1984 Grand Prix (tennis)
Details | |
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Duration | January 10, 1984 – December 17, 1984 |
Edition | 15th |
Tournaments | 68 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Super Series Open Week Series Regular Series Team Events (2) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | John McEnroe (13) |
Most finals | John McEnroe (14) |
Prize money leader | John McEnroe ($2,026,109) |
Points leader | John McEnroe (3393) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | John McEnroe |
Most improved player of the year | Not given |
Newcomer of the year | Bob Green |
Comeback player of the year | Not given |
← 1983 1985 → |
The 1984 Volvo Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and two team events (World Team Cup, Davis Cup).
Schedule
The table below shows the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner of the ATP Tour).
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year End Championships |
Grand Prix |
Team events |
January
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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23 Jan 30 Jan |
U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, US Carpet – $300,000 – 48S/24D Singles – Doubles |
John McEnroe 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Ivan Lendl | Yannick Noah Wojciech Fibak |
Brad Gilbert Eliot Teltscher Jimmy Arias Tomáš Šmíd |
John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–2, 6–3 |
Henri Leconte Yannick Noah |
February
March
April
May
June
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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11 Jun | Queen's Club Championships London, England Grass – $200,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles |
John McEnroe 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
Leif Shiras | Jimmy Connors Rodney Harmon |
Danie Visser Tim Mayotte Russell Simpson Guy Forget |
Pat Cash Paul McNamee 6–4, 6–3 |
Bernard Mitton Butch Walts | ||||
18 Jun | Bristol Open Bristol, England Grass – $100,000 – 48S/24D Singles – Doubles |
Johan Kriek 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
Brian Teacher | Nduka Odizor Lloyd Bourne |
Tim Gullikson Jeff Turpin John Alexander Marty Davis |
Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof 6–4, 5–7, 9–7 |
John Alexander John Fitzgerald | ||||
25 Jun 2 Jul |
Wimbledon London, England Grand Slam Grass - $1,100,000 Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
John McEnroe 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 |
Jimmy Connors | Pat Cash Ivan Lendl |
John Sadri Andrés Gómez Paul Annacone Tomáš Šmíd |
Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
Pat Cash Paul McNamee | ||||
John Lloyd Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–3 |
Steve Denton Kathy Jordan |
July
August
September
October
November
December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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10 Dec | New South Wales Championships Sydney, Australia Grass – $125,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles |
John Fitzgerald 6–3, 6–3 |
Sammy Giammalva | Johan Kriek Kevin Curren |
Marty Davis Bill Scanlon Ben Testerman Tom Gullikson |
Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 7–6, 7–5 |
Tom Gullikson Scott McCain | ||||
Davis Cup final Gothenburg, Sweden – clay (i) |
Sweden 4–1 |
United States | |||
17 Dec | South Australian Open Adelaide, Australia Grass – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles |
Peter Doohan 1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Huub van Boeckel | Mike Bauer John Fitzgerald |
Shahar Perkiss John Frawley Miloslav Mečíř Tim Mayotte |
Broderick Dyke Wally Masur 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Peter Doohan Brian Levine | ||||
24 Dec | Melbourne Outdoor Melbourne, Australia Grass – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
Dan Cassidy 7–6, 7–6 |
John Fitzgerald | Matt Anger Jakob Hlasek |
Huub van Boeckel Christo van Rensburg Colin Dowdeswell Brad Drewett |
Broderick Dyke Wally Masur 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 |
Mike Bauer Scott McCain |
January 1985
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Jan | Volvo Masters New York, United States Carpet – $300,000 – 12S/6D Singles – Doubles |
John McEnroe 7–5, 6–0, 6–4 |
Ivan Lendl | Mats Wilander Jimmy Connors |
Anders Järryd Johan Kriek Joakim Nyström Eliot Teltscher |
Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–3, 6–1 |
Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart |
Grand Prix rankings
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*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 2nd, 1985.
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- Juan Aguilera (2) Aix-en-Provence, Hamburg
- Vijay Amritraj (1) Newport
- Francesco Cancellotti (2) Florence, Palermo
- Dan Cassidy (1) Melbourne
- Jimmy Connors (5) Memphis, La Quinta, Boca West, Los Angeles, Tokyo Indoor
- Marty Davis (1) Honolulu
- Mark Dickson (1) Houston WCT, Toulouse
- Peter Doohan (1) Adelaide
- Stefan Edberg (1) Milan
- John Fritzgerald (1) Sydney Outdoor
- Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Treviso
- Brad Gilbert (2) Columbus, Taiwan
- Andrés Gómez (5) Nice, Rome, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Hong Kong
- José Higueras (2) Kitzbühel, Bordeaux
- Anders Järryd (2) Hilversum, Sydney Indoor
- Aaron Krickstein (3) Boston, Tel Aviv, Geneva
- Johan Kriek (2) Bristol, Livingston
- Ramesh Krishnan (1) Metz
- Henri Leconte (1) Stuttgart Outdoor
- Ivan Lendl (3) Luxembourg, French Open, Wembley
- John McEnroe (13) Philadelphia, Richmond WCT, Madrid, Brussels, Queen's Club, Wimbledon, Dallas WCT, Forest Hills WCT, Toronto, US Open, San Francisco, Stockholm, Masters
- Paul McNamee (1) Houston
- Matt Mitchell (1) Melbourne Indoor
- Terry Moor (1) Cleveland
- Joakim Nyström (4) Gstaad, North Conway, Basel, Cologne
- David Pate (1) Tokyo Outdoor
- Libor Pimek (1) Munich
- Danny Saltz (1) Auckland
- Henrik Sundström (3) Bari, Monte Carlo, Båstad
- Eliot Teltscher (2) Brisbane, Johannesburg
- Mats Wilander (3) Cincinnati, Barcelona, Australian Open
- Tim Wilkison (1) Vienna
The following players won their first title in 1984:
- Juan Aguilera Aix-en-Provence
- Francesco Cancellotti Florence
- Dan Cassidy Melbourne
- Mark Dickson Houston WCT
- Peter Doohan Adelaide
- Stefan Edberg Milan
- Matt Mitchell Melbourne Indoor
- Terry Moor Cleveland
- David Pate Tokyo Outdoor
- Libor Pimek Munich
- Danny Saltz Auckland
See also
References
- ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ATP Archive 1984:Volvo Grand Prix Tournaments Accessed 22/10/2010.
- History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 22/10/2010.
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.