1982 Avon Championships – Singles
# 1982 Avon Championships – Singles

Sylvia Hanika defeated the defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1982 Avon Championships.

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Anne Smith | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Anne Smith | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Kathy Jordan | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Sylvia Hanika | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Sylvia Hanika | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Wendy Turnbull | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
| Mima Jaušovec | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round robin

**Red group**

| | | Navratilova | Turnbull | Jordan | Bunge | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martina Navratilova | | 6–2, 6–2 | Not played | 6–1, 6–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 (100.0%) | 24–7 (77.4%) | 1 Q |
| | Wendy Turnbull | 2–6, 2–6 | | 6–1, 6–3 | Not played | 1–1 | 2–2 (50.0%) | 16–16 (50.0%) | 2 PO |
| | Kathy Jordan | Not played | 3–6, 3–6 | | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 (40.0%) | 20–23 (46.5%) | 3 PO |
| | Bettina Bunge | 1–6, 2–6 | Not played | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6 | | 0–2 | 1–4 (20.0%) | 14–26 (35.0%) | 4 |

Q: qualifies to semifinals. PO: advances to play-off round. Allen takes 2nd place after defeating Mandlíková

**White group**

| | | Hanika | Smith | Jaušovec | Potter | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Sylvia Hanika | | 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 | 6–4, 6–1 | Not played | 2–0 | 4–1 (80%) | 30–19 (61.2%) | 1 Q |
| | Anne Smith | 7–6, 3–6, 4–6 | | Not played | 6–4, 7–6 | 1–1 | 3–2 (60.0%) | 27–28 (49.1%) | 2 PO |
| | Mima Jaušovec | 4–6, 1–6 | Not played | | 7–6, 7–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 (50.0%) | 19–23 (45.2%) | 3 PO |
| | Barbara Potter | Not played | 4–6, 6–7 | 6–7, 5–7 | | 0–2 | 0–4 (0.0%) | 21–27 (43.8%) | 4 |

Q: qualifies to semifinals. PO: advances to play-off round.

