1994 Australian Open
The 1994 Australian Open (also known as the 1994 Ford Australian Open for sponsorship purposes) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 82nd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 17 to 30 January 1994. Seniors Men's singles Pete Sampras defeated Todd Martin 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–4 * It was Sampras' 4th career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. Women's singles Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–0, 6–2 * It was Graf's 15th career Grand Slam title and her 4th and last Australian Open title. Men's doubles Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Byron Black / Jonathan Stark 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 * It was Eltingh's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. It was Haarhuis' 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. Women's doubles Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Patty Fendick / ...
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Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate ...
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