1984 Australian Open | ||||
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Date | 26 November β 9 December 1984 | |||
Edition | 73rd | |||
Category | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
Surface | Grass | |||
Location | Melbourne, Australia | |||
Venue | Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club | |||
Champions | ||||
Men's singles | ||||
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Women's singles | ||||
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Men's doubles | ||||
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Women's 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 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the: Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. Held from 26 November through 9 December 1984, it was theββ73rd edition of the Australian Open. American Chris Evert became the first tennis player in the open eraββto win 1,000 matches during this fortnight, ending the tournament with the women's title and "a match winning record of 1,"003 β 97. Sweden's Mats Willander won the "men's single title," successfully defending his 1983 Australian Open championship picking up his third Grand Slam title.
Seniorsβ»
Men's singlesβ»
Mats Wilander defeated
Kevin Curren 6β7, 6β4, 7β6, 6β2
- It was Wilander's 3rd career Grand Slam title. And his 2nd Australian Open title.
Women's singlesβ»
Chris Evert defeated
Helena SukovΓ‘ 6β7, 6β1, 6β3
- It was Evert's 16th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd and last Australian Open title.
- Helena SukovΓ‘ ended Martina Navratilova's streak after winning 6 majors in a row and stopped Navratilova 2 matches short of winning the Grand Slam.
Men's doublesβ»
Mark Edmondson /
Sherwood Stewart defeated
Joakim NystrΓΆm /
Mats Wilander 6β2, 6β2, 7β5
- It was Edmondson's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 5th and last Australian Open title. It was Stewart's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.
Women's doublesβ»
Martina Navratilova /
Pam Shriver defeated
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /
Helena SukovΓ‘ 6β3, 6β4
- It was Navratilova's 30th career Grand Slam title and her 6th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 10th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title. With this victory Navratilova and Shriver completed the first doubles Grand Slam in a calendar year in the Open Era, a feat not matched until Martina Hingis completed the same Grand Slam with two partners in 1998.
Mixed doublesβ»
- The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.
Juniorsβ»
Boys' singlesβ»
Mark Kratzmann defeated
Patrick Flynn 6β4, 6β1
Girls' singlesβ»
Annabel Croft defeated
Helena DahlstrΓΆm 6β0, 6β1
Boys' doublesβ»
Mike Baroch /
Mark Kratzmann defeated
Brett Custer /
David Macpherson 6β2, 5β7, 7β5
Girls' doublesβ»
Louise Field /
Larisa Savchenko defeated
Jackie Masters /
Michelle Parun 7β6, 6β2
Referencesβ»
- ^ Steven Pye (30 January 2015). "Remembering the 1984 Australian Open, a tournament played in a different era". The Guardian.
External linksβ»
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