This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2014. It primarily provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
International Tennis Federation
Grand Slam events Championship Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalAustralian Open(January 13 – January 26)Men's singles Stanislas Wawrinka Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3Women's singles Li Na Dominika Cibulková 7–6(7–3), 6–0Men's doubles Łukasz Kubot Robert Lindstedt Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen 6–3, 6–3Women's doubles Sara Errani Roberta Vinci Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–4, 3–6, 7–5Mixed doubles Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor Sania Mirza Horia Tecău 6–3, 6–2
Championship Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalFrench Open(May 26 – June 8)Men's singles Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4Women's singles Maria Sharapova Simona Halep 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4Men's doubles Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Women's doubles Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–1Mixed doubles Anna-Lena Grönefeld Jean-Julien Rojer Julia Görges Nenad Zimonjić 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Championship Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalWimbledon Championships(June 23 – July 6)Men's singles Novak Djokovic Roger Federer 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–4Women's singles Petra Kvitová Eugenie Bouchard 6–3, 6–0Men's doubles Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–5Women's doubles Sara Errani Roberta Vinci Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–1, 6–3Mixed doubles Nenad Zimonjić Samantha Stosur Max Mirnyi Chan Hao-ching 6–4, 6–2
Championship Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalUS Open(August 25 – September 7)Men's singles Marin Čilić Kei Nishikori 6–3, 6–3, 6–3Women's singles Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–3Men's doubles Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Marcel Granollers Marc López 6–3, 6–4Women's doubles Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta 2–6, 6–3, 6–2Mixed doubles Sania Mirza Bruno Soares Abigail Spears Santiago González 6–1, 2–6, [11–9] A total of ten men reached the third round at all four Grand Slams: Kevin Anderson, Roberto Bautista Agut, Tomáš Berdych, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Milos Raonic, Tommy Robredo, Gilles Simon, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Of the ten, only four managed to reach the fourth round or better at every major. Federer and Tsonga reached at least the fourth round at all four slams while Djokovic and Murray reached at least the quarterfinals at every major. Just six women reached the third round at all four Grand Slams: Eugenie Bouchard, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Ekaterina Makarova, Lucie Šafářová, and Maria Sharapova. Bouchard and Sharapova were the only two to reach at least the fourth round at every major.
Davis Cup World Group Draw
Fed Cup
World Group Draw
International Olympic Committee
7–18 March: South American Games 17–24 August: Youth Olympics 30–30 September: Asian Games 24–30 November: Central American and Caribbean Games
Important events
January The Australian Open along with five ATP tournaments, seven WTA tournaments, the Hopman Cup, and the first week of Davis Cup were scheduled in January. Grand Slam champions Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova along with former world number two, Vera Zvonareva, returned to their respective tours after recovering from injury. French duo Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Alizé Cornet defeated Poland in the Hopman Cup Final to give France its first Hopman Cup victory. Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer extended their historic rivalry when the Australian defeated Federer in the final of the Brisbane International. After a record nine first-round retirements in the singles draws of the Australian Open, the ATP considers adding an extreme heat policy to mediate extreme temperatures on court. By winning her third round encounter against Daniela Hantuchová, women's top seed Serena Williams broke Margaret Court's record of 60 match victories at the Australian Open; however, she was subsequently defeated in the next round by Ana Ivanovic in three-sets. Doubles top seed, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan made their earliest exit at the Australian Open in 11 years after they were defeated by the unseeded duo of Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen in the third round. Li Na followed up her win at the Shenzhen Open by reaching her third Australian Open final. She defeated first-time finalist Dominika Cibulková to earn her second career Grand Slam title. After fourteen consecutive losses to Novak Djokovic, Stanislas Wawrinka defeated the three-time defending champion in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He followed up this win by going on to defeat world number one Rafael Nadal in the final for the first time in thirteen career meetings with the Spaniard. It was Wawrinka's second title of the year after winning the Aircel Chennai Open earlier in January. The first round of the Davis Cup saw five seeds fail to advance to the second round. Of the top four seeds, only the Czech Republic won its tie while Serbia, Spain, and Argentina lost to Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, respectively. Japan, France, Great Britain, and Kazakhstan also advanced. Rafael Nadal, Juan Martín del Potro, John Isner, Ana Ivanovic, Garbiñe Muguruza, and Ekaterina Makarova also won titles. WTA Premier Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalBrisbanePremier (December 30 – January 5)Women's singles Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 7–5Women's doubles Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboeva 6–3, 6–1SydneyPremier (January 6 – January 12)Women's singles Tsvetana Pironkova Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4Women's doubles Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]ParisPremier (January 27 – February 2)Women's singles Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sara Errani 3–6, 6–2, 6–3Women's doubles Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–5]
February Twelve ATP tournaments, five WTA tournaments, and the first week of Fed Cup were scheduled in February. The Czech Republic nearly joined fellow fallen seeds Russia and Slovakia, but pulled off a 3–2 victory over Spain in the first round of Fed Cup. Italy, Germany, and Australia also advanced to the semifinals. Peng Shuai made history and became the first Chinese number one in any tennis discipline, male or female, by reaching the top spot of the WTA's doubles rankings. Marin Čilić continued his impressive start to the year by reaching his third consecutive ATP Tournament final. He defeated Kevin Anderson in the Delray Beacch final to add to his fourth Zagreb title he collected earlier in February. The win meant that Čilić led the tour in match wins with an 18–4 record. Gaël Monfils, Fabio Fognini, Kei Nishikori, David Ferrer, Ernests Gulbis, Federico Delbonis, Kurumi Nara, Dominika Cibulková, and Klára Zakopalová also won titles. ATP World Tour 500 Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalRotterdam(February 10 – February 16)Men's singles Tomáš Berdych Marin Čilić 6–4, 6–2Men's doubles Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău 6–2, 7–6(4)Rio de Janeiro(February 17 – February 23)Men's singles Rafael Nadal Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–3, 7–6(3)Men's doubles Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah David Marrero Marcelo Melo 6–4, 6–2Dubai(February 24 – March 2)Men's singles Roger Federer Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 Men's doubles Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–3Acapulco(February 24 – March 2)Men's singles Grigor Dimitrov Kevin Anderson 7–6(1), 3–6, 7–6(5)Men's doubles Kevin Anderson Matthew Ebden Feliciano López Max Mirnyi 6–3, 6–3 WTA Premier Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalQatarPremier 5(February 10 – February 16)Women's singles Simona Halep Angelique Kerber 6–2, 6–3Women's doubles Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–0DubaiPremier (February 17 – February 23)Women's singles Venus Williams Alizé Cornet 6–3, 6–0Women's doubles Anastasia Rodionova Alla Kudryavtseva Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
March Two ATP tournaments, four WTA tournaments, and the second week of Davis Cup were scheduled in March. Due to their deep runs at Indian Wells, Simona Halep and Roger Federer reached the number five ranking on their respective tours. This was Halep's top five debut while Federer re-entered the top five after a twelve-year low ranked number eight. The results of Indian Wells caused a considerable shift among the ATP Tour Top Ten Rankings. Along with Federer's return to the top five, Tomáš Berdych fell to number seven, John Isner made a return to the top ten, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fell out of the top ten for the first time in nearly three years. Being led by former world number one, Roger Federer, and Australian Open champion, Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland pulled off another upset against the eighth seeded Kazakhstan to reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup. They will face off against Italy on the bottom half of the draw while the first and fifth seeded teams of Czech Republic and France will meet in the other semifinal. 17-year-old Belinda Bencic reached her first WTA semi-final at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Due to the result, Bencic is the first player to be born after 1996 to enter the WTA top 100. The tournament also saw Serena Williams upset in her opening round match against Jana Čepelová. The upset snapped a 28-match winning streak Williams had on clay courts. Čepelová would be the eventual finalist of the tournament. Andrea Petkovic and Ana Ivanovic also won titles. ATP World Tour 1000/WTA Premier Mandatory Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalIndian Wells(March 3 – March 16)Men's singles Novak Djokovic Roger Federer 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)Women's singles Flavia Pennetta Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–1Men's doubles Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Alexander Peya Bruno Soares 6–4, 6–3Women's doubles Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai Cara Black Sania Mirza 7–6(7–5), 6–2Miami(March 17 – March 30)Men's singles Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–3Women's singles Serena Williams Li Na 7–5, 6–1Men's doubles Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 7–6(4), 6–4Women's doubles Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Djokovic becomes the second man after Federer to win the Indian Wells-Miami double twice. This was Djokovic's fourth title in Miami. This was Hingis' first tournament title since making her doubles comeback in 2013.
April Seven ATP tournaments, six WTA tournaments, and the second week of Fed Cup were scheduled in April. Dominika Cibulková led the WTA in match-wins after winning her 22nd match of the season at the Malaysian Open. She would raise that total to 24 before falling in the final to first-time WTA titlist Donna Vekić. The Czech Republic reached its third Fed Cup final in four years after defeating defending champions, Italy, in the semifinals. After a 22-year final drought, Germany also advanced to the final with a win over Australia. Russia, Canada, France and Poland earned places in the 2015 World Group. This will be Canada and Poland's first time contesting in the World Group. For the first time in the tournament's history, the United States was regulated to World Group Two after its loss to France. Fernando Verdasco, Guillermo García-López, Grigor Dimitrov, Carlos Berlocq, Martin Kližan, Alizé Cornet, Caroline Garcia, María Teresa Torró Flor, and Carla Suárez Navarro also won titles. ATP World Tour 1000 Category Champion(s) Finalist(s) Score in the finalMonte Carlo(April 14 – April 20)Men's singles Stanislas Wawrinka Roger Federer 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2 Men's doubles Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]