1984 Wimbledon Championships
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The 1984 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
in Wimbledon
in London in England. It was the 98th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1984.
defeated Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–1, 6–2
7–6 (7–5), 6–2
defeated Pat Cash
/ Paul McNamee
6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
defeated Kathy Jordan
/ Anne Smith
6–3, 6–4
/ John Lloyd defeated Kathy Jordan
/ Steve Denton
6–3, 6–3
defeated Stefan Kruger
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
defeated Elna Reinach
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
defeated Mark Kratzmann
/ Jonas Svensson
1–6, 6–4, 11–9
defeated Viktoria Milvidskaya / Larisa Savchenko
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club , also known as the All-England Club, based at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass...
in Wimbledon
Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district in the south west area of London, England, located south of Wandsworth, and east of Kingston upon Thames. It is situated within Greater London. It is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and New Wimbledon Theatre, and contains Wimbledon Common, one of the largest areas...
in London in England. It was the 98th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1984.
Men's Singles
John McEnroeJohn McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
defeated Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors
James Scott "Jimmy" Connors is an American former world no. 1 tennis player....
6–1, 6–1, 6–2
- It was McEnroe's 7th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Wimbledon title.
Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-LloydChris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
7–6 (7–5), 6–2
- It was Navratilova's 26th career Grand Slam title and her 10th Wimbledon title.
Men's Doubles
Peter Fleming / John McEnroeJohn McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
defeated Pat Cash
Pat Cash
Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987.-Early career:...
/ Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.-Tennis career:...
6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
- It was Fleming's 7th career Grand Slam title and his 4th and last Wimbledon title. It was McEnroe's 14th career Grand Slam title and his 7th Wimbledon title.
Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam ShriverPam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
defeated Kathy Jordan
Kathy Jordan
Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...
/ Anne Smith
Anne Smith
Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 12 in 1982...
6–3, 6–4
- 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
Wendy TurnbullWendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...
/ John Lloyd defeated Kathy Jordan
Kathy Jordan
Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...
/ Steve Denton
Steve Denton
Steve Denton is a former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University....
6–3, 6–3
- It was Turnbull's 9th and last career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Wimbledon title. It was Lloyd's 3rd and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Wimbledon title.
Boys' Singles
Mark KratzmannMark Kratzmann
Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.As the world's #1 ranked junior player in 1984, he won the Boys Australian, the Boys Wimbeldon and the Boys US Open...
defeated Stefan Kruger
Stefan Kruger
Stefan Kruger is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Girls' Singles
Annabel CroftAnnabel Croft
Annabel Croft is a former professional tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup.After retiring from tennis, she turned to television...
defeated Elna Reinach
Elna Reinach
Elna Reinach is a South African former pro tennis player.With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she lost in the first round to Jennifer Capriati. Reinach was runner-up at the French Open with Danie Visser in 1993...
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Boys' Doubles
Ricky Brown / Robbie WeissRobbie Weiss
Robbie Weiss is a former tour professional tennis player and NCAA Division 1 singles champion. The resident of Atlanta, GA achieved a career-high ATP ranking in singles of World No. 85, which he reached on the heels of winning his only ATP Tour event, the 1990 Sao Paulo Grand Prix...
defeated Mark Kratzmann
Mark Kratzmann
Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.As the world's #1 ranked junior player in 1984, he won the Boys Australian, the Boys Wimbeldon and the Boys US Open...
/ Jonas Svensson
Jonas Svensson
Jonas Svensson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice both times as unseeded player....
1–6, 6–4, 11–9
Girls' Doubles
Caroline Kuhlman / Stephanie ReheStephanie Rehe
Stephanie Rehe is a retired American professional tennis player.A successful amateur player, Rehe was ranked No. 1 in every age group as a junior . She was the first player to receive a dual No...
defeated Viktoria Milvidskaya / Larisa Savchenko
Larisa Neiland
Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...
6–3, 5–7, 6–4