1994 WTA Tour
The 1994 WTA Tour was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the year-ending WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won eight titles, the most in the year | |
| Details | |
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| Duration | 3 January – 14 November 1994 |
| Edition | 24th |
| Tournaments | 55 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (8) WTA Tier II (19) WTA Tier III (11) WTA Tier IV (12) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  |
| Most tournament finals |  |
| Prize money leader | ($2,943,665) |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles Team of the year |  .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Most improved player of the year |  |
| Newcomer of the year |  |
| Comeback player of the year | |
← 1993 1995 → | |
Schedule
The table below shows the 1994 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Tier I events |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January
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February
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March
April
May
June
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 6 Jun | DFS Classic Birmingham, Great Britain Tier III event $150,000 - Grass - 56S/32Q/28D Singles - Doubles | 6–2, 6–2 | |  |    |
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| 13 Jun | Volkswagen Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Tier II event $400,000 - Grass - 56S/28D Singles - Doubles | 6–2, 6–4 | |  | |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3 |   | ||||
| 20 Jun 27 Jun | Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam $2,705,332 - Grass - 128S/64Q/64D/64X Singles - Doubles Draw - Mixed Draw | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | | | |
6–4, 6–1 | | ||||
3–6, 7–5, 6–3 | |
July
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul | Torneo Internazional Femmin di Palermo Palermo, Italy Tier IV event $100,000 - Clay - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles | 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–5) | |  |   |
6–1, 6–0 | | ||||
| 18 July | Federation Cup Frankfurt, Germany Team event Clay | 3–0 | | |   |
| 25 Jul | Citroën Austrian Ladies Open Styria, Austria Tier IV event $100,000 - Clay - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles | 6–3, 6–3 | | | |
7–5, 7–5 | | ||||
| Acura U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships Stratton Mountain, VT, U.S. Tier II event $400,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | | | | |
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–5 | |
August
September
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep | Moscow Ladies Open Moscow, Russia Tier III event $150,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles | 7–5, 6–1 | |  .svg.png){kind=small} |  |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | | ||||
| Nichirei International Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier II event $400,000 - Hard - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles | 6–1, 6–2 | | | | |
6–1, 0–6, 6–1 | | ||||
| 26 Sep | International Damen Grand Prix Leipzig, Germany Tier II event $400,000 - Carpet (i) - 32S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles | 7–5, 6–1 | | | |
6–4, 6–4 | |
October
November
Rankings
Below are the 1994 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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Statistical information
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario - Amelia Island, Barcelona, Hamburg, French Open, Montreal, US Open, Tokyo (Tier II), Oakland (8)
- Steffi Graf - Australian Open, Tokyo (Tier I), Indian Wells, Delray Beach, Miami, Berlin, San Diego (7)
- Conchita Martínez - Hilton Head, Rome, Wimbledon, Stratton Mountain (4)
- Anke Huber - Styria, Filderstadt, Philadelphia (3)
- Jana Novotná - Leipzig, Brighton, Essen (3)
- Sabine Appelmans - Linz, Pattaya City (2)
- Yayuk Basuki - Osaka, Jakarta (2)
- Kimiko Date - Sydney, Tokyo (Tier III) (2)
- Lindsay Davenport - Brisbane, Lucerne (2)
- Magdalena Maleeva - Moscow, Zurich (2)
- Meredith McGrath - Oklahoma City, Eastbourne (2)
- Amanda Coetzer - Prague (1)
- Mana Endo - Hobart (1)
- Mary Joe Fernández - Strasbourg (1)
- Amy Frazier - Manhattan Beach (1)
- Sabine Hack - Houston (1)
- Julie Halard - Taranto (1)
- Ginger Helgeson - Auckland (1)
- Katerina Maleeva - Quebec City (1)
- Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere - Osaka (1)
- Lori McNeil - Birmingham (1)
- Martina Navratilova - Paris (1)
- Elena Pampoulova - Surabaya (1)
- Gabriela Sabatini - WTA Tour Championships (1)
- Naoko Sawamatsu - Singapore (1)
- Irina Spîrlea - Palermo (1)
- Wang Shi-ting - Taipei (1)
- Judith Wiesner - Schenectady (1)
- Natalia Zvereva - Chicago (1)
The following players won their first title:
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See also
References
- 1994 Eurocard Open Draw (PDF). WTA Tour.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1994" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1994" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
External links
- 1994 Tournament Archive. WTA Tour.
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