1984 Wimbledon Championships

1984 Wimbledon Championships
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
Champions
Men's singles
John McEnroe
Women's singles
Martina Navratilova
Men's doubles
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
Women's doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles
John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull
Boys' singles
Mark Kratzmann
Girls' singles
Annabel Croft
Boys' doubles
Ricky Brown / Robbie Weiss
Girls' doubles
Caroline Kuhlman / 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.

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]

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}

Champions

Seniors

In all five senior disciplines, the 1983 champions successfully defended their titles.

Men's singles

John McEnroe defeated 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

Martina Navratilova defeated 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

Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Pat Cash / 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

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Kathy Jordan / 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

John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull defeated Steve Denton / 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

Mark Kratzmann defeated Stefan Kruger, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3^[10]

Girls' singles

Annabel Croft defeated Elna Reinach, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2^[11]

Boys' doubles

Ricky Brown / Robbie Weiss defeated Mark Kratzmann / Jonas Svensson, 1–6, 6–4, 11–9^[12]

Girls' doubles

Caroline Kuhlman / Stephanie Rehe defeated Viktoria Milvidskaia / Larisa Savchenko, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4^[13]

Singles seeds

References

External links

• Official Wimbledon Championships website

Preceded by 1984 French Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 1984 US Open