The 1994 Italian Open was a
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor clay courts. It was the 51st edition of the
Italian Open, and was part of the
ATP Super 9 of the
1994 ATP Tour
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, and of the
Tier I Series of the
1994 WTA Tour
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 ...
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the
Foro Italico
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in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
,
Italy
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. The women's tournament was played from May 2 through May 8, 1994, and the men's tournament was played from May 9 through May 16, 1994.
Finals
Men's singles
Pete Sampras
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defeated
Boris Becker
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, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
*It was Pete Sampras' 7th title of the year and his 28th overall. It was his 3rd Masters title of the year and his 5th overall.
Women's singles
Conchita Martínez
"Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, doing so in 1994 Wimbledon Championships ...
defeated
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
, 7–6, 6–4
*It was Conchita Martinez's 2nd title of the year and her 18th overall. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year and her 4th overall. It was her 2nd title at the event, also winning in
1993
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.
Men's doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis p ...
/
David Rikl
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defeated
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
Career
As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He ...
/
Javier Sánchez, 6–1, 7–5
Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player.
Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in do ...
/
Natasha 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
Gabriela Sabatini
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/
Brenda Schultz
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, 6–1, 6–3
References
External links
WTA Tour Final Results: 1971-2007
May 1994 sports events in Europe
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