1982 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 1982 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to Ivan Lendl.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* John McEnroe (final)
* Ivan Lendl (champion)

## 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John McEnroe | 5 | 6 | 2 | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bill Scanlon | 7 | 4 | 6 | $6^8$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bill Scanlon | 7 | 4 | 6 | $6^8$ | 4 | 1 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Eddie Dibbs | 4 | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | | |
| | Tomáš Šmíd | 4 | $6^5$ | 3 | | | | Eddie Dibbs | 4 | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | | |
| | Eddie Dibbs | 6 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Eddie Dibbs | 6 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | 1 | John McEnroe | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | José Luis Clerc | $7^7$ | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | Vijay Amritraj | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Vijay Amritraj | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | | Vijay Amritraj | 1 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Wojciech Fibak | 1 | 4 | 6 | $6^5$ | | 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
