1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1983 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Martina Navratilova successfully defended her title, defeating Andrea Jaeger in the final, 6–0, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1983 Wimbledon Championships. Billie Jean King became the oldest semifinalist at a Grand Slam event at 39 years, 7 months and 9 days old, an Open Era record. Chris Evert Lloyd's loss in the 3rd round broke her streak of 34 consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals. She had made the semifinals in her first 34 Grand Slam appearances between the 1971 US Open and the 1983 French Open. Martina Navratilova (Champion) Tracy
Sandra Reynolds Sandra Reynolds Sandra Reynolds Price ("née" Reynolds; born 4 March 1934) is a former tennis player from South Africa who won four Grand Slam women's doubles championships and one Grand Slam mixed doubles championship. Her best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the 1960 Wimbledon final, losing to Maria Bueno 8–6, 6–0. Reynolds is the only female player from South Africa to have reached the Wimbledon singles final, and she is one of three to have reached a singles final in a Grand Slam. In 1961, she was seeded no. 1 for the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Championship, making her the