1994 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup

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1994 Newsweek Champions Cup
and Evert Cup
DateFebruary 21–27 (men)
February 28 – March 7 (women)
Edition21st
Category Super 9 (ATP)
Tier II Series (WTA)
Prize money$1,470,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Indian Wells, CA, U.S.
VenueGrand Champions Resort
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras [1]
Women's singles
Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell / Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith [2]
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond
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The 1994 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1994 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 1994 WTA Tour. They were held at the Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, California, in the United States, with the women's tournament played from February 21 through February 27, 1994, while the men's tournament was played from February 28 through March 7, 1994.

Contents

The men singles was headlined by World No. 1 Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg. Other top seeds were Sergi Bruguera, Goran Ivanišević, Michael Chang, Todd Martin and Thomas Muster.

The women's draw featured World No. 1 Steffi Graf, Mary Joe Fernández, and Lindsay Davenport. Other top seeds present were Natasha Zvereva, Helena Suková, and Amanda Coetzer.

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Pete Sampras defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Korda 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf defeated Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Amanda Coetzer 6–0, 6–4

Men's doubles

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grant Connell / Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith defeated Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black / Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Stark 7–5, 6–3

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková 6–2, 6–4

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  2. "Indian Wells – Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).