See main article: article and 1983 ABN World Tennis Tournament.
Mark Edmondson and Sherwood Stewart were the defending champions, but chose to compete this year with different partners. Edmondson teamed up with John Fitzgerald and lost in the quarterfinals to Broderick Dyke and Rod Frawley, while Stewart teamed up with Ferdi Taygan and also lost in the quarterfinals to Rick Meyer and Wolfgang Popp.
Fritz Buehning and Tom Gullikson won the title by defeating Peter Fleming and Pavel Složil 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 in the final.[1]