Steffi Graf finished the year asworld No. 1 for the sixth time in her career, thoughArantxa Sánchez Vicario was named the Player of the Year. Graf won seven tournaments during the season, including amajor at theAustralian Open. She also won threeTier I events and finished runner-up at another major, theUS Open. Sánchez Vicario won eight tournaments during the season, including two majors at theFrench Open and the US Open. She also won a Tier I event and finished runner-up at another major, the Australian Open. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Most finals | |
| Prize money leader | ($2,943,665) |
| Points leader | |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | |
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year | |
| Newcomer of the year | |
| Comeback player of the year | |
←1993 1995 → | |
The1994 WTA Tour was the elite tour for professional women'stennis organised by theWomen's Tennis Association (WTA). TheWTA Tour includes the fourGrand Slam tournaments, the year-endingWTA Tour Championships and theWTA 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 tournaments |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep | Moscow Ladies Open Moscow, Russia Tier III event Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles –Doubles | 7–5, 6–1 | |||
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | |||||
| Nichirei International Championships Tokyo, Japan Tier II event Hard – $400,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles –Doubles | 6–1, 6–2 | ||||
6–1, 0–6, 6–1 | |||||
| 26 Sep | International Damen Grand Prix Leipzig, Germany Tier II event Carpet (i) – $400,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles | 7–5, 6–1 | |||
6–4, 6–4 |
Below are the 1994 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title: