1982 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's singles

Top-seed Virginia Ruzici won the final and $24,000 first prize money by defeating seventh-seeded Helena Suková in the final.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇷🇴 Virginia Ruzici (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Kathy Rinaldi (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (third round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Bonnie Gadusek (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Pam Casale (second round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 JoAnne Russell (second round)
 * 7)  Helena Suková (final)
 * 8) 🇰🇷 Lee Duk-hee (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇫🇷 Catherine Tanvier (third round)
 * 10) 🇦🇷 Ivanna Madruga-Osses (third round)
 * 11) 🇦🇺 Dianne Fromholtz (quarterfinals)
 * 12) 🇺🇸 Lisa Bonder-Kreiss (third round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Susan Mascarin (quarterfinals)
 * 14) 🇺🇸 Leigh-Anne Thompson (second round)