title: 1983 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles
text: # 1983 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles
  
  Chip Hooper and Mel Purcell were the defending champions, but Hooper did not participate this year. Purcell partnered Trey Waltke, losing in the semifinals.
  
  Chris Lewis and Pavel Složil won the title, defeating Anders Järryd and Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 6–2 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Anders Järryd / Tomáš Šmíd (final)
  * Chris Lewis / Pavel Složil (champions)
  * Eric Fromm / Shlomo Glickstein (quarterfinals)
  * Stanislav Birner / João Soares (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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A Järryd T Šmíd | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Acuña A Ganzábal | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | A Järryd T Šmíd | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Maurer W Popp | 6 | 6 | | | A Maurer W Popp | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Uli Heyne Miodrac Mijuca | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | A Järryd T Šmíd | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 4 | S Birner J Soares | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | M Purcell T Waltke | 1 | 2 | | | | |
  | | M Purcell T Waltke | 6 | 7 | 7 | | M Purcell T Waltke | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Du Pré B Manson | 7 | 4 | 6 | | P Du Pré B Manson | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Luna A Pierola | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Järryd T Šmíd | 4 | 2 |
  | | A Tous J Velasco Sr. | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Lewis P Složil | 6 | 6 |
  | | P Elter C Roger-Vasselin | 4 | 7 | 1 | | A Tous J Velasco Sr. | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Sauer S van der Merwe | 5 | 1 | | 3 | E Fromm S Glickstein | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | E Fromm S Glickstein | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Tous J Velasco Sr. | 1 | 4 | | | | |
  | | J Brabenec M De Palmer | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | C Lewis P Složil | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | B Mitton R Moore | 6 | 4 | 5 | | J Brabenec M De Palmer | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Keretić H Theissen | 1 | 4 | | 2 | C Lewis P Složil | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | C Lewis P Složil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  