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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.
The table below shows the 1994 WTA Tour schedule.
Grand Slam events |
Year-end championships |
WTA Tier I tournamentss |
WTA Tier II events |
WTA Tier III events |
WTA Tier IV events |
Team events |
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 Maleeva 7–5, 6–1 | Sandra Cecchini | Elena Makarova 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 |
Below are the 1994 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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