Stefan Bengt Edberg is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 and 1996. He is one of only two men in the Open Era to have been ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles. He also won the Masters Grand Prix and was a part of the Swedish Davis Cup-winning team four times. In addition, he won four Masters Series titles, four Championship Series titles and the unofficial 1984 Olympic tournament, was ranked in the singles top 10 for ten successive years, and ranked nine years in the top 5. After retirement, Edberg began coaching Roger Federer in January 2014, with this partnership ending in December 2015.
John David Newcombe AO OBE is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles, a former record 17 men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. Tennis magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.
Anthony Dalton Roche AO MBE is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Henry Christian Hopman CBE was an Australian tennis player and coach.
Paul McNamee is an Australian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO is an Australian former amateur world No. 1 tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.
Peter Doohan was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive Australian Hard Court Championships singles titles, which remains an Open era record for that tournament. He won a further two singles titles at the South Australian Open in 1984 and San Louis Potosi tournament in Mexico in 1988. He also won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 43 in August 1987.
Peter McNamara was an Australian tennis player and coach.
Elizabeth Smylie, sometimes known as Liz Smylie, is a retired Australian tennis player. During her career, she won four Grand Slam titles, one of them in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. She also won three singles titles and 36 doubles titles on the tour.
Brad Drewett was an Australian tennis player and ATP official. He was the 1975 and 1977 Australian Open junior champion and the youngest player at age 17 to win the title since Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe. He was also the third-youngest Australian Open quarterfinalist in his first Grand Slam appearance, at 17 years 5 months in 1975, behind Boris Becker, 17 years 4 days in 1984 and Goran Ivanišević, 17 years 4 months in 1989.
David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is the current coach of John Isner and the former coach of Bob and Mike Bryan.
Gary Muller is a former professional South African tennis player.
The 1984 South Australian Open was a men's professional tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia and played on outdoor grass courts. The event was part of the 1984 Grand Prix circuit. It was the 84th edition of the tournament and was held from 17 to 23 December 1984. Unseeded Peter Doohan won the singles title.
Peter Feigl is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was a quarterfinalist in the 1978 Australian Open, defeating Ken Rosewall in what would be Rosewall's final Grand Slam match. He reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 40 in May 1979.
Peter Tramacchi, is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Darren Brian Thrupp, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. He has won nine medals at six Paralympics.
Peter Carlsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Peter Svensson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Randy Nixon is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1987 Australian Open.
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