The 1984 Virginia Slims of Denver was a women's

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 ...

tournament played on indoor hard courts in

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in the United States that was part of the

1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 14th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1984, and concluded in March 1985 after events. The Virginia Slims World Championship Series wa ...

. The tournament was held from January 16 through January 22, 1984.

Mary-Lou Daniels Mary Lou Piatek-Daniels (born August 6, 1961) is a retired tennis player from the U.S. who played on the WTA Tour during the 1980s. In 1979, she was the no. 1 junior in the world. She won her first pro title at Richmond, Virginia 1981, beating ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Kim Sands Kim Sands (born October 11, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached 44th in the WTA rankings in April 1984 and became the first African-American woman to receive a scholarship to the University of Miami The Unive ...

6–1, 6–1 * It was Daniels' 1st title of the year and the 4th of her career.

Doubles

Marcella Mesker Marcella Mesker (born 23 May 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Mesker was active on the WTA Tour from 1979 to 1988 and reached the final of the Australian Open Women's Doubles in 1979. She also reached the semi ...

Anne Hobbs Anne Hobbs (born 21 August 1959 in Nottingham) is a British former professional tennis player. Tennis career Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989. She was ranked as the top British player for ...

defeated

Sherry Acker Sherry Acker (born June 16, 1959) is a former tennis player from the U.S. who was active in the late 1970s and first half of the 1980s. Acker was taught tennis by her father who was the coach at Kalamazoo College. In 1971, she won the girls' nat ...

Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983 (partnering Rosalyn Fairbank). She was also a runner ...

6–2, 6–3 * It was Mesker's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of her career. It was Hobbs' 1st title of the year and the 7th of her career.

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