1984 Grand Prix (tennis)
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).
McEnroe won over $2M in prize money | |
Details | |
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Duration | January 10 – December 17 |
Edition | 15th |
Tournaments | 68 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Super Series Open Week Series Regular Series Team Events (2) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | |
Most tournament finals | |
Prize money leader | |
Points leader | |
Awards | |
Player of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | Not given |
Newcomer of the year | |
Comeback player of the year | Not given |
← 1983 1985 → |
Schedule
The table below shows the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner of the ATP Tour).
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year End Championship |
Regular Series |
Team events |
January
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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23 Jan 30 Jan | U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, USA Carpet – $300,000 – 48S/24D | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 | |||
6–2, 6–3 |
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 |
6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
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6–4, 6–3 |
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18 Jun | Bristol Open Bristol, England Grass |
6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
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6–4, 5–7, 9–7 |
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25 Jun 2 Jul |
Wimbledon London, England Grass |
6–1, 6–1, 6–2 |
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6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
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6–3, 6–3 |
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 $125,000 – Grass – 64S/32D | 6–3, 6–3 | |||
7–6, 7–5 | |||||
Davis Cup final Gothenburg, Sweden – Clay (i) | 4–1 | ||||
17 Dec | South Australian Open Adelaide, Australia |
1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
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24 Dec | Melbourne Outdoor Melbourne, Australia $75,000 – Grass – 32S/16D | 7–6, 7–6 | |||
7–6, 3–6, 7–6 |
January 1985
Week | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Jan | Benson and Hedges Open Auckland, New Zealand $80,000 – Hard – 32S/16D Singles Draw | 7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 | |||
7–6, 6–2 | |||||
Volvo Masters New York, United States $300,000 – Carpet – 12S/6D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw | 7–5, 6–0, 6–4 | ||||
6–3,6–1 |
Grand Prix rankings
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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 (2) Milan, Los Angeles Olympics 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
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References
- 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.
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