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The 1984 Eastbourne International was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor grass courts

Grass court

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in Eastbourne

Eastbourne

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 12th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in January, 1984, and concluded in December, 1984 after events....

. The tournament was held from June 18 through June 24, 1984.

Women's Singles

Martina Navrátilová defeated

Kathy Jordan

Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...

6–4, 6–1

It was Navratilova's 11th title of the year and the 190th of her career.

Women's Doubles

Martina Navrátilová /

Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...

defeated

Jo Durie

Jo Durie is a former world number 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles.-Singles career:...

Ann Kiyomura

Ann Kiyomura-Hayashi is a former professional tennis player.Kiyomura played on the WTA Tour from 1973 to 1984. She played in 11 US Opens, reaching the fourth round in 1978. In 1975, she won the Wimbledon women's doubles title, playing with Kazuko Sawamatsu...

6–4, 6–2

It was Navrátilová's 10th title of the year and the 191st of her career. It was Shriver's 8th title of the year and the 57th of her career.

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