1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
| Martina Navratilova finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in her career. She won 15 singles tournaments during the season, including three majors at the French Open (completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam), the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | March 5, 1984 – March 24, 1985 |
| Edition | 12th |
| Tournaments | 53 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Tour Events (48) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most titles | United States Martina Navratilova (15) |
| Most finals | United States Martina Navratilova (16) |
| Prize money leader | United States Martina Navratilova 2,173,556ドル |
| Points leader | United States Martina Navratilova 192.72 |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | United States Martina Navratilova |
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year | United States Kathy Jordan |
| Newcomer of the year | Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva |
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The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 12th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1984, and concluded in March 1985 after 53 events.
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1989 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Championships Circuit. It included the four Grand 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.
Schedule
[edit ]The table below shows the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
March
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[edit ]| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 10 Dec | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – 250,000ドル – 28S/16D/20Q |
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Canada Carling Bassett Czechoslovakia Helena Suková |
United States Barbara Potter United States Lisa Bonder United States Gigi Fernández Sweden Catarina Lindqvist |
| West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6–4, 6–1 |
Australia Elizabeth Smylie France Catherine Tanvier |
January 1985
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[edit ]March 1985
[edit ]Statistical Information
[edit ]Titles won by player
[edit ]These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed 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: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
- total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
- highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
- a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
- alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Titles won by nation
[edit ]| 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 | United States |
4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 1 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| 7 | Australia |
1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Bulgaria |
1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Germany |
2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 5 | South Africa |
1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | Switzerland |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Netherlands |
3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Italy |
2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Brazil |
2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | United Kingdom |
2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Yugoslavia |
2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | Japan |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Peru |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Sweden |
2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | Argentina |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | Austria |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Canada |
2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | Hungary |
1 | 1 | ||||||||
The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):
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- United States Jenny Klitch – Nashville (S)
- United States Sherry Acker – Nashville (D)
- Sweden Catarina Lindqvist – Pennsylvania (S)
- Czechoslovakia Marcela Skuherská – Pennsylvania (D)
- United States Bonnie Gadusek – Marco Island (S)
- Czechoslovakia Helena Suková – Marco Island (D)
- United States Andrea Leand – Pittsburgh (S), Zurich (D)
- United States JoAnne Russell – Indianapolis (S)
- Italy Sandra Cecchini – Taranto (S)
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš – Taranto (D)
- Austria Petra Huber – Taranto (D)
- Czechoslovakia Iva Budařová – Perugia (D)
- Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva – Lugano (S)
- Canada Hélène Pelletier – Rio de Janeiro (D)
- Canada Jill Hetherington – Rio de Janeiro (D)
- United States Anna-Maria Fernandez – Newport (D)
- United States Debbie Spence – San Diego (S)
- United States Michelle Casati – Tampa (S)
- Switzerland Lilian Drescher – Japan Open (S)
- United States Zina Garrison – Zurich (S)
- Australia Anne Minter – Salt Lake City (D)
- Australia Elizabeth Minter – Salt Lake City (D)
- Argentina Mercedes Paz – Borden Classic (D)
- United States Ronni Reis – Borden Classic (D)
- Canada Carling Bassett – Tampa (D)
- Hungary Andrea Temesvári – Zurich (D)
The following players mounted a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):
- United States Martina Navratilova – Orlando (S), VS Masters (S,D), Eastbourne (S, D), Wimbledon (S,D), US Open (S,D), Australian Open (D)
- United States Candy Reynolds – Nashville (D)
- Switzerland Christiane Jolissaint – Lugano (D)
- Netherlands Marcella Mesker – Lugano (D)
- United Kingdom Anne Hobbs – Berlin (D)
- United States Pam Shriver – VS Masters (D), Eastbourne (D), Wimbledon (D), US Open (D), Australian Open (D)
- South Africa Yvonne Vermaak – Salt Lake City (S)
- Australia Wendy Turnbull – Wimbledon (X)
Rankings
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Awards
[edit ]The winners of the 1984 WTA Awards were announced in 1985.[2]
- Player of the Year: Martina Navratilova
- Doubles Team of the Year: Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver
- Most Improved Player: Kathy Jordan
- Newcomer of the Year: Manuela Maleeva
- Player Service: Kim Shaefer
- Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award: Marcella Mesker
Retirements
[edit ]The following notable players announced their retirement from women's tennis in 1984:
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Official Guide (PDF), Women's Tennis Association, p. 151, retrieved 21 November 2010[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "WTA Awards". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.