1984 Wimbledon Championships 1984 Wimbledon Championships The 1984 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 98th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1984. To celebrate the centenary of the Ladies' Singles competition, first held in 1884, 17 of the surviving 20 singles champions were presented with an engraved crystal vase on Centre Court by their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent on Monday, July 2. Those presented were Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade, Chris
2007 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion, but was defeated by Nicole Vaidišová in the fourth round. Venus Williams defeated Marion Bartoli in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Williams, ranked 31st at the time and seeded 23rd, remains the lowest ranked and lowest seeded woman ever to win Wimbledon. This was Williams' fourth Wimbledon singles title and she also became the first female champion to earn the same prize money as the male champion, following the tournament's decision to award equal pay for the