1984 Australian Open

January 2022 January 2012 1984 Australian Open 26 November – 9 December 1984 73rd Grand Slam (ITF) Melbourne, Australia Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Grass SWE Mats Wilander USA Chris Evert-Lloyd AUS Mark Edmondson / USA Sherwood Stewart USA Martina Navratilova / USA Pam Shriver AUS Mark Kratzmann GBR Annabel Croft AUS Mark Kratzmann / AUS Mike Baroch AUS Louise Field / URS Larisa Savchenko The 1984 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. Held from 26 November through 9 December 1984,Steven Pye Remembering the 1984 Australian Open, a tournament played in a different era https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2015/jan/30/remembering-1984-australian-open-tournament The Guardian 30 January 2015 it was the 73rd edition of the Australian Open. American Chris Evert became the first tennis player in the open era to win 1,000 matches during this fortnight, ending the tournament with the women's title and a match winning record of 1,003 – 97. Sweden's Mats Willander won the men's single title, successfully defending his 1983 Australian Open championship picking up his third Grand Slam title. Seniors Men's singles 1984 Australian Open – Men's singles SWE Mats Wilander defeated RSA 1928 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 1984 Australian Open – Women's singles USA Chris Evert defeated CSK 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 1984 Australian Open – Men's doubles AUS Mark Edmondson / USA Sherwood Stewart defeated SWE Joakim Nyström / SWE 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 1984 Australian Open – Women's doubles USA Martina Navratilova / USA Pam Shriver defeated FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / CSK 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. Juniors Boys' singles AUS Mark Kratzmann defeated AUS Patrick Flynn 6–4, 6–1 Girls' singles GBR Annabel Croft defeated SWE Helena Dahlström 6–0, 6–1 Boys' doubles AUS Mike Baroch / AUS Mark Kratzmann defeated AUS Brett Custer / AUS David Macpherson 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 Girls' doubles AUS Louise Field / URS Larisa Savchenko defeated AUS Jackie Masters / NZL Michelle Parun 7–6, 6–2 References External links Official website Australian Open 1984 US Open Grand Slams 1985 French Open Category:November 1984 sports events in Australia Category:December 1984 sports events in Australia 1984, Australian Open