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Singles, Women

Date6 – 10 August 1984
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationLos Angeles Tennis Center, Los Angeles, California
Participants32 from 22 countries

Because professionals were not allowed in the 1984 tennis demonstration, the field was somewhat weak, but the women’s winner was West German Steffi Graf, who would win the 1988 Olympic tennis gold medal, when tennis returned to the Olympic Program. Graf would go on to win 22 Grand Slam titles, and is considered one of the very greatest female champions of all-time. In 1988 she won the only Golden Slam in tennis history, winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, the Olympic gold medal, and the US Open. In Los Angeles, Graf defeated Yugoslavia Sabrina Goleš in the final. Goleš would also play as a professional, but never approached the transcendence of Graf, winning one professional title, with a top world ranking of 27th in February 1987.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
110Steffi GrafFRG
231Sabrina GolešYUG
=39Catherine TanvierFRA
=318Raffaella ReggiITA
=514Angeliki KanellopoulosGRE
=527Kathy HorvathUSA
=524Lilian DrescherSUI
=58Pascale ParadisFRA
=928Andrea JaegerUSA
=929Andrea LeandUSA
=911Myriam SchroppFRG
=912Amanda BrownGBR
=917Sandra CecchiniITA
=932Renata ŠašakYUG
=96Jill HetheringtonCAN
=915Patricia HyHKG
=173Petra HuberAUT
=1730Gretchen RushUSA
=1716Simone SchilderNED
=177Tine Scheuer-LarsenDEN
=1725Carin AnderholmSWE
=1726Hsu Mei-ChuTPE
=1713Rina EinyGBR
=174Silvana CamposBRA
=1719Etsuko InoueJPN
=1722Laura ArrayaPER
=1721Susanna LeeKOR
=1723Gigi FernandezPUR
=175Marianne GroatCAN
=171Mercedes PazARG
=172Elizabeth MinterAUS
=1720Akiko KijimutaJPN

Round One

Date6 – 7 August 1984
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #106 AugCourt #1Kathy Horvath (1)USA6-3, 6-3Petra HuberAUT
Match #207 AugCourt #2Myriam SchroppFRG6-3, 7-5Gigi FernandezPUR
Match #307 AugCourt #3Patricia HyHKG6-0, 6-3Marianne GroatCAN
Match #407 AugCourt #2Sabrina Goleš (7)YUG6-0, 6-2Susanna LeeKOR
Match #506 AugCourt #1Catherine Tanvier (4)FRA6-7 (10-8), 7-5, 6-1Gretchen RushUSA
Match #606 AugCourt #3Jill HetheringtonCAN6-3, 6-1Carin AnderholmSWE
Match #706 AugCourt #3Angeliki KanellopoulosGRE6-0, 6-2Hsu Mei-ChuTPE
Match #806 AugCourt #2Andrea Leand (5)USA6-4, 6-2Simone SchilderNED
Match #906 AugCourt #4Raffaella Reggi (6)ITA6-0, 6-0Rina EinyGBR
Match #1007 AugCourt #3Amanda BrownGBR6-2, 6-3Mercedes PazARG
Match #1107 AugCourt #4Lilian DrescherSUI7-5, 6-2Elizabeth MinterAUS
Match #1207 AugCourt #1Renata ŠašakYUG1-6, 6-1, 6-1Laura Arraya (3)PER
Match #1307 AugCourt #1Steffi Graf (8)FRG6-3, 7-5Etsuko InoueJPN
Match #1407 AugCourt #4Sandra CecchiniITA6-3, 6-2Akiko KijimutaJPN
Match #1506 AugCourt #4Pascale ParadisFRA6-3, 7-5Silvana CamposBRA
Match #1606 AugCourt #2Andrea Jaeger (2)USA2-6, 6-2, 6-3Tine Scheuer-LarsenDEN

Round Two

Date8 August 1984
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #108 AugCourt #1Kathy Horvath (1)USA6-2, 6-2Myriam SchroppFRG
Match #208 AugCourt #4Sabrina Goleš (7)YUG6-4, 4-6, 9-7Patricia HyHKG
Match #308 AugCourt #4Catherine Tanvier (4)FRA2-6, 6-2, 6-4Jill HetheringtonCAN
Match #408 AugCourt #1Angeliki KanellopoulosGRE6-3, 6-3Andrea Leand (5)USA
Match #508 AugCourt #2Raffaella Reggi (6)ITA6-2, 0-6, 6-3Amanda BrownGBR
Match #608 AugCourt #3Lilian DrescherSUI6-1, 6-3Renata ŠašakYUG
Match #708 AugCourt #3Steffi Graf (8)FRG0-6, 6-3, 6-4Sandra CecchiniITA
Match #808 AugCourt #1Pascale ParadisFRAAndrea Jaeger (2)USAwalkover

Quarter-Finals

Date9 August 1984
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #109 AugCourt #1Sabrina Goleš (7)YUG6-2, 7-6 (7-2)Kathy Horvath (1)USA
Match #209 AugCourt #1Catherine Tanvier (4)FRA6-2, 6-1Angeliki KanellopoulosGRE
Match #309 AugCourt #2Raffaella Reggi (6)ITA6-1, 6-2Lilian DrescherSUI
Match #409 AugCourt #2Steffi Graf (8)FRG6-0, 6-1Pascale ParadisFRA

Semi-Finals

Date10 August 1984
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #110 AugCourt #1Sabrina Goleš (7)YUG6-2, 6-2Catherine Tanvier (4)FRA
Match #210 AugCourt #1Steffi Graf (8)FRG7-6 (7-1), 6-4Raffaella Reggi (6)ITA

Final Round

Date10 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/210 AugCourt #1Steffi Graf (8)FRG1-6, 6-3, 6-4Sabrina Goleš (7)YUG