The 1984 South African Open was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on indoor hard courts in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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, South Africa

South Africa

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 that was part of the 1984 Volvo Grand Prix

1984 Volvo Grand Prix

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 and the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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. The women's tournament was held from April 30 through May 6, 1984 while the men's tournament was held from November 19 through November 25, 1984.

Men's Singles

  Eliot Teltscher

Eliot Teltscher

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defeated   Vitas Gerulaitis

Vitas Gerulaitis

Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was a Lithuanian–American professional tennis player. He is known for winning the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Gerulaitis won the tournament held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament...

6–3, 6–1, 7–6

• It was Teltscher's 2nd title of the year and the 13th of his career.

Women's Singles

  Chris Evert

Chris Evert

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defeated   Andrea Jaeger

Andrea Jaeger

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 6–3, 6–0

• It was Evert's 3rd title of the year and the 150th of her career.

Men's Doubles

  Tracy Delatte

Tracy Delatte

Tracy Delatte , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Delatte enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 39 in 1984.-Titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

/   Francisco Gonzalez defeated   Steve Meister

Steve Meister

Steve Meister , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Meister's highest singles ranking was World No. 69, which he reached in August, 1984. During his career he won 8 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

 /   Eliot Teltscher

Eliot Teltscher

Eliot Teltscher is a retired professional American tennis player.-Early years:Teltscher's mother was born in Israel; his father emigrated there during the Holocaust, and joined the British army...

 7–6, 6–1

• It was Delatte's only title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Gonzalez's 2nd title of the year and the 8th of his career.

Women's Doubles

  Rosalyn Fairbank

Rosalyn Fairbank

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/   Beverly Moulds defeated   Sandy Collins

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 /   Andrea Leand

Andrea Leand

Andrea Leand is a former professional tennis player.- Career :She played on the WTA tour from 1981 to 1994. She won a singles title at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1984 and reached the 4th round of the U.S. Open on three occasions and of the French Open in 1982. She retired with an 87-106 singles...

6–1, 6–2

• It was Fairbank's 1st title of the year and the 10th of her career. It was Mould's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of her career.