1984 Virginia Slims of Utah
Encyclopedia
The 1984 Virginia Slims of Utah was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor carpet courts in Salt Lake City, Utah
in the United States
that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
. The tournament was held from September 10 through September 16, 1984.
Yvonne Vermaak
defeated
Terry Holladay
6–1, 6–2
Anne Minter
/ Elizabeth Minter
defeated Heather Crowe
/ Robin White
6–2, 7–5
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 carpet courts in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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 September 10 through September 16, 1984.
Women's Singles
Yvonne VermaakYvonne Vermaak
Yvonne Vermaak is a former tour tennis player who represented her native South Africa.Vermaak's best result was defeating Virginia Wade in the quarter-finals of the 1983 Wimbledon Championships.Late in her playing career, Vermaak became an American citizen....
defeated
Terry HolladayTerry Holladay
Terry Holladay is an American former professional tennis player who played between 1974 and 1987, reaching the quarter finals of both the U.S...
6–1, 6–2
- It was Vermaak's 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career.
Women's Doubles
Anne MinterAnne Minter
Anne Minter is a former tennis player from Australia, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour: 1987 Taipei, Singapore; 1988 Puerto Rico; 1989 Taipei...
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Elizabeth MinterElizabeth Minter
Elizabeth Minter is a former Australian professional tennis player. She was born on 23 August 1965 in Australia and played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1990. She now helps train young children.-Tennis career:...
defeated
Heather CroweHeather Crowe
Heather Crowe was a Canadian waitress who became the public face of Canada's anti-smoking campaign. She claimed that she contracted lung cancer in 2002 from second-hand smoke encountered at her workplace of over forty years, and later appeared in numerous television public service announcements...
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Robin WhiteRobin White (tennis)
Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States.White played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won two singles titles, in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1985 and in Auckland in 1992 but the highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fernández in the US Open doubles...
6–2, 7–5
- It was A. Minter's 1st career title. It was E. Minter's 1st career title.