1983 Volvo International – Doubles
# 1983 Volvo International – Doubles

Sherwood Stewart and Ferdi Taygan were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Stewart with Mark Edmondson and Taygan with Cássio Motta.

Motta and Taygan lost in the semifinals to Eric Fromm and Drew Gitlin.

Stewart and Edmondson won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Fromm and Gitlin.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

* Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart (champions)
* Cássio Motta / Ferdi Taygan (semifinals)
* Francisco González / Víctor Pecci (second round)
* Henri Leconte / Gilles Moretton (second round)
* Charles Buzz Strode / Van Winitsky (quarterfinals)
* Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza (semifinals)
* David Graham / Laurie Warder (quarterfinals)
* Jan Gunnarsson / Mike Leach (second round)

## 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

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart | 7 | 6 | |
| | Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin | 6 | 1 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | M Edmondson S Stewart | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bedel B Fritz | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Bedel B Fritz | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Donnelly R Seguso | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | M Edmondson S Stewart | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Fernández D Pate | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Fernández D Pate | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | J C Ayala J Mattke | 6 | 0 | | | E Fernández D Pate | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Adams B Pirow | 6 | 2 | | 8 | J Gunnarsson M Leach | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Gunnarsson M Leach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Edmondson S Stewart | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Gómez R Ycaza | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | 3 | F González V Pecci | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Venter B Willenborg | 7 | 6 | 6 | | R Venter B Willenborg | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kriek M Purcell | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | R Venter B Willenborg | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Arias R Hightower | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Gómez R Ycaza | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Higueras M Orantes | 4 | 2 | | | J Arias R Hightower | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Arraya H Sundström | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | A Gómez R Ycaza | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Gómez R Ycaza | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | C B Strode V Winitsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Cano P Rebolledo | 0 | 1 | | 5 | C B Strode V Winitsky | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Gilbert J Gurfein | 7 | 5 | 6 | | B Gilbert J Gurfein | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Myburg F Punčec | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | C B Strode V Winitsky | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Fromm D Gitlin | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | E Fromm D Gitlin | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | S Birner C Miller | 6 | 6 | 3 | | E Fromm D Gitlin | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | H Leconte G Moretton | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Fromm D Gitlin | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | D Graham L Warder | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Motta F Taygan | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | J Levine T Warneke | 6 | 3 | | 7 | D Graham L Warder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Fargas G Urpí | 7 | 6 | | | L Fargas G Urpí | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Tous J Velasco Sr. | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | D Graham L Warder | 5 | 0 | | | | | |
| | J L Damiani D Pérez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | C Motta F Taygan | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Z Kuharszky C Panatta | 4 | 5 | | | J L Damiani D Pérez | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | C Motta F Taygan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
