1984 Wimbledon Championships


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 England. 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 Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent on Monday, July 2. 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.
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

John McEnroe defeated Jimmy Connors, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd, 7–6, 6–2
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Pat Cash / Paul McNamee, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith, 6–3, 6–4
John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull defeated Steve Denton / Kathy Jordan, 6–3, 6–3

Boys' Singles

Mark Kratzmann defeated Stefan Kruger, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Girls' Singles

Annabel Croft defeated Elna Reinach, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Boys' Doubles

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

Girls' Doubles

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

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. John McEnroe
  2. Ivan Lendl '
  3. Jimmy Connors '
  4. Mats Wilander '
  5. Jimmy Arias '
  6. Andrés Gómez '
  7. Yannick Noah '
  8. José Luis Clerc '
  9. Henrik Sundström '
  10. Anders Järryd '
  11. Kevin Curren '
  12. Johan Kriek '
  13. Tomáš Šmíd '
  14. Bill Scanlon '
  15. Vitas Gerulaitis '
  16. Tim Mayotte

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Navratilova
  18. Chris Evert Lloyd '
  19. Hana Mandlíková '
  20. Pam Shriver '
  21. Zina Garrison '
  22. Kathy Jordan '
  23. Manuela Maleeva '
  24. Kathy Horvath '
  25. Wendy Turnbull '
  26. Jo Durie '
  27. Lisa Bonder '
  28. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  29. Barbara Potter '
  30. Helena Suková '
  31. Andrea Temesvári '
  32. Carling Bassett