1984 Australian Open

1984 Australian Open
Date 26 November – 9 December
Edition 73rd
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Grass
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Sweden Mats Wilander
Women's Singles
United States Chris Evert-Lloyd
Men's Doubles
Australia Mark Edmondson / United States Sherwood Stewart
Women's Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
Boys' Singles
Australia Mark Kratzmann
Girls' Singles
United Kingdom Annabel Croft
Boys' Doubles
Australia Mark Kratzmann / Australia Mike Baroch
Girls' Doubles
Australia Louise Field / Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko

The 1984 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 73rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 26 November through 9 December 1984. Chris Evert became the first tennis player in the open era to win 1,000 matches during this fortnight. She ended the tournament with the title and a match winning record of 1,003 - 97.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Sweden Mats Wilander defeated South Africa Kevin Curren 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 6–2

Women's Singles

United States Chris Evert defeated Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3

Men's Doubles

Australia Mark Edmondson / United States Sherwood Stewart defeated Sweden Joakim Nyström / Sweden Mats Wilander 6–2, 6–2, 7–5

Women's Doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6–3, 6–4

Mixed Doubles

The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Australia Mark Kratzmann defeated Australia Patrick Flynn 6–4, 6–1

Girls' Singles

United Kingdom Annabel Croft defeated Sweden Helena Dahlstrom 6–0, 6–1

Boys' Doubles

Australia Mike Baroch / Australia Mark Kratzmann defeated Australia Brett Custer / Australia David Macpherson 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

Girls' Doubles

Australia Louise Field / Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko defeated Australia Jackie Masters / New Zealand Michelle Parun 7–6, 6–2

External links

Preceded by
1984 US Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1985 French Open
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