Wimbledon Tennis Championship - Parade of Champions 1984
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- 16 years before the more famous parade of champions in 2000, 17 of the surviving Ladies Champions were presented to the Centre Court in a pre-tournament ceremony in 1984.
Maria Bueno R.I.P. What a Beautiful Lady:)
Chris Evert! 10 finals.
Quite incredible for a baseliner - and Martina stood as the only insurmountable obstacle there 5 times
@@eastfiftyseven great comment , Evonne and Bille Jean also gave her a bit of trouble there
Nice to see Althea Gibson.so glad Wimbledon honored her. I don't think the US Open every did. Glad they have a statue now. I love how tennis came together to help her in the end.
Goodness you're still not banging on about black lives matter.
@@martinpascoe5904 so have you.
thanks for the history, before my time so I appreciate the glimpse of what its like then..no need to compare now and then, just appreciate the moment,
Perhaps he was nervous and flustered by the occasion, but it's so very strange that the MC for this event, Dan Maskell made so many mistakes in his introductions. His tennis knowledge was first rate and yet he fluffed so much of what he said. I can understand why neither Helen Wills Moody nor Helen Jacobs were there due to their age, but Karen Susman's absence is disappointing. Kitty Godfree presented Susman with her crystal later in the year during the 1984 LA Olympics and spoke with Helen Moody on the phone during the trip.
What mistakes did he make?
@@ajs41 He says Ann Jones made her debut in 1956 and seven years later reached the final. She didn't reach the final until 1967, 11 years later. He says Billie Jean King broke Elizabeth Ryan's record in 1978. That happened in 1979. He says Shirley Fry won at her 8th appearance; it was her 9th.
could have been a typo?
Oops Margaret and Billie-Jean next to each other...now theres a story!
🙈😂
6:33 Dan Maskell omitted Martina's 1983 Wimbledon title.
This is the 1984 Championships and he described her as "the reigning champion", which indicates her win in 1983.
This looks like 1984 rather than 1985? Dan Maskell referring to Martina Navratilova just having done 'the grand slam 3 weeks ago' must be referring to her 1984 French Open win.
Amended, cheers. I found it on an old VHS tape with the Becker/Curran final and thought it was all from 85.
Interesting that at the time, Martina's 4th slam in a row at the FO was called the Grand Slam and ratified as such, and she went on to win another 2 for a record 6 consecutive slams. No other modern player has matched that feat.
Too bad she didn’t win all 4 in the same calendar year. Graf won 5 consecutive slams including all 4 in the same year.
@@geminigeek1839 Too bad Graf wasn’t able to win the record 6 in a row while simultaneously winning a calendar slam in doubles. 🤷♂️
It was one of those strange controversies. The ITF decided to offer a $1 million bonus to anyone who could win 4 in a row, and they'd call it a grand slam. It was hotly debated at the time and they quickly changed their mind. Martina still pocketed the $1 million though.
@@zeddeka This is how The Times of London reported it at the time:
“In Paris yesterday, Martina Navratilova won herself a cherished niche alongside the other immortals in the marbled halls of tennis history by becoming only the fifth player to achieve the Grand Slam. In burning heat, before a capacity crowd, she beat her great rival, Chris Lloyd, by the surprising score of 6-3, 6-1 in 63 minutes.
During the first five games of the second set, Lloyd won only two points, and although she then showed typical true grit by saving two match points and breaking her opponent’s formidable service, she was at times almost brutally outclassed.
The others who have achieved the Slam - the Wimbledon championship, plus the USA, Australian and French Opens - are Don Budge, Rod Laver, who did it twice, Maureen Connolly and Margaret Court...”
@@zeddeka “The $1 million bonus from the International Federation for the feat was just so many bubbles on her brimming glass of champagne victory. “Most of it will go in taxes anyway,” she grinned. “My next goal may be another Slam, or may be to bankrupt the Federation.” She is getting so good she might bankrupt women’s tennis.”
Testimony to how much wimbledon has changed. It was a fairly stuffy, deferential place then. Nowadays, it's all about contrived marketing and manufactured quaintness. Very fake.
It was better then. It was modern enough in 1984 with the likes of Martina, Chris, Evonne, Billie-Jean, etc.