Overview of the events of 1994 in tennis
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis 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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 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
Finals
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
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
Doubles final
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
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
Doubles final
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
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
Sampras ended the season as World No.1 for the second consecutive time.
See also
References
External links
