Details | |
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Duration | March 5, 1984 – March 24, 1985 |
Edition | 12th |
Tournaments | 53 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Tour Events (48) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | Martina Navratilova (15) |
Most finals | Martina Navratilova (16) |
Prize money leader | Martina Navratilova $2,173,556 |
Points leader | Martina Navratilova 192.72 |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Martina Navratilova |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | Kathy Jordan |
Newcomer of the year | Manuela Maleeva |
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The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 12th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1984, and concluded in March 1985 after 53 events.
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1989 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Championships Circuit. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF World Circuit tournaments were not part of the tour, although they were awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
Tournaments were categorized by prize money on offer.
The table below shows the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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11 Jun | Edgbaston Cup Birmingham, Great Britain Grass – $125,000 – 56S/32D Singles | Pam Shriver 7–6, 6–3 | Anne White | Bettina Bunge Anne Hobbs | Terry Holladay Wendy White Elizabeth Smylie Camille Benjamin |
Leslie Allen Anne White 7–5, 6–3 | Barbara Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | ||||
18 Jun | Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass – $175,000 – 64S/32D/32X | Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–1 | Kathy Jordan | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Chris Evert-Lloyd | Wendy Turnbull Barbara Potter Terry Phelps Helena Suková |
6–4, 6–2 | |||||
25 Jun | Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $680,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles | Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | Chris Evert-Lloyd | Kathy Jordan Hana Mandlíková | Manuela Maleeva Pam Shriver Jo Durie Carina Karlsson |
6–3, 6–4 | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith | ||||
6–3, 6–3 | Kathy Jordan Steve Denton |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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9 Jul | Santista Textile Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D | Sandra Cecchini 6–3, 6–3 | Adriana Villagrán-Reami | Emilse Raponi-Longo Silvana Campos | Gabriela Sabatini Marianne Groat Han Eun-sook Emiko Okagawa |
Jill Hetherington Hélène Pelletier 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 | Penny Barg-Mager Kyle Copeland | ||||
15 Jul | Federation Cup São Paulo, Brazil – clay | Czechoslovakia 2–1 | Australia | Yugoslavia United States | France West Germany Bulgaria Italy |
30 Jul | Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Grass – $150,000 – 32S/16D | Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | Gigi Fernández | Anne Minter Rosalyn Fairbank | Wendy White Lea Antonoplis Beverly Mould Kim Steinmetz |
Anna-Maria Fernandez Peanut Louie 7–5, 7–6 | Lea Antonoplis Beverly Mould |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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10 Dec | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 28S/16D/20Q | Manuela Maleeva 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Carling Bassett Helena Suková | Barbara Potter Lisa Bonder Gigi Fernández Catarina Lindqvist |
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 6–4, 6–1 | Elizabeth Smylie Catherine Tanvier |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Feb | Lipton International Players Championships Delray Beach, United States Hard – $750,000 – 128S/64D/64Q Singles – Doubles | Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4 | Chris Evert-Lloyd | Carling Bassett Steffi Graf | Bettina Bunge Hana Mandlíková Andrea Temesvári Barbara Potter |
Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova 7–6, 6–2 | Kathy Jordan Hana Mandlíková | ||||
18 Feb | Virginia Slims of California Oakland, United States Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 28S/16D/32Q | Hana Mandlíková 6–2, 6–4 | Chris Evert-Lloyd | Zina Garrison Helena Suková | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Barbara Potter Andrea Temesvári Wendy Turnbull |
Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds | ||||
25 Feb | Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania Hershey, United States Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D | Robin White 6–7, 6–2, 6–2 | Anne Minter | Camille Benjamin Peanut Louie | Stephanie Rehe Wendy White Marcela Skuherská Elizabeth Smylie |
Mary Lou Piatek Robin White 6–4, 7–6 | Lea Antonoplis Wendy White |
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments | Year-end championships | Regular tournaments | All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | ||
65 | United States | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 1 |
12 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
7 | Australia | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
5 | Bulgaria | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
5 | Germany | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
5 | South Africa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
3 | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
2 | Italy | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2 | United Kingdom | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | Japan | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | Peru | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
2 | Canada | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | Hungary | 1 | 1 |
The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):
The following players mounted a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):
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