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1984 WCT Tournament Of Champions – Singles
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John McEnroe was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, by defeating Ivan Lendl 6–4, 6–2 in the final. In the semifinal match, Lendl defeated Jimmy Connors with a score of 6–0, 6–0, marking the third time ever (and the first time in the men's circuit) that a former World No.1 receives a double bagel in official matches. Seeds Some seeds received a bye into the second round. Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 See also * Lendl–McEnroe rivalry References External links Official results archive (ATP)Official results archive (ITF) Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe is the only male player in tennis history to hold the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles simultaneously. Only one other male player, Stefan Edberg, ever attained No. 1 in both, although at different times. McEnroe finished his career with 77 singles titles on the ATP Tour and 78 doubles titles; this remains the highest men's combined total of the Open Era. He is the only male player to win more than 70 titles in both the men's singles and the men's doubles categories. He also won 25 singles titles on the ATP Champions tour. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles (four at the US Open and three at Wimbledon), nine Grand Slam men's doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Meister
Steve Meister (born April 21, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Meister's highest singles ranking was World No. 69, which he reached in August 1984. During his career, he won 6 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 20 in July 1984. Meister was born in New York City, and is Jewish. '''', 3/22/09; accessed 6/4/09 He graduated from in 1980 with a degree in |
Ramesh Krishnan
Ramesh Krishnan (born 5 June 1961) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late 1970s, he won the singles titles at both, Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Slam quarterfinals in the 1980s and was a part of the Indian team captained by Vijay Amritraj which reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1987 against Sweden. Krishnan also beat then-world No. 1, Mats Wilander, at the 1989 Australian Open. He became India's Davis Cup captain in 2007. Early life Ramesh was born in Madras, India, and is the son of Ramanathan Krishnan who reached the Wimbledon semifinal twice in the 1960s. Ramesh emulated an achievement of his father's by winning the Wimbledon junior title in 1979. He also won the French Open junior title that year, and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world. Career At the senior level, Ramesh reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon once (1986) and the US Open twice (1981 and 1987). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Royer
Rocky Royer (born June 27, 1958) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Born in Berkeley, California, Royer played collegiate tennis at Rice University for four years. In the early 1980s he competed on the professional tour, winning two Challenger titles. On the Grand Prix circuit his best performances came in 1982 when he was a quarter-finalist at Bahia and in the same year finished runner-up in the doubles at the Quito Open The Quito Open, also known as the Quite Grand Prix, was a Grand Prix affiliated men's professional tennis tournament played from 1979 to 1982. It was held in Quito in Ecuador and played on outdoor clay courts. The city is located at 2,800 .... Royer now works as a tennis coach in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Grand Prix career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) Challenger titles Singles: (2) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Royer, Rocky 1958 births Living people American male tennis players Sportspeople from Berkeley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Davis (tennis)
Martin "Marty" Davis (born November 15, 1958) 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 from the United States. During his career, Davis won four singles titles and four doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 47 in June 1985 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 29 in November 1988. Career finals Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Martin American male tennis players California Golden Bears men's tennis players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's tennis coaches Sportspeople from San Jose, California Tennis people from California 1958 births Living people American tennis coaches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sadri
John Sadri (born September 19, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States. Sadri, an All-American at North Carolina State, reached the finals of the 1978 men's NCAA singles championship, losing to John McEnroe in four sets.https://www.backingthepack.com/nc-state-non-revenue-sports-news/2014/4/25/5652190/john-sadri-vs-john-mcenroe He reached the final of the 1979 Australian Open The 1979 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia and was held from 24 December 1979 through 2 January 1980. It was the 68th edition of the Austra ..., won two singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 13 in September 1980. Sadri formerly ran a junior tennis academy at Russell Tennis Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Grand Slam finals Singles (1 runner-up) Grand Slam tournament performance timeline Singles Career finals Singles (2 wins, 3 losses) Doub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Moor
Terry Moor (born April 23, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ..., who won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The left-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on October 29, 1984, when he became world No. 32. He is currently a database programmer in Memphis, TN. Grand Slam finals Doubles Career finals Singles: 6 (2 wins, 4 losses) Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) External links * * 1952 births Living people American male tennis players Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's tennis players Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee Tennis people from Connecticut Tennis people from Tennessee {{US-tennisbio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christo Van Rensburg
Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on ATP Tour later that year at Cleveland. Van Rensburg won 20 top-level doubles titles during his career, including one Grand Slam men's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1985, partnering Paul Annacone. He also won two ATP singles titles at Orlando in 1987, and at Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ... in 1989. Van Rensburg's career-high rankings were world No. 19 in singles (achieved in 1988) and world No. 5 in doubles (achieved in 1987). He retired from the professional tour in 1995. Van Rensburg is one of only two men to beat Pete Sampras in straight sets at Wimbledon ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givaldo Barbosa
Givaldo Barbosa (born January 25, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 32 in 1985. Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) References External links * * Brazilian male tennis players Tennis players from São Paulo Living people 1954 births {{Brazil-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Lapidus
Jay Lapidus (born May 1, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Playing career A three time All-American, Lapidus played collegiate tennis for Princeton University. Lapidus won his only Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix title in 1982, at the Stowe Open. He defeated Tim Mayotte, Brad Gilbert, John Alexander (tennis), John Alexander and Tom Gullikson en route to the final, which he won in straight sets, over Eric Fromm. The American also made the semifinals in Basel and Stockholm that year. His best Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam performance came in the 1985 Australian Open, where he reached the fourth round. During his career, Lapidus had a number of wins over players ranked in the world's top 20, including Peter Fleming (tennis), Peter Fleming at South Orange in 1979, Chip Hooper at Tampa in 1982, Aaron Krickstein at North Conway in 1984, Vitas Gerulaitis at Houston in 1985 and Juan Aguilera (tennis), Juan Aguilera at Memphis in 1985. His best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Saltz
Danny Saltz (born July 30, 1961) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Saltz played collegiate tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles. His first Grand Slam appearance was at the 1981 US Open, where he lost in a straight sets loss to Bruce Manson, in a match which lasted just 20 games. He fared better when he returned to the US Open in 1984, claiming the first two sets against Todd Nelson, but he was unable to win the match. The American also lost in the opening round of the 1984 Australian Open, to Eddie Edwards of South Africa. He managed to register a win at the 1987 Australian Open, beating Patrik Kühnen.''Ocala Star-Banner''"Davis Wins Aussie Match In Five Sets" January 12, 1987, p 9 In the second round he faced world number one Ivan Lendl and lost in four sets. At Auckland in 1984, Saltz became the eighth player to win a Grand Prix tournament as a qualifier when he defeated Chip Hooper in the Benson and Hedges Open final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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