1994 Moscow Ladies Open

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1994 Moscow Ladies Open
DateSeptember 19 – September 24
Edition4th
Category Tier III
Prize money$150,000
SurfaceCarpet (i)
Location Moscow, Soviet Union
Venue Olympic Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Elena Makarova / Flag of Russia.svg Eugenia Maniokova
  1991  · Moscow Ladies Open ·  1995  

The 1994 Moscow Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, that was part of Tier III of the 1994 WTA Tour.

Contents

It was held from September 19 through 24, 1994. [1]

It was the fourth edition of the WTA tournament [1] inaugurated under the title of Virginia Slims of Moscow in 1989.

Finals

Singles

Flag of Bulgaria.svg Magdalena Maleeva defeated Flag of Russia.svg Sandra Cecchini 7–5, 6–1 [2] [3] [1]

Doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Elena Makarova / Flag of Russia.svg Eugenia Maniokova defeated Flag of Italy.svg Laura Golarsa / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis 7-6(6–3), 6-4 [1]

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