The 1994 Moscow Ladies Open was a women's

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tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the

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, Russia, that was part of Tier III of the

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. It was held from September 19 through 24, 1994. It was the fourth edition of the WTA tournament inaugurated under the title of Virginia Slims of Moscow in 1989.

Finals

Singles

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defeated

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7–5, 6–1 * It was Maleeva's 1st WTA singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Elena Makarova Elena Alekseyevna Makarova (, , born 1 February 1973), is a former Russian professional tennis player. Makarova played in the WTA Tour from 1991 to 1999. Her peak performances were in 1995, when she was ranked world No. 36 in doubles, and in 1 ...

Eugenia Maniokova Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə mənʲʊˈkovə, a=Ru-Eugenia_Maniukova.ogg; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a ...

defeated

Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa (born 27 November 1967) is a former Italian professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams o ...

Caroline Vis Caroline Vis (born 4 March 1970) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned professional in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles on the WTA Tour during her career. She reached the mixed-doubles final at the 1991 Fre ...

7-6^(6–3), 6-4 * It was Makarova's only doubles WTA title of her career. It was Maniokova's 2nd WTA doubles title of the year and the 4th and last of her career.

References

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* {{1994 WTA Tour

Moscow Ladies Open The Moscow Ladies Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1989 to 1995. It was held in Moscow, Soviet Union, from 1989 to 1990 (under the titles of Virginia Slims of Moscow and Kraft General Foods of Moscow, respectiv ...

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