# 1983 Virginia Slims of Nashville – Singles

Kathleen Horvath won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Marcela Skuherská.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Iva Budařová (quarterfinals)
* Kathleen Horvath (champion)
* Kate Latham (first round)
* Candy Reynolds (second round)
* n/a
* Vicki Nelson (quarterfinals)
* Nancy Yeargin (second round)
* Jennifer Mundel (first round)
* Susan Rollinson (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
| 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 | I Budařová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | T Lewis | 1 | 0 | | 1 | I Budařová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Norton | 2 | 6 | 3 | Q | B Rossi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Rossi | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | I Budařová | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Solomon | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | S Acker | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Acker | 7 | 6 | | | S Acker | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Minter | 7 | 6 | | | A Minter | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Mundel | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Acker | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | C Reynolds | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Skuherská | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Y Brzáková | 1 | 5 | | 4 | C Reynolds | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson | 3 | 4 | | Q | M Skuherská | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Skuherská | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | M Skuherská | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Holton | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | V Nelson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Fendick | 6 | 6 | | | P Fendick | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Brown | 1 | 2 | | 6 | V Nelson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | V Nelson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Marcela Skuherská | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | N Yeargin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Kathleen Horvath | 6 | 6 |
| | L Kosten | 1 | 0 | | 7 | N Yeargin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Hy | 6 | 6 | | LL | P Hy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | P Vásquez | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | LL | P Hy | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Sands | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | K Sands | 6 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Jordan | 4 | 1 | | Q | K Sands | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Smith | 4 | 6 | 6 | | P Smith | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Latham | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | LL | P Hy | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 9 | S Rollinson | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | K Horvath | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Klitch | 7 | 6 | | | J Klitch | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Teeguarden | 6 | 7 | | | P Teeguarden | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | B Bowes | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | J Klitch | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Suire | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | K Horvath | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C O'Neil | 6 | 4 | 1 | | C Suire | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Blount | 1 | 3 | | 2 | K Horvath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Horvath | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |