# 1983 Virginia Slims of Indianapolis – Singles

Anne Hobbs won in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 against Ginny Purdy.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Yvonne Vermaak (semifinals)
* Sabina Simmonds (second round)
* Kathleen Horvath (first round)
* Kate Latham (first round)
* Lucia Romanov (second round)
* Patricia Medrado (first round)
* Iva Budařová (semifinals)
* Candy Reynolds (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 | Final |
| 1 | Y Vermaak | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Vanier | 2 | 6 | | 1 | Y Vermaak | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Minter | 6 | 2 | | | C Monteiro | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Monteiro | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Y Vermaak | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Pasquale | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 8 | C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Delhees | 7 | 7 | | | P Delhees | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Rollinson | 3 | 0 | | 8 | C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Vermaak | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | K Horvath | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Hobbs | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | B Hallquist | 6 | 6 | | | B Hallquist | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arraya | 0 | 0 | | LL | C Jolissaint | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | LL | C Jolissaint | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Skronská | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | Q | A Hobbs | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Hobbs | 6 | 0 | 6 | Q | A Hobbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis | 3 | 2 | | 5 | L Romanov | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | L Romanov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Anne Hobbs | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | P Medrado | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ginny Purdy | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Q | C Lindqvist | 6 | 6 | | Q | C Lindqvist | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Mundel | 5 | 6 | 3 | | B Jordan | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Jordan | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | Q | C Lindqvist | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Drescher | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | G Purdy | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Purdy | 7 | 6 | | | G Purdy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Yeargin | 2 | 7 | 7 | | N Yeargin | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | K Latham | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | G Purdy | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| 7 | I Budařová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | I Budařová | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Klitch | 2 | 2 | | 7 | I Budařová | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-M Fernandez | 1 | 6 | 6 | | A-M Fernandez | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bassett | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | I Budařová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Louie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Louie | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Harrington | 3 | 2 | | | M Louie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Benjamin | 5 | 4 | | 2 | S Simmonds | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Simmonds | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |