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Doubles
1983 Donnay Open
Final
Champions	Bernard Boileau Libor Pimek
Runners-up	Bernard Fritz Jean-Louis Haillet
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Henri Leconte and Yannick Noah and were the defending champions, but Noah did not compete this year. Leconte teamed up with Gilles Moretton and lost in the first round to Henrik Sundström and Magnus Tideman.

Bernard Boileau and Libor Pimek won the title by defeating Bernard Fritz and Jean-Louis Haillet 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

This tournament saw an unusual outcome, as all seeded pairs were eliminated in the first round.

Seeds

1. Hans Gildemeister / Belus Prajoux (first round)
2. José Luis Damiani / Cássio Motta (first round)
3. Pablo Arraya / Ilie Năstase (first round)
4. Henri Leconte / Gilles Moretton (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							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	H Gildemeister B Prajoux	6	2	5
		P Cash M Leach	1	6	7				P Cash M Leach	3	7	6
		F Segărceanu J Windahl	7	3	7				F Segărceanu J Windahl	6	5	3
		M Martínez P Rebolledo	5	6	5											P Cash M Leach	6	3
	3	P Arraya I Năstase	6	6	6											B Fritz JL Haillet	7	6
		T Delatte M Purcell	2	7	8				T Delatte M Purcell	4	2
		B Fritz JL Haillet	3	7	6				B Fritz JL Haillet	6	6
		A Brichant C Limberger	6	6	0																		B Fritz JL Haillet	3	4
		D Bedel G Ocleppo	6	6																			B Boileau L Pimek	6	6
		D Pérez J Velasco Sr.	2	2					D Bedel G Ocleppo
		H Sundström M Tideman	6	6					H Sundström M Tideman	w/o
	4	H Leconte G Moretton	3	4												H Sundström M Tideman	0	3
		B Boileau L Pimek	6	6												B Boileau L Pimek	6	6
		H Kary C Panatta	1	2					B Boileau L Pimek	6	7
		A Maurer W Popp	7	6					A Maurer W Popp	2	6
	2	JL Damiani C Motta	6	2

References

1. Delanoë, Régis (16 April 2015). "Bernard Boileau, a (sad) Belgian history". We Are Tennis by BNP Paribas. Retrieved 25 November 2024. That season, he also won also his only ATP title: the Open de Nice in doubles with the Czechoslovak Libor Pimek.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1984). World of Tennis 1984 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Willow Books. p. 156. ISBN 0002181223.

External links

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)

• 1983 Grand Prix (tennis)
• Open de Nice Côte d'Azur