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, London in the United Kingdom. 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 ยฃ1,461,896. The winner of the men's title earned ยฃ100,000 while the women's singles champion earned ยฃ90,000.

Champions

Seniors

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

Men's singles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ John McEnroe defeated ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jimmy Connors, 6โ€“1, 6โ€“1, 6โ€“2

Women's singles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Martina Navratilova defeated ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chris Evert Lloyd, 7โ€“6(7โ€“5), 6โ€“2

Men's doubles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Peter Fleming / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ John McEnroe defeated ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Pat Cash / ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Paul McNamee, 6โ€“2, 5โ€“7, 6โ€“2, 3โ€“6, 6โ€“3

Women's doubles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Martina Navratilova / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Pam Shriver defeated ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kathy Jordan / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Anne Smith, 6โ€“3, 6โ€“4

Mixed doubles

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง John Lloyd / ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Wendy Turnbull defeated ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Steve Denton / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Kathy Jordan, 6โ€“3, 6โ€“3

Juniors

Boys' singles

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Mark Kratzmann defeated Stefan Kruger, 6โ€“4, 4โ€“6, 6โ€“3

Girls' singles

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Annabel Croft defeated Elna Reinach, 3โ€“6, 6โ€“3, 6โ€“2

Boys' doubles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Ricky Brown / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Robbie Weiss defeated ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Mark Kratzmann / ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Jonas Svensson, 1โ€“6, 6โ€“4, 11โ€“9

Girls' doubles

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Caroline Kuhlman / ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Stephanie Rehe defeated Viktoria Milvidskaia / Larisa Savchenko, 6โ€“3, 5โ€“7, 6โ€“4

Singles seeds

Men's singles

Women's singles

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