.jpg.webp) Steffi Graf finished the year as world No. 1 for the sixth time in her career, though Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was named the Player of the Year. Graf won seven tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open. She also won three Tier I events and finished runner-up at another major, the US Open. Sánchez Vicario won eight tournaments during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the US Open. She also won a Tier I event and finished runner-up at another major, the Australian Open. | |
| 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 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (8) |
| Most tournament finals | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (12) |
| Prize money leader | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ($2,943,665) |
| Points leader |  Steffi Graf (353.00) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year |  Mary Pierce |
| Newcomer of the year |  Irina Spîrlea |
| Comeback player of the year |  Meredith McGrath |
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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.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1994 WTA Tour schedule.
- Key
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Tier I tournamentss |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January
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June
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August
September
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 19 Sep | Moscow Ladies Open Moscow, Russia Tier III event Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles |  Magdalena Maleeva7–5, 6–1 |  Sandra Cecchini |  Elena Makarova.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sabine Appelmans |  Elena Likhovtseva Helena Suková Els Callens Silvia Farina |
| Elena Makarova Eugenia Maniokova 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis | ||||
| Nichirei International Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier II event Hard – $400,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–2 | Amy Frazier |  Nana Miyagi Gabriela Sabatini | Marianne Werdel Sabine Hack Ai Sugiyama Mana Endo | |
| Julie Halard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 0–6, 6–1 | Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki | ||||
| 26 Sep | International Damen Grand Prix Leipzig, Germany Tier II event Carpet (i) – $400,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | Jana Novotná 7–5, 6–1 | Mary Pierce |  Judith Wiesner Anke Huber | Brenda Schultz Iva Majoli Barbara Rittner Sandra Cecchini |
| Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath 6–4, 6–4 | Manon Bollegraf Larisa Savchenko |
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-Fragnière – 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:
See also
References
- ↑ "1994 Eurocard Open Draw" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ↑ 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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