The 1984 Edgbaston Cup was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor grass courts

Grass court

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 that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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. The tournament took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham

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, England

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, United Kingdom

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 and was held from June 11 through June 17, 1984.

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Seeding
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...	United States	1
Zina Garrison Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...	United States	2
Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on...	United States	3
Pam Casale Pam Casale Pam Casale-Telford is a former professional tennis player from the United States....	United States	4
Alycia Moulton Alycia Moulton Alycia Moulton is a former professional tennis player.Moulton was active on the WTA tour from 1978 to 1988. Her powerful game brought her two singles title in 1983 and five doubles titles. She twice defeated Helena Suková in an overall 76-99 career singles record...	United States	5
Kimberly Schaefer	United States	6
Rosalyn Fairbank Rosalyn Fairbank Rosalyn Doris Fairbank-Nideffer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. She played her first grand slam in 1979, with her last appearance coming as late as 1997...	South Africa	7
JoAnne Russell JoAnne Russell JoAnne Russell is a former American professional tennis player. With partner Helen Gourlay Cawley, Russell won the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles title in 1977. They beat the team of Chris Evert and Rosie Casals in the first round and the top-ranked team of Martina Navratilova and Betty Stöve in the...	United States	8
Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh Sharon Walsh-Arnold is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Walsh enjoyed a long career by modern standards, playing her first Grand Slam singles event in 1969 and her last Grand Slam doubles match in 1990. She was a finalist at the 1979 Australian Open where she lost to...	United States	9
Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.-Career:With German nationality as the daughter of a...	West Germany	10
Anne White Anne White Anne White is a former professional United States tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985.-Early life:White attended John Adams Junior High School...	United States	11
N/A	N/A	12
Mary-Lou Piatek	United States	13
Wendy White	United States	14

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lea Antonoplis

Lea Antonoplis

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 Kathleen Cummings Heather Ludloff

Heather Ludloff

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 Tina Mochizuki Claudia Monteiro

Claudia Monteiro

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 Beverly Mould Brenda Remilton Julie Salmon

Julie Salmon

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The following players received a lucky loser

Lucky Loser

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 spot: Susan Leo

Susan Leo

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 Molly van Nostrand

Women's Singles

  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   Anne White

Anne White

Anne White is a former professional United States tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985.-Early life:White attended John Adams Junior High School...

 7–5, 6–3

• It was Shriver's second singles title of the year and the 7th of her career.

Women's Doubles

  Leslie Allen

Leslie Allen (tennis)

Leslie Allen is a retired American professional tennis player.Allen was a member of the University of Southern California national championship team and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications...

/   Anne White

Anne White

Anne White is a former professional United States tennis player from Charleston, West Virginia. She is most famous for wearing a white body suit at Wimbledon in 1985.-Early life:White attended John Adams Junior High School...

defeated   Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan

Barbara Charline Jordan was an American politician who was both a product and a leader, of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives...

 /   Elizabeth Sayers 7–6, 6–3

• It was Allen's 2nd title of the year and the 6th of her career. It was White's 4th title of the year and of her career.

External links

• 1984 Edgbaston Cup Draws
• ITF Tournament Page