her peak world rankings in the sport were 17th in singles (in 1983) an ...

6–4, 6–2 *It was Temesvari's 2nd title of the year and of her career.

Doubles

Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, a ...

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (''née'' Kohde; born 11 December 1963) is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of ...

defeated Ivanna Madruga-Osses /

Catherine Tanvier Catherine ("Cathy") Tanvier (born 28 May 1965) is a former tennis player from France. She peaked at number 20 in 1984, and won one singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Career In 1982, Tanvier became Wimbledon girls' singles champio ...

7–5 6–4 *It was Bunge's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Kohde-Kilsch's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of her career.

External links

ITF tournament edition details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fila Europa Cup Hittfeld 1983 Fila Europa Cup Hittfeld WTA Hamburg 1983 in German women's sport 1983 in German tennis