Central Fidelity Banks International 1984

Central Fidelity Banks International 1984
date	9/24/1984 - 9/30/1984
Edition	8th
navigation	1983  ◄  1984
WTA tour
venue	Richmond, Virginia United States
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16D
Last year's winner	Rosalyn Fairbank
Last year's winner (double)	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds
Winner	JoAnne Russell
Winner (doubles)	Elizabeth Minter JoAnne Russell
As of June 15, 2018

The 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International was a women's tennis tournament in Richmond , Virginia . The hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1984 and took place from September 24th to 30th, 1984.

The first-round encounter between Vicki Nelson and Jean Hepner went down as the longest match in women's tennis history, lasting 6 hours and 31 minutes. It took them 1 hour and 47 minutes for the tie-break alone. In addition, it also had the longest rally; this lasted 29 minutes, the ball flew 643 over the net.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  JoAnne Russell victory 02.  Vicki Nelson Round of 16 03.  Kim Sands 1 round 04th  Barbara Gerken Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 05.  Jennifer Mundel Round of 16 06th  Lilian Drescher Round of 16 07th  Pilar Vasquez Quarter finals 08th.  Leslie Allen 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

J. Russell

6th

6th

Q

K. Kinney

2

2

1

J. Russell

7th

3

6th

M. Van Nostrand

7th

5

6th

M. Van Nostrand

5

6th

3

L. Howell

6th

7th

2

1

J. Russell

5

6th

6th

C. Reynolds

1

7th

6th

C. Reynolds

7th

4th

4th

M. Quinlan

6th

5

2

C. Reynolds

6th

6th

F. Raschiatore

2

0

6th

L. Drescher

1

1

6th

L. Drescher

6th

6th

1

J. Russell

7th

6th

3

K. Sands

1

6th

G. Purdy

6th

3

G. Purdy

6th

7th

G. Purdy

6th

0

6th

R. Blount

1

5

A. Hulbert

0

6th

4th

A. Hulbert

6th

7th

G. Purdy

6th

6th

Q

AT THE. Fernández

7th

6th

R. Mentz

3

0

L. Amber

5

1

Q

AT THE. Fernández

7th

5

0

R. Mentz

6th

6th

R. Mentz

6th

7th

6th

8th

L. Allen

2

4th

1

J. Russell

6th

4th

6th

5

J. Mundel

4th

3

Q

M. Washington

2

6th

2

L. Forood

6th

0

r

5

J. Mundel

5

3

K. Cummings

6th

6th

K. Cummings

7th

6th

C. Fernandez

0

3

K. Cummings

6th

4th

6th

A. Kanellopoulou

6th

6th

A. Kanellopoulou

4th

6th

3

H. Pelletier

1

4th

A. Kanellopoulou

0

M. Groat

1

1

4th

B. Gerken

0

r

4th

B. Gerken

6th

6th

K. Cummings

6th

4th

3

7th

P. Vasquez

6th

6th

Q

M. Washington

3

6th

6th

E. Minter

4th

2

7th

P. Vasquez

7th

6th

L. Romanov

5

4th

LL

E. Tell

6th

3

LL

E. Tell

7th

6th

7th

P. Vasquez

2

6th

0

B. Bowes

7th

4th

4th

Q

M. Washington

6th

1

6th

Q

M. Washington

5

6th

6th

Q

M. Washington

5

7th

6th

J. Hepner

4th

6 11

2

V. Nelson

7th

5

0

2

V. Nelson

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Elizabeth Minter JoAnne Russell   victory 02.  Rene Blount Janet Wright   Quarter finals 03.  Jennifer Mundel Felicia Raschiatore   final 04th  Ginny Purdy Susan Rimes   1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

E. Minter J. Russell

6th

6th

B. Gerken L. Howell

4th

3

1

E. Minter J. Russell

6th

6th

L. Drescher V. Nelson

6th

6th

L. Drescher V. Nelson

2

0

C. Dorey A. Moranon

1

3

1

E. Minter J. Russell

6th

6th

4th

G. Purdy S. Rimes

4th

5

J. Goodling H. Pelletier

1

3

L. Siegleman M. Washington

6th

7th

L. Siegleman M. Washington

6th

3

K. Cummings L. Romanov

2

0

J. Goodling H. Pelletier

7th

6th

J. Goodling H. Pelletier

6th

6th

1

E. Minter J. Russell

6th

3

7th

L. Bernstein C. Copeland

6th

3

3

3

J. Mundel F. Raschiatore

4th

6th

6th

B. Bowes J. Callen

2

6th

6th

B. Bowes J. Callen

1

5

S. Margolin B. Norton

3

2

3

J. Mundel F. Raschiatore

6th

7th

3

J. Mundel F. Raschiatore

6th

6th

3

J. Mundel F. Raschiatore

7th

0

C. Copeland C. Watson

4th

5

M. Quinlan, M. Van Nostrand

5

1

r

M. Quinlan, M. Van Nostrand

6th

7th

M. Quinlan, M. Van Nostrand

6th

7th

H. Crowe R. Mentz

3

6th

2

R. Blount J. Wright

1

5

2

R. Blount J. Wright

6th

7th

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Central Fidelity Banks International 1984 on the ITF website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Day They belabored the point. In: nytimes.com. September 23, 2009, accessed January 20, 2019 .