| Champ: |  Guillermo Vilas |
| Runner: |  Mel Purcell |
| Score: | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Type: | singles doubles |
| Draw: | 64 (7) |
| Seeds: | 16 |
The 1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles was an event of the 1982 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from July 12 through July 18, 1982. The draw comprised 64 players and 16 of them were seeded. José Luis Clerc was the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships singles champion but did not compete in this edition. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the title by defeating seventh-seeded Mel Purcell in the final, 6–4, 6–0.[1] [2]