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.

Singles
1982 World Championship Tennis Finals
Champion	Ivan Lendl
Runner-up	John McEnroe
Score	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Seeds

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

1. John McEnroe (final)
2. 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									Semifinals									Final
	1	John McEnroe	5	6	2	710	6
		Bill Scanlon	7	4	6	68	4
										1	John McEnroe	6	6	79
											Eddie Dibbs	4	4	67
		Tomáš Šmíd	4	65	3
		Eddie Dibbs	6	77	6
																			1	John McEnroe	2	6	3	3
																			2	Ivan Lendl	6	3	6	6
		José Luis Clerc	77	2	2	6	4
		Vijay Amritraj	64	6	6	2	6
											Vijay Amritraj	1	0	5
										2	Ivan Lendl	6	6	7
		Wojciech Fibak	1	4	6	65
	2	Ivan Lendl	6	6	3	77

References

• 1982 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived 2009-05-07)