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.

ITF

Grand Slam events

Australian Open

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.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Todd Martin	7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–4
Women's singles	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–0, 6–2
Men's doubles	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Women's doubles	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Patty Fendick Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Larisa Neiland Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	Template:Flagicon Helena Suková Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 6–7(0–7), 6–2

French Open

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.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	Template:Flagicon Alberto Berasategui	6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Women's singles	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
Men's doubles	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	Template:Flagicon Jan Apell Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–6
Women's doubles	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport Template:Flagicon Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Kristie Boogert Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting	Template:Flagicon Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	7–5, 3–6, 7–5

Wimbledon

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.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	7–6 (7–2), 7–6 (7–5), 6–0
Women's singles	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Men's doubles	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–1
Women's doubles	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Helena Suková Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil Template:Flagicon T. J. Middleton	3–6, 7–5, 6–3

US Open

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.

Category	Champion(s)	Finalist(s)	Score in the final
Men's singles	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	Template:Flagicon Michael Stich	6–1, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Women's singles	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Men's doubles	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Women's doubles	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Template:Flagicon Katerina Maleeva Template:Flagicon Robin White	6–3, 6–3
Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Elna Reinach Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 6–4

Davis Cup

The 1994 Davis Cup was the 83rd edition of the year-long tournament between national teams in men's tennis.

Draw

1994 Davis Cup World Group draw

Finals

File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1	Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia 2–4 December 1994 Carpet (indoors)		File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexander Volkov Stefan Edberg 4 6 2 6 77 62 6 0 6 8   2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Magnus Larsson 0 6 2 6 6 3 6 2 3 6   3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Andrei Olhovskiy Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman 77 65 2 6 3 6 6 1 6 8   4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Stefan Edberg 4 6 6 4 6 0       5 Alexander Volkov Magnus Larsson 65 77 4 6

Federation Cup

The 1994 Federation Cup was the 32nd edition of the most relevant competition between national teams in women's tennis.

Draw

1994 Federation Cup World Group draw

Finals

File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3	Waldstadion T.C., Frankfurt, Germany 24 July 1994 Clay (outdoors)		File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 0
1 2 3 1 Conchita Martínez Mary Joe Fernández 6 2 6 2     2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Lindsay Davenport 6 2 6 1     3 Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández 6 3 6 4

ATP Tour

ATP Tour World Championships

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.

Singles final

• Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras def. Template:Flagicon Boris Becker, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles final

• Template:Flagicon Jan Apell / Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman def. Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge / Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6).

Championship Series, Single Week events

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	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Petr Korda	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	7–5, 6–3
Key Biscayne	March 7	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	5–7, 6–3, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	7–6, 7–6
Monte Carlo	April 18	Template:Flagicon Andriy Medvedev	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	7–5, 6–1, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti Template:Flagicon Magnus Larsson	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Hamburg	May 2	Template:Flagicon Andriy Medvedev	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	6–1, 7–5
Rome	May 9	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	6–1, 6–2, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Scott Melville Template:Flagicon Piet Norval	Template:Flagicon Henrik Holm Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3
Toronto	July 25	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	Template:Flagicon Jason Stoltenberg	6–4, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	7–6, 7–6
Cincinnati	August 8	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg	6–2, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Alex O'Brien Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Stockholm	October 24	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Jan Apell Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
Paris	October 31	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	3–6, 7–6, 7–5

WTA Tour

WTA Tour Championships

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.

Singles final

• Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini def. Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles final

• Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández / Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva def. Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná / Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3.

WTA Tier I Tournaments

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	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Smylie	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Miami	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–1, 6–2	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Patty Fendick Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath	6–3, 6–1
Hilton Head	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez	Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–0	Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	6–4, 4–1, ret.
Rome	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–5), 6–4	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini Template:Flagicon Brenda Schultz	6–1, 6–3
Berlin	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	Template:Flagicon Brenda Schultz	7–6(8–6), 6–4	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 7–6
Montreal	Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf	7–5, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)	Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Smylie	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Zurich	Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva	Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4	Template:Flagicon Manon Bollegraf Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Patty Fendick Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath	7–6, 6–1
Philadelphia	Template:Flagicon Anke Huber	Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce	6–0, 6–7(4–7), 7–5	Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natalia Zvereva	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini Template:Flagicon Brenda Schultz	4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Year-end singles rankings

File:Pete Sampras at the 1992 Thriftway ATP Championships.jpg

Sampras ended the season as World No.1 for the second consecutive time.

Top 10 ATP Year-end rankings N° Name Nation 1 Pete Sampras USA 2 Andre Agassi USA 3 Boris Becker GER 4 Sergi Bruguera ESP 5 Goran Ivanišević CRO 6 Michael Chang USA 7 Stefan Edberg SWE 8 Alberto Berasategui ESP 9 Michael Stich GER 10 Todd Martin USA

Top 10 WTA Year-end rankings N° Name Nation 1 Steffi Graf GER 2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ESP 3 Conchita Martínez ESP 4 Jana Novotná CZE 5 Mary Pierce FRA 6 Lindsay Davenport USA 7 Gabriela Sabatini ARG 8 Martina Navratilova USA 9 Kimiko Date-Krumm JPN 10 Natasha Zvereva BLR

International Tennis Hall of Fame

• Class of 1994:
  • Hana Mandlíková, player
  • Bud Collins, contributor

See also

• 1994 ATP Tour
• 1994 WTA Tour

External links

• Official website of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)
• Official website of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)
• Official website of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)