1984 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles explained

Score:6–1, 6–1, 6–2
Draw:128 (16 / 8)
Seeds:16
Before Name:Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
After Name:Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

See main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships.

Defending champion John McEnroe defeated Jimmy Connors in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1984 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was his third Wimbledon singles title and sixth major singles title overall. The final was for a long time referred to as the greatest display in the history of tennis;[2] it lasted only 80 minutes and McEnroe made just four unforced errors during the entire match (none in the first set).

This tournament marked the first major appearance of future world No. 1, three-time Wimbledon champion, and six-time major champion Boris Becker. He would go on to win the title the following year.

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. John McEnroe (champion)

See also: 2 and 8. Ivan Lendl (semifinals)

See also: 3 and 6. Jimmy Connors (final)

See also: 4 and 3. Mats Wilander (second round)

See also: 5 and 7. Jimmy Arias (fourth round)

See also: 6 and 4. Andrés Gómez (quarterfinals)

See also: 7. Yannick Noah (withdrew)

See also: 8. José Luis Clerc (withdrew)

See also: 9 and 4. Henrik Sundström (second round)

See also: 10 and 8. Anders Järryd (first round)

See also: 11 and 3. Kevin Curren (fourth round)

See also: 12 and 5. Johan Kriek (fourth round)

See also: 13 and 7. Tomáš Šmíd (quarterfinals)

See also: 14 and 1. Bill Scanlon (fourth round)

See also: 15 and 2. Vitas Gerulaitis (fourth round)

See also: 16 and 6. Tim Mayotte (fourth round)

Yannick Noah and José Luis Clerc withdrew due to injury and illness respectively. They were replaced in the draw by Qualifier Paul Annacone and Lucky loser Claudio Mezzadri respectively.

Qualifying

See main article: 1984 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying.

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barrett, John. Wimbledon: The Official History. 2014. Vision Sports Publishing. 9-781909-534230. 4th.
  2. Web site: My thought on the Greatest tennis matches. 2009-01-20. Baseball Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207121654/http://www.baseball-statistics.com/Greats/Century/tennis.htm. 7 February 2009 . live.