Overview of the events of 1994 in tennis
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 1994. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup , and the Fed Cup .
The 1994 Australian Open was the first major tournament of the year. It took place at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia , from 17 to 30 January.
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Champion(s)
Finalist(s)
Score in the final
Men's singles
Pete Sampras
Todd Martin
7–6(7–4) , 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles
Steffi Graf
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–0, 6–2
Men's doubles
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Byron Black Jonathan Stark
6–7(3–7) , 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Mixed doubles
Larisa Neiland Andrei Olhovskiy
Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge
7–5, 6–7(0–7) , 6–2
The 1994 French Open played on clay courts took place at the clay courts of the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France from 23 May until 5 June.
The 1994 Wimbledon Championships, played on grass courts, took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London , England , and were held from 20 June to 3 July.
The 1994 US Open was the last major of the year, played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City , United States . It was held from 29 August to 11 September.
The 1994 Davis Cup was the 83rd edition of the year-long tournament between national teams in men's tennis.
1994 Davis Cup World Group draw
First round 25-27 March Quarterfinals 15-17 July Semifinals 23-25 September Final 2-4 December New Delhi , India (grass) United States 5 Rotterdam , Netherlands (hard) India 0 United States 3 Eindhoven , Netherlands (indoor carpet) Netherlands 2 Netherlands 5 Gothenburg , Sweden (indoor carpet) Belgium 0 United States 2 Lund , Sweden (indoor carpet) Sweden 3 Sweden 5 Cannes , France (hard) Denmark 0 Sweden 3 Besançon , France (indoor hard) France 2 France 4 Moscow , Russia (indoor carpet) Hungary 1 Sweden 4 Ramat HaSharon , Israel (hard) Russia 1 Israel 1 Saint Petersburg , Russia (indoor carpet) Czech Republic 4 Czech Republic 2 Saint Petersburg , Russia (indoor carpet) Russia 3 Russia 4 Hamburg , Germany (hard) Australia 1 Russia 4 Madrid , Spain (clay) Germany 1 Italy 1 Halle , Germany (grass) Spain 4 Spain 2 Graz , Austria (indoor clay) Germany 3 Austria 2 Germany 3
The 1994 Federation Cup was the 32nd edition of the most relevant competition between national teams in women's tennis.
1994 Federation Cup World Group draw
ATP Tour World Championships [ edit ] The 1994 ATP Tour World Championships was the year-end tournament, where the best eight players of the year competed in a round robin format. The singles championship took place at the Frankfurt Festhalle in Frankfurt , Germany, and the doubles tournament was played in Jakarta , Indonesia.
Championship Series, Single Week events[ edit ] The ATP Championship Series, Single Week events, precursors of the ATP Masters 1000 , were the second in relevance after the Grand Slam tournaments.
Tournament
Week
Singles winner
Singles finalist
Score
Doubles winners
Doubles runners-up
Score
Indian Wells
February 28
Pete Sampras
Petr Korda
4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
Byron Black Jonathan Stark
7–5, 6–3
Key Biscayne
March 7
Pete Sampras
Andre Agassi
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Mark Knowles Jared Palmer
7–6, 7–6
Monte Carlo
April 18
Andriy Medvedev
Sergi Bruguera
7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Nicklas Kulti Magnus Larsson
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Hamburg
May 2
Andriy Medvedev
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl
Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez
6–1, 7–5
Rome
May 9
Pete Sampras
Boris Becker
6–1, 6–2, 6–2
Scott Melville Piet Norval
Henrik Holm Anders Järryd
7–6, 6–3
Toronto
July 25
Andre Agassi
Jason Stoltenberg
6–4, 6–4
Byron Black Jonathan Stark
Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer
7–6, 7–6
Cincinnati
August 8
Michael Chang
Stefan Edberg
6–2, 7–5
Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle
Wayne Ferreira Mark Kratzmann
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Stockholm
October 24
Boris Becker
Goran Ivanišević
4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Jan Apell Jonas Björkman
6–3, 6–4
Paris
October 31
Andre Agassi
Marc Rosset
6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Byron Black Jonathan Stark
3–6, 7–6, 7–5
WTA Tour Championships [ edit ] The 1994 WTA Tour Championships were held in New York, United States between November 14 and November 20. This was the year-end tournament, which was played by the top-eight women players.
WTA Tier I Tournaments [ edit ] The WTA Tier I Tournaments were next in importance to Grand Slam events.
Tournament
Singles winner
Singles runner-up
Score
Doubles winners
Doubles runners-up
Score
Tokyo
Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–4
Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Miami
Steffi Graf
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva
Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath
6–3, 6–1
Hilton Head
Conchita Martínez
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–0
Lori McNeil Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva
6–4, 4–1, ret.
Rome
Conchita Martínez
Martina Navratilova
7–6(7–5) , 6–4
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva
Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz
6–1, 6–3
Berlin
Steffi Graf
Brenda Schultz
7–6(8–6) , 6–4
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–3, 7–6
Montreal
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Steffi Graf
7–5, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
Meredith McGrath Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Zurich
Magdalena Maleeva
Natasha Zvereva
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova
Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath
7–6, 6–1
Philadelphia
Anke Huber
Mary Pierce
6–0, 6–7(4–7) , 7–5
Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva
Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Year-end singles rankings [ edit ] Sampras ended the season as World No.1 for the second consecutive time.
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