1983 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's singles

Fourth-seeded Virginia Ruzici was the defending champion but went out in the semifinals to Andrea Temesvári. Top-seed Temesvári won the final and $34,000 first prize money by defeating Zina Garrison 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) 🇭🇺 Andrea Temesvári (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Kathy Rinaldi (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (final)
 * 4) 🇷🇴 Virginia Ruzici (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Bonnie Gadusek (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Helena Suková (second round)
 * 7) 🇨🇦 Carling Bassett (third round)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Kathy Horvath (quarterfinals)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Michelle Torres (first round)
 * 10)  Iva Budařová (third round)
 * 11)  Mima Jaušovec (third round)
 * 12) 🇦🇷 Ivanna Madruga-Osses (quarterfinals)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Beth Herr (third round)
 * 14) 🇧🇬 Manuela Maleeva (quarterfinals)