1984 Wimbledon Championships

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1984 Wimbledon Championships
Date25 June – 8 July
Edition98th
Category Grand Slam
Draw128S/64D/64XD
Prize money£1,461,896
Surface Grass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
Venue All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Lloyd / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull
Boys' singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann
Girls' singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Annabel Croft
Boys' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Brown / Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Weiss
Girls' doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Kuhlman / Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Rehe
  1983  · Wimbledon Championships ·  1985  

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.

Contents

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]

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round 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

Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of the United States.svg 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

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova defeated Flag of the United States.svg 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

Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cash / Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan / Flag of the United States.svg 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

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Lloyd / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull defeated Flag of the United States.svg Steve Denton / Flag of the United States.svg 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

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann defeated Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Stefan Kruger, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 [10]

Girls' singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Annabel Croft defeated Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Elna Reinach, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 [11]

Boys' doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Brown / Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Weiss defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann / Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Svensson, 1–6, 6–4, 11–9 [12]

Girls' doubles

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

Singles seeds

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