The 1994 US Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the

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. It was the 114th edition of the US Open and was held from August 29 to September 11, 1994.

Seniors

Men's singles

Andre Agassi Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to ach ...

defeated

Michael Stich Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles run ...

6–1, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5 * It was Agassi's 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st US Open singles title. He became the first unseeded US Open champion in the Open Era.

Women's singles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles: four in singles, ...

defeated

Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...

1–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4 * It was Sánchez Vicario's 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and her only US Open singles title. She became the first Spanish woman to win a US Open singles title.

Men's doubles

Jacco Eltingh Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands. He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they ...

Paul Haarhuis Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former world No. 1 doubles player, having reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 1995. He won six Grand Sla ...

defeated

Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster with the Nine Network. Woodbridge is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (n ...

Mark Woodforde Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge. Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined ...

6–3, 7–6^(7–1) * It was Eltingh's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his only US Open title. It was Haarhuis' 2nd career Grand Slam title and his only US Open title.

Women's doubles

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defeated

Katerina Maleeva Katerina Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Катерина Георгиева Малеева; born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles. Her best position in the WTA rankings was ...

/ Robin White 6–3, 6–3 * It was Novotná's 10th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd US Open title. It was Sánchez Vicario's 6th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd and last US Open title.

Mixed doubles

Elna Reinach Elna Reinach (born 2 December 1968) is a South African former professional tennis player. With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Reinach was runner-up at the Fr ...

Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith (born April 16, 1967) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. Career A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He w ...

defeated

6–2, 6–4 * It was Reinach's only career Grand Slam title. It was Galbraith's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st US Open title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

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defeated

Mehdi Tahiri Mehdi Tahiri (born 28 July 1977) is a retired Moroccan tennis player.David Cup p ...

6–2, 7–6

Girls' singles

Meilen Tu Meilen Tu (traditional Chinese: 涂美倫, simplified Chinese: 涂美伦, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Tú Měilún'') (born January 17, 1978) is a retired professional tennis player from the U.S. She has won one WTA Tour singles title, four WTA Tour doubles t ...

defeated

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 ...

6–2, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Ben Ellwood Ben Ellwood (born 12 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career An outstanding junior, Ellwood won the boys' singles at the 1994 Australian Open, defeating Andrew Ilie in the final. He was the boys' doubles cham ...

Nicolás Lapentti Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (; born 13 August 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. His brothers, Giovanni Lapentti, Giovanni and Leonardo, uncle Andrés Gómez, Andrés, and cousins Roberto Quiroz, Roberto and Emil ...

defeated Paul Goldstein /

Scott Humphries Scott Humphries (born May 26, 1976 in Greeley, Colorado), is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. Humphries reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 260, achieved on 9 September 1996. He also reached a career-h ...

6–2, 6–0

Girls' doubles

Surina de Beer Surina De Beer (born 28 June 1978) is a retired South African tennis player. In her career, De Beer won eleven singles titles and 36 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Wom ...

/ Chantal Reuter defeated

Nannie de Villiers Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age. De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small I ...

/ Lizzie Jelfs 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

External links

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