# 1982 Mercedes Cup – Singles

Björn Borg was the defending champion, but did not play that year. Borg would eventually retire from professional tennis in January 1983, after playing only one tournament in the entire season at Monte Carlo.
Ramesh Krishnan won the title by defeating Sandy Mayer 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

* Sandy Mayer (final)
* Brian Teacher (first round)
* Mark Edmondson (first round)
* Buster Mottram (second round)
* Chris Lewis (quarterfinals)
* Andreas Maurer (second round)
* Russell Simpson (first round)
* Peter Elter (semifinals)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sandy Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Peter Elter | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Peter Elter | 3 | 1 | | 1 | Sandy Mayer | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Ramesh Krishnan | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | Ulrich Pinner | 4 | 6 | 4 | | Ramesh Krishnan | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | Ramesh Krishnan | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |

### 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 | S Mayer | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Westphal | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | S Mayer | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Chatman | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | J Chatman | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Schneider | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | S Mayer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Ostoja | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | M Ostoja | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | C Zipf | 6 | 5 | 0 | | M Ostoja | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | HD Beutel | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | A Maurer | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Maurer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Mayer | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | M Edmondson | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | P Elter | 3 | 1 |
| | H Ismail | 6 | 2 | 6 | | H Ismail | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hocevar | 7 | 7 | | | M Hocevar | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Bernelle | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | M Hocevar | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | S Menon | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | P Elter | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Myburg | 6 | 4 | 2 | Q | S Menon | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J García Requena | 6 | r | | 8 | P Elter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Elter | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Osta | 4 | 4 | | 5 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Mitton | 6 | 7 | 6 | Q | B Mitton | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sorensen | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | C Lewis | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | U Pinner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | U Pinner | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | F Taygan | 2 | 3 | | | U Pinner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Frawley | 2 | 3 | | 4 | B Mottram | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Mottram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | U Pinner | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | R Simpson | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | R Krishnan | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | B Lutz | 6 | 6 | | | B Lutz | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Segărceanu | 2 | 6 | 6 | | F Segărceanu | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Keretić | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | F Segărceanu | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | R Krishnan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Krishnan | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | E Edwards | 2 | 2 | | | R Krishnan | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Borowiak | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Borowiak | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Teacher | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |