# 1983 Tel Aviv Open – Singles

The Tel Aviv Open was not held in 1982.
Aaron Krickstein won the tournament, beating Christoph Zipf in the final, 7–6, 6–3.
At 16 years and 2 months old, Krickstein became the youngest winner of an ATP title in the Open Era. This record still stands as of 2025.

## Seeds

* Henrik Sundström (first round, retired)
* Shlomo Glickstein (first round)
* Colin Dowdeswell (semifinals)
* Robbie Venter (first round)
* Zoltan Kuharszky (first round)
* Bernard Mitton (first round)
* Danie Visser (first round)
* Mike Myburg (first 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | Aaron Krickstein | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Colin Dowdeswell | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Colin Dowdeswell | 4 | 4 | | Aaron Krickstein | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | Christoph Zipf | 6 | 3 |
| | Christoph Zipf | 3 | 7 | 6 | Christoph Zipf | 6 | 3 |
| | Rolf Gehring | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | |

### 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 | H Sundström | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krickstein | 6 | 1 | | | A Krickstein | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S van der Merwe | 6 | 3 | 7 | Q | S van der Merwe | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Punčec | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Krickstein | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | J Granát | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | S Perkiss | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Perkiss | 6 | 6 | | | S Perkiss | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Theissen | 6 | 6 | | | H Theissen | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Myburg | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Krickstein | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | C Dowdeswell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Dowdeswell | 4 | 4 |
| | R Chappell | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | C Dowdeswell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Mansdorf | 6 | 6 | | | A Mansdorf | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Feigl | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | C Dowdeswell | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Viljoen | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | J Becka | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | S Svensson | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Svensson | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Becka | 7 | 6 | | | J Becka | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Z Kuharszky | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | B Mitton | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hjertquist | 4 | 6 | 7 | P Hjertquist | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Moretton | 6 | 7 | | G Moretton | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | H-D Beutel | 3 | 5 | | | | | | G Moretton | 6 | r | | | | |
| | B Pils | 1 | 3 | | | | | | C Zipf | 7 | | | | | |
| | C Zipf | 6 | 6 | | C Zipf | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | P Elter | 7 | 3 | 6 | P Elter | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Venter | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | C Zipf | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | D Visser | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | R Gehring | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | E Edwards | 6 | 6 | | E Edwards | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | H Solomon | 2 | 0 | | | | | | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Ilan Sher | 6 | 2 | | | | | | R Meyer | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | R Meyer | 7 | 6 | | R Meyer | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | R Evett | 6 | 7 | | R Evett | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Glickstein | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |