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.
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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 titles | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (8) |
Most 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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Schedule
editThe 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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editMarch
editApril
editMay
editJune
editJuly
editAugust
editSeptember
editOctober
editNovember
editRankings
editBelow are the 1994 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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Statistical information
editList 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
edit- 1994 Tournament Archive. WTA Tour.