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
1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Evonne Goolagong Cawley was the defending champion, but did not compete. Chris Evert Lloyd defeated Hana Mandlíková in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships. Chris Evert Lloyd (Champion) Hana Mandlíková was seeded second, higher than her then current ranking of 5th at the start of the championship, due to her victories in the previous two grand slam singles events in Australia and France. Although perfectly within their remit and rights to alter the seedings from the rankings as they saw fit, the All England