1983 Family Circle Cup – Singles

Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 5–7, 6–1, 6–0 against Tracy Austin.

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


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Andrea Jaeger (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Tracy Austin (final)
 * 4)  Bettina Bunge (semifinals)
 * 5)  Hana Mandlíková (second round)
 * 6)  Sylvia Hanika (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Barbara Potter (third round)
 * 8)  Virginia Ruzici (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (third round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Kathy Rinaldi (second round)
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Bonnie Gadusek (third round)
 * 12) 🇭🇺 Andrea Temesvári (quarterfinals)
 * 13)  Rosalyn Fairbank (first round)
 * 14)  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (second round)
 * 15) n/a
 * 16) n/a