1984 Virginia Slims of Dallas
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The 1984 Virginia Slims of Dallas was a tennis
tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Dallas
, Texas
in the United States
that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
. The tournament was held from March 19 through March 25, 1984.
Hana Mandlíková
defeated
Kathy Jordan
7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Leslie Allen
/ Anne White
defeated Sandy Collins
/
Elizabeth Smyle 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
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 indoor carpet courts in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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 March 19 through March 25, 1984.
Women's Singles
Hana MandlíkováHana 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
Kathy JordanKathy 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...
7–6, 3–6, 6–1
- It was Mandlíková's 5th title of the year and the 23rd of her career.
Women's Doubles
Leslie AllenLeslie 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 WhiteAnne 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
Sandy CollinsSandy Collins (tennis)
Sandy Collins is an American professional tennis player who played from the late 1970s until 1994.Sandy is a native of San Bernardino, California. After high school, Sandy went to Odessa College where she played tennis for Coach Virginia Brown and the Wranglers...
/
Elizabeth Smyle 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
- It was Allen's 1st title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was White's 3rd title of the year and of her career.