![]() Martina Navratilova finished the year asworld No. 1 for the fifth time in her career. She won 15 singles tournaments during the season, including threemajors at theFrench Open (completing anon-calendar year Grand Slam), theWimbledon Championships, and theUS Open, as well as theVirginia Slims Championships. | |
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Duration | March 5, 1984 – March 24, 1985 |
Edition | 12th |
Tournaments | 53 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Tour Events (48) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | ![]() |
Most finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
Awards | |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
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The1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 12th season since the foundation of theWomen's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1984, and concluded in March 1985 after 53 events.
TheVirginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women'stennis organised by theWomen's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of theWTA Tour from 1983 until 1989 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of theToyota Series and theAvon Championships Circuit. It included the fourGrand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF World Circuit tournaments were not part of the tour, although they were awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
Tournaments were categorized by prize money on offer.
The table below shows the1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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11 Jun | Edgbaston Cup Birmingham, Great Britain Grass – $125,000 – 56S/32D Singles | ![]() 7–6, 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–5, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
18 Jun | Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass – $175,000 – 64S/32D/32X | ![]() 6–4, 6–1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 | |||||
25 Jun | Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $680,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/48X Singles –Doubles –Mixed doubles | ![]() 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
6–3, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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9 Jul | Santista Textile Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D | ![]() 6–3, 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–3, 2–6, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
15 Jul | Federation Cup São Paulo, Brazil – clay | ![]() 2–1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
30 Jul | Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Grass – $150,000 – 32S/16D | ![]() 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–5, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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10 Dec | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 28S/16D/20Q | ![]() 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–4, 6–1 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Feb | Lipton International Players Championships Delray Beach, United States Hard – $750,000 – 128S/64D/64Q Singles –Doubles | ![]() 6–2, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
18 Feb | Virginia Slims of California Oakland, United States Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 28S/16D/32Q | ![]() 6–2, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
25 Feb | Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania Hershey, United States Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D | ![]() 6–7, 6–2, 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–4, 7–6 | ![]() ![]() |
These tables present the number ofsingles (S),doubles (D), andmixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: theGrand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments | Year-end championships | Regular tournaments | All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | ||
65 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 |
The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):
The following players mounted a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):
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The winners of the 1984WTA Awards were announced in 1985.[2]
The following notable players announced their retirement from women's tennis in 1984: