# 1983 Pittsburgh Open – Singles

Ginny Purdy won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Cláudia Monteiro.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Susan Mascarin (second round)
* Candy Reynolds (quarterfinals)
* Lucia Romanov (first round)
* Betsy Nagelsen (semifinals)
* Nancy Yeargin (first round)
* Patricia Medrado (first round)
* Vicki Nelson (first round)
* Jennifer Mundel (second 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
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | S Mascarin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rossi | 0 | 2 | | 1 | S Mascarin | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Vásquez | 7 | 6 | | Q | P Vásquez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Minter | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | P Vásquez | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | C Monteiro | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Monteiro | 6 | 7 | | | C Monteiro | 0 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | T Lewis | 6 | 6 | | LL | T Lewis | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Medrado | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Monteiro | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Nagelsen | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Rollinson | 3 | 2 | | 4 | B Nagelsen | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Smith | 5 | 3 | | | C Vanier | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Vanier | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | B Nagelsen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Rush | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Rush | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Solomon | 2 | 2 | | | G Rush | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Hepner | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | J Mundel | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Mundel | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cláudia Monteiro | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | V Nelson | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | Ginny Purdy | 6 | 7 |
| LL | R Reggi | 7 | 6 | | LL | R Reggi | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Jordan | 5 | 3 | | | B Norton | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Norton | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Norton | 0 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Rimes | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Holton | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Tell | 6 | 1 | 4 | Q | S Rimes | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Holton | 7 | 6 | | | A Holton | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | L Romanov | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Holton | | | | | | | |
| 5 | N Yeargin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | G Purdy | | | | | | | |
| | K Sands | 6 | 6 | | | K Sands | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | G Purdy | 7 | 7 | | LL | G Purdy | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Blount | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | LL | G Purdy | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jones-Shaefer | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | C Reynolds | 2 | r | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hobbs | 6 | 0 | 1 | | K Jones-Shaefer | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Brzáková | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Reynolds | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |