1984 Grand Prix (tennis)
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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).
Schedule
The table below shows the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner of the ATP Tour).
Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Year End Championships |
| Grand Prix |
| Team events |
January
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 30 Jan | U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, US Carpet – $300,000 – 48S/24D Singles – Doubles | United States John McEnroe 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 | Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl | France Yannick Noah Poland Wojciech Fibak | United States Brad Gilbert United States Eliot Teltscher United States Jimmy Arias Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd |
| United States John McEnroe United States Peter Fleming 6–2, 6–3 | France Henri Leconte France Yannick Noah |
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January 1985
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jan | Volvo Masters New York, United States Carpet – $400,000 – 12S/6D Singles – Doubles | United States John McEnroe 7–5, 6–0, 6–4 | Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl | Sweden Mats Wilander United States Jimmy Connors | Sweden Anders Järryd United States Johan Kriek Sweden Joakim Nyström United States Eliot Teltscher |
| United States Peter Fleming United States John McEnroe 6–3, 6–1 | Australia Mark Edmondson United States Sherwood Stewart |
Grand Prix rankings
*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 2, 1985.
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- Spain Juan Aguilera (2) Aix-en-Provence, Hamburg
- India Vijay Amritraj (1) Newport
- Italy Francesco Cancellotti (2) Florence, Palermo
- United States Dan Cassidy (1) Melbourne
- United States Jimmy Connors (5) Memphis, La Quinta, Boca West, Los Angeles, Tokyo Indoor
- United States Marty Davis (1) Honolulu
- United States Mark Dickson (1) Houston WCT, Toulouse
- Australia Peter Doohan (1) Adelaide
- Sweden Stefan Edberg (1) Milan
- Australia John Fritzgerald (1) Sydney Outdoor
- United States Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Treviso
- United States Brad Gilbert (2) Columbus, Taiwan
- Ecuador Andrés Gómez (5) Nice, Rome, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Hong Kong
- Spain José Higueras (2) Kitzbühel, Bordeaux
- Sweden Anders Järryd (2) Hilversum, Sydney Indoor
- United States Aaron Krickstein (3) Boston, Tel Aviv, Geneva
- United States Johan Kriek (2) Bristol, Livingston
- India Ramesh Krishnan (1) Metz
- France Henri Leconte (1) Stuttgart Outdoor
- Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (3) Luxembourg, French Open, Wembley
- United States John McEnroe (13) Philadelphia, Richmond WCT, Madrid, Brussels, Queen's Club, Wimbledon, Dallas WCT, Forest Hills WCT, Toronto, US Open, San Francisco, Stockholm, Masters
- Australia Paul McNamee (1) Houston
- United States Matt Mitchell (1) Melbourne Indoor
- United States Terry Moor (1) Cleveland
- Sweden Joakim Nyström (4) Gstaad, North Conway, Basel, Cologne
- United States David Pate (1) Tokyo Outdoor
- Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek (1) Munich
- United States Danny Saltz (1) Auckland
- Sweden Henrik Sundström (3) Bari, Monte Carlo, Båstad
- United States Eliot Teltscher (2) Brisbane, Johannesburg
- Sweden Mats Wilander (3) Cincinnati, Barcelona, Australian Open
- United States Tim Wilkison (1) Vienna
The following players won their first title in 1984:
- Spain Juan Aguilera Aix-en-Provence
- Italy Francesco Cancellotti Florence
- United States Dan Cassidy Melbourne
- United States Mark Dickson Houston WCT
- Australia Peter Doohan Adelaide
- Sweden Stefan Edberg Milan
- United States Matt Mitchell Melbourne Indoor
- United States Terry Moor Cleveland
- United States David Pate Tokyo Outdoor
- Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek Munich
- United States Danny Saltz Auckland
See also
- ATP Archive 1984: , accessed 22/10/2010
- , 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.