1982 World Championship Tennis circuit


The 1982 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1982. It was organized by World Championship Tennis. On 30 April 1981 WCT announced its withdrawal from the Grand Prix circuit, which it had been incorporated into since 1978, and the establishment of its own full calendar season for 1982. According to WCT owner Lamar Hunt the reasons for the withdrawal were the restrictions placed on them by the Men's Professional Council, the administrators of the Grand Prix circuit. The 1982 WCT circuit consisted of a Spring Tour, with nine tournaments, a Summer/Fall Tour, with five tournaments, and a Winter Tour with six tournaments. Each tour segment had its own finals tournament.
Total prize money, including bonuses, for the circuit was $7,933,000 which represented an increase of approximately $5 million compared to 1981.

Calendar

* The Detroit World Championship Tennis Winter Finals was played in January 1983 but was part of the 1982 WCT season.

Prize money leaders

Prize money earned at WCT events during the calendar year 1982, excluding the Winter Finals played in Detroit in January 1983.
RkNamePrize Money
1 Ivan Lendl$1,349,000
2 Wojtek Fibak$487,780
3 José Luis Clerc$454,750
4 Tomáš Šmíd$440,370
5 Bill Scanlon$276,600
6 Balázs Taróczy$171,910
7 Vijay Amritraj$171,425
8 Johan Kriek$162,000
9 Kevin Curren$160,610
10 John McEnroe$153,750
11 Eddie Dibbs$149,750
12 Paul McNamee$145,925
13 Heinz Günthardt$136,355
14 Brian Teacher$116,750
15 Peter McNamara$105,820
16 Guillermo Vilas$100,425
17 John Sadri$97,500
18 Fritz Buehning$83,160
19 Bruce Manson$73,220
20 Vitas Gerulaitis$72,925

Standings

The 1982 WCT season was divided into three segments, the Spring Tour, the Summer/Fall Tour and the Winter Tour. These are the standings of the top twenty singles players on the WCT circuit for each of these segments.