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1984 Australian Open

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Edition
  
73rd

Surface
  
Grass

Category
  
Grand Slam (ITF)

Location
  
Melbourne, Australia

Date
  
26 November – 9 December

Venue
  
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club

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.

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Men's Singles

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

  • It was Wilander's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

    • Women's Singles

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

  • It was Evert's 16th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd and last Australian Open title.
  • Helena Suková 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 Doubles

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

  • 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 Doubles

    Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková 6–3, 6–4

  • 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 Doubles

    The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.

    Boys' Singles

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

    Girls' Singles

    Annabel Croft defeated Helena Dahlstrom 6–0, 6–1

    Boys' Doubles

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

    Girls' Doubles

    Louise Field / Larisa Savchenko defeated Jackie Masters / Michelle Parun 7–6, 6–2

    References

    1984 Australian Open Wikipedia
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