title: 1984 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
text: # 1984 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
  
  First-seeded John McEnroe was the defending champion and won in the final, which lasted 1h39, against Jimmy Connors in straight sets 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 .
  
  ## Seeds
  
  A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
  
  * John McEnroe (champion)
  * Jimmy Connors (final)
  * Jimmy Arias (semifinals)
  * Johan Kriek (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | | | | | | | 1 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Vitas Gerulaitis | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | Vitas Gerulaitis | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Bill Scanlon | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | 1 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kevin Curren | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 4 | Johan Kriek | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Kevin Curren | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | Kevin Curren | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mark Dickson | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 |
  | Eliot Teltscher | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Jimmy Connors | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | Henrik Sundström | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | Eliot Teltscher | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 3 | Jimmy Arias | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Jimmy Arias | 0 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
  | Tomáš Šmíd | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Jimmy Connors | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Tim Mayotte | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | Tim Mayotte | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | 2 | Jimmy Connors | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  