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 finalMen's singles Pete Sampras Todd Martin 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–4Women's singles Steffi Graf Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–0, 6–2Men's doubles Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3Women's doubles Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Mixed 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.

Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalMen's singles Sergi Bruguera Alberto Berasategui 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1Women's singles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–4Men's doubles Byron Black Jonathan Stark Jan Apell Jonas Björkman 6–4, 7–6Women's doubles Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–2Mixed doubles Kristie Boogert Menno Oosting Larisa Savchenko-Neiland 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 finalMen's singles Pete Sampras Goran Ivanišević 7–6 (7–2), 7–6 (7–5), 6–0Women's singles Conchita Martínez Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Men's doubles Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith 7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–1Women's doubles Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–1Mixed doubles Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge Lori McNeil 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 finalMen's singles Andre Agassi Michael Stich 6–1, 7–6(7–5), 7–5Women's singles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Steffi Graf 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4Men's doubles Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Women's doubles Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Katerina Maleeva Robin White 6–3, 6–3Mixed doubles Elna Reinach Patrick Galbraith Jana Novotná 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

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 Pete Sampras def. Boris Becker, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles final Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman def. Todd Woodbridge / 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 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 Gabriela Sabatini def. Lindsay Davenport, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles final Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva def. Jana Novotná / 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 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

Top 10 ATP Year-end rankings N° Name Nation 1 Pete Sampras 2 Andre Agassi 3 Boris Becker 4 Sergi Bruguera 5 Goran Ivanišević 6 Michael Chang 7 Stefan Edberg 8 Alberto Berasategui 9 Michael Stich 10 Todd Martin Top 10 WTA Year-end rankings N° Name Nation 1 Steffi Graf 2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3 Conchita Martínez 4 Jana Novotná 5 Mary Pierce 6 Lindsay Davenport 7 Gabriela Sabatini 8 Martina Navratilova 9 Kimiko Date-Krumm 10 Natasha Zvereva

International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 1994: Hana Mandlíková, player Bud Collins, contributor

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