The 1994 Nokia Open was a women's
tennis tournament played on
indoor hard courts at the
Beijing Comprehensive Gym in
Beijing, China that was part of
Tier IV 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 ...
. The tournament was held from 14 February through 20 February 1994. Second-seeded
Yayuk Basuki
Yayuk Basuki (born 30 November 1970) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player who is now a politician. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached No. 19 in singles in the WTA rankings in October 1997. ...
won the singles title and earned
$18,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Yayuk Basuki
Yayuk Basuki (born 30 November 1970) is an Indonesian former professional tennis player who is now a politician. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached No. 19 in singles in the WTA rankings in October 1997. ...
defeated
Kyoko Nagatsuka
is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Possible writings
The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan.
The first s ...
6–4, 6–2
* It was Basuki's 1st singles title of the year and the 5th of her career.
Doubles
Chen Li-Ling
Chen Li (born 13 March 1971) is a former professional tennis player from China.
Career
Chen, who comes from the city of Xiangtan in Hunan, played on the WTA Tour in the 1990s and won one title, the doubles at the 1994 China Open, with Li Fang ...
/
Fang Li defeated
Kerry-Anne Guse /
Valda Lake
Valda Lake (born 11 October 1968) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1983 and retired in 1997. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 172 in singles ...
6–0, 6–2
* It was Chen's only title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Li's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
External links
ITF tournament edition details
Tournament draws
{{1994 WTA Tour
Nokia Open
China Open (tennis)
1994 in Chinese tennis