1984 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 25 June – 8 July |
Edition | 98th |
Category | Grand Slam |
Draw | 128S/64D/64XD |
Prize money | £1,461,896 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
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Women's singles | |
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Men's doubles | |
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Mixed doubles | |
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Boys' singles | |
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Girls' singles | |
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Boys' doubles | |
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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, 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.
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.
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
In all five senior disciplines, the 1983 champions successfully defended their titles.
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles |
John McEnroe defeated
Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2[5]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles |
Martina Navratilova defeated
Chris Evert Lloyd, 7–6(7–5), 6–2[6]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles |
Peter Fleming /
John McEnroe defeated
Pat Cash /
Paul McNamee, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3[7]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles |
Martina Navratilova /
Pam Shriver defeated
Kathy Jordan /
Anne Smith, 6–3, 6–4[8]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles |
John Lloyd /
Wendy Turnbull defeated
Steve Denton /
Kathy Jordan, 6–3, 6–3[9]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles |
Mark Kratzmann defeated
Stefan Kruger, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3[10]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles |
Annabel Croft defeated
Elna Reinach, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2[11]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles |
Ricky Brown /
Robbie Weiss defeated
Mark Kratzmann /
Jonas Svensson, 1–6, 6–4, 11–9[12]
Main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles |
Caroline Kuhlman /
Stephanie Rehe defeated
Viktoria Milvidskaia /
Larisa Savchenko, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4[13]
Men's singles[edit]
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Women's singles[edit]
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