1984 United Airlines Tournament of Champions

The 1984 United Airlines Tournament of Champions was a tennis

Tennis

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

in Orlando

Orlando, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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in the United States

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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 April 23 through April 29, 1984.

Women's Singles

Martina Navrátilová defeated

Laura Gildemeister

Laura Arraya is a former Peruvian tennis player who won four professional singles titles.-Career:...

6–2, 7–5

It was Navrátilová's 7th title of the year and the 186th of her career.

Women's Doubles

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...

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Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

defeated

Anne Hobbs

Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989...

Wendy Turnbull

Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...

6–0, 1–6, 6–3

It was Kohde-Kilsch's 2nd title of the year and the 8th of her career. It was Mandlíková's 8th title of the year and the 26th of her career.

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