# 1983 Virginia Slims of Houston – Singles

Bettina Bunge was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Navratilova.
Navratilova won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Sylvia Hanika.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Martina Navratilova (champion)
* Andrea Jaeger (first round)
* Tracy Austin (semifinals)
* Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)
* Barbara Potter (first round)
* Bettina Bunge (quarterfinals)
* Sylvia Hanika (final)
* Anne Smith (quarterfinals)

## 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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bonder | 0 | 2 | | 1 | M Navratilova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Fromholtz | 6 | 6 | 6 | | D Fromholtz | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kiyomura | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Simmonds | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | B Bunge | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Louie | 5 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Louie | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Pazderová | 2 | 1 | | 6 | B Bunge | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Bunge | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | T Austin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Austin | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | C Monteiro | 2 | 0 | | 3 | T Austin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-A Thompson | 5 | 6 | | | J Russell | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Russell | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | T Austin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Cummings | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | A Smith | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Moulton | 6 | 6 | | | A Moulton | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Durie | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | A Smith | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Smith | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Martina Navratilova | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | S Hanika | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sylvia Hanika | 3 | 6 |
| | M-L Piatek | 4 | 0 | | 7 | S Hanika | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W White | 5 | 6 | 6 | | W White | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Temesvári | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | S Hanika | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Mascarin | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | P Shriver | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | C Benjamin | 0 | 6 | 3 | LL | S Mascarin | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A White | 1 | 4 | | 4 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Hanika | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | B Potter | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Pfaff | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | E Pfaff | 1 | 7 | 6 | | E Pfaff | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mesker | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Mesker | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Vermaak | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | E Pfaff | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Casale | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Leand | 6 | 7 | | | A Leand | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Garrison | 6 | 6 | | | Z Garrison | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Jaeger | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |