1984_Wimbledon_Championships

1984 Wimbledon Championships

1984 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament

The 1984 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 98th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1984.

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To celebrate the centenary of the Ladies' Singles competition, first held in 1884, 17 of the surviving 20 singles champions were presented with an engraved crystal vase on Centre Court by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Katharine, Duchess of Kent on Monday, 2 July. Those presented were Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade, Chris Evert Lloyd, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Ann Jones, Billie Jean King, Margaret Court, Angela Mortimer, Maria Bueno, Althea Gibson, Shirley Fry, Doris Hart, Louise Brough, Margaret duPont, Pauline Betz, Alice Marble and Kitty Godfree. Karen Susman, Helen Jacobs and Helen Wills did not attend, but were all presented with their crystal individually during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles by Mrs Godfree, when she attended the games with members of the All England Club committee.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1984 championships was £1,461,896. The winner of the men's title earned £100,000 while the women's singles champion earned £90,000.[3][4]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £100,000 £50,000 £25,000 £12,500 £6,850 £3,850 £2,200 £1,300
Women's singles £90,000 £45,000 £21,900 £10,704 £5,866 £3,080 £1,796 £1,027
Men's doubles * £40,000 £20,000 £10,000 £4,000 £2,000 £1,000 £584 —
Women's doubles * £34,700 £17,350 £8,000 £3,200 £1,460 £480 £240 —
Mixed doubles * £18,000 £9,000 £4,500 £2,100 £1,050 £526 £226 —

* per team

Champions

Seniors

In all five senior disciplines, the 1983 champions successfully defended their titles.

Men's singles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

United States John McEnroe defeated United States Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2[5]

  • It was McEnroe's 6th career Grand Slam singles title and his third Wimbledon singles title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Chris Evert Lloyd, 7–6(7–5), 6–2[6]

  • It was Navratilova's 26th career Grand Slam title and her 5th Wimbledon singles title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

United States Peter Fleming / United States John McEnroe defeated Australia Pat Cash / Australia Paul McNamee, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3[7]

  • It was Fleming's 7th career Grand Slam title and his fourth and last Wimbledon title. It was McEnroe's 14th career Grand Slam title and his 7th Wimbledon singles or doubles title.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated United States Kathy Jordan / United States Anne Smith, 6–3, 6–4[8]

  • It was Navratilova's 27th career Grand Slam title and her 11th Wimbledon title. It was Shriver's 8th career Grand Slam title and her 4th Wimbledon title.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

United Kingdom John Lloyd / Australia Wendy Turnbull defeated United States Steve Denton / United States Kathy Jordan, 6–3, 6–3[9]

  • It was Lloyd's 3rd and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Wimbledon title. It was Turnbull's 9th and last career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Wimbledon title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Australia Mark Kratzmann defeated South Africa Stefan Kruger, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3[10]

Girls' singles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

United Kingdom Annabel Croft defeated South Africa Elna Reinach, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2[11]

Boys' doubles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

United States Ricky Brown / United States Robbie Weiss defeated Australia Mark Kratzmann / Sweden Jonas Svensson, 1–6, 6–4, 11–9[12]

Girls' doubles

Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

United States Caroline Kuhlman / United States Stephanie Rehe defeated Soviet Union Viktoria Milvidskaia / Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4[13]

Singles seeds

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