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1984 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1984 Australian Open. Seeds Qualifiers Lucky losers Qualifying draw First qualifier Second qualifier Third qualifier Fourth qualifier Fifth qualifier Sixth qualifier Seventh qualifier Eighth qualifier Ninth qualifier Tenth qualifier Eleventh qualifier Twelfth qualifier External links 1984 Australian Open – Men's draws and resultsat the International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1984 Australian Open - Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Australian Open
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, 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 Mats Wilander defeated 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 Chris Evert defeated 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' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Nijssen
Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He went pro in 1984 and played at the ATP World Tour for 15 years. Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became world No. 10. A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the US Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the US Open mixed-doubles finalists. Career finals Doubles (11 titles, 14 runner-ups) Doubles performance timeline See also *List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions List of Mixed Doubles Grand Slam tennis tournament champions: Although several players have won at least one title in each of the four majors to achieve the Career Grand Slam, only three players have won the Grand Slam, all four titles in a si ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fancutt
Michael Fancutt (born 20 February 1961) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ... player and coach from Australia. From 1998 to 2004, he coached the University of Tennessee tennis team. During his career, Fancutt won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 in 1984. Career finals Doubles (1 title, 2 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fancutt, Michael Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from Brisbane Living people 1961 births Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian people of South African descent Sportsmen from Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Houston (tennis)
Dale Houston (born 15 November 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Houston was born in Sydney but played his junior tennis in Queensland. In the early 1980s he took up a tennis scholarship to Wichita State University in Kansas. After graduating in June 1984 he competed for two years on the professional tour. At the 1984 Australian Open, just months after turning professional, Houston made it through to the third round, where he lost a competitive match to the defending champion Mats Wilander. Playing as a qualifier, Houston had straight set victories over Craig Miller and former Australian Open winner Mark Edmondson, which put him up against the Swedish second seed in the third round. He managed to take Wilander to four sets, winning the second 6–2 and getting to a tiebreak in the third. Wilander won it in the fourth and went on to win the tournament. Following his performances at the Australian Open, he gained entry to Grand Prix tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |