The 1994 French Open was a
tennis
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tournament that took place on the outdoor
clay courts at the
Stade Roland Garros
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in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 98th staging of the
French Open, and the second
Grand Slam
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tennis event of 1994.
Seniors
Men's singles
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in men's singles and reache ...
defeated
Alberto Berasategui
Alberto Berasategui Salazar (born 28 June 1973) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Spain. He was a Grand Slam finalist at the 1994 French Open, and won a total of 14 ATP singles titles, achieving a career-high singles ranking ...
, 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
*It was Bruguera's 1st title of the year, and his 12th overall. It was his 2nd (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd French Open title.
Women's singles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She also won four Ol ...
defeated
Mary Pierce
Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional who represented France internationally in team competitions and the Olympics. She was born in Canada to an American father and a French mother, and holds citizenship of ...
, 6–4, 6–4
*It was Sanchez's 4th title of the year, and her 16th overall. It was her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French Open title.
Men's doubles
Byron Black /
Jonathan Stark defeated
Jan Apell
Jan Apell (born 4 November 1969) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who in 1994 won the ATP Tour World Championship in doubles and Davis Cup. The left-hander has retired from tennis unbeaten in Davis Cup after five matches, and played most ...
/
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman (; born 23 March 1972) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 in doubles, and also a former world No. 4 in singles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 T ...
, 6–4, 7–6
Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández /
Natalia Zvereva
Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava ( be, Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; russian: Наталья Маратовна Зверева, Natalia Maratovna Zvereva; born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. ...
defeated
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. Davenport was ranked singles world No. 1 for a total of 98 weeks, and was the year-end singles world No. 1 four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005) ...
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Lisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973) is an American retired professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. Raymond has eleven Grand Slam titles to her name: six in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. On J ...
, 6–2, 6–2
Mixed doubles
Kristie Boogert
Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands who retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29.
She has ...
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Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting (17 May 1964 – 22 February 1999) was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles out of 18 finals in his career.
Born in Son en Breugel, North Brabant, Oosting reached a career-high ra ...
defeated
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland /
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (russian: Андре́й Станисла́вович Ольхо́вский; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.
Career
Olhovskiy represented the Sovie ...
, 7–5, 3–6, 7–5
*This was Boogert's 1st career Grand Slam title.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Jacobo Díaz defeated
Giorgio Galimberti, 6–3, 7–6
Girls' singles
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...
defeated
Sonya Jeyaseelan, 6–3, 6–1
Boys' doubles
Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...
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Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (; born 13 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés, and cousins Roberto and Emilio also are or were on the pro circuit. His fath ...
defeated
Maxime Boyé /
Nicolas Escudé
Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé (born 3 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles and two doubles titles during his career.
Escudé is best remembered for the vit ...
, 6–2, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...
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Henrieta Nagyová
Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia.
She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ...
defeated
Lenka Cenková /
Ludmila Richterová
Ludmila Richterová (born 7 March 1977) is a Czech former tennis player. She reached her highest ranking, World No. 62, on 18 March 1996,Sony Ericsson WTA TourLudmila Richterová: Stats(10 June 2010) and won one WTA Tour title, the 1995 Rover Bri ...
, 6–3, 6–2
Notes
External links
French Open official website
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