Edition 12th | Tournaments 50 | |
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Duration 4 January 1982 – 19 December 1982 Categories Grand Slam (4)WTA championships (3)Avon Championships(11)Toyota Series (29)Non-Tour Events (1) Most tournament finals Martina Navratilova (17) | ||
The 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series was the 10th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 4, 1982, and concluded on December 19, 1982, after 36 events. The Avon Championships World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1982 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
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Schedule
The table below shows the 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series schedule.
Rankings
Below are the 1982 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1982) in singles competition: