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Yannick Noah defeated the defending champion Mats Wilander in the final, 6–2, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1983 French Open. It was his first and only major singles title. Noah remains the most recent Frenchman to win the title, and his victory also marked the last time a man won a singles major with a wooden racket.
The seeded players are listed below. Yannick Noah is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Jimmy Connors (quarterfinals) John McEnroe (quarterfinals)
Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals)
Mats Wilander (final)
Yannick Noah (champion) José Luis Clerc (second round)
José Higueras (semifinals) Vitas Gerulaitis (first round) Eliot Teltscher (fourth round) Jimmy Arias (fourth round) Brian Gottfried (fourth round)
Wojtek Fibak (first round) Henrik Sundström (fourth round)
Andrés Gómez (fourth round)