1984 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |
