The 1994 US Open was a
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the
USTA National Tennis Center
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in
New York City
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in
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in the
United States
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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 professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 ...
defeated
Michael Stich
Michael Detlef Stich (; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in 1993, and No. 9 in men's doubles, achieved in ...
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 professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ...
defeated
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a r ...
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 t ...
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Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis (; born 19 February 1966) is a Dutch tennis coach and a former professional 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 has ...
defeated
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During his playing career, he formed multiple Grand-Slam winning doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (nicknamed " The Wo ...
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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 join ...
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
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in 1997, and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 67 weeks. ...
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ...
defeated
Katerina Maleeva
Katerina Georgieva Maleeva (; 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 No. 6 in 1990.
Biography
Born in Sofia, Maleeva is t ...
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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 F ...
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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
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in 1997, and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 67 weeks. ...
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Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During his playing career, he formed multiple Grand-Slam winning doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (nicknamed " The Wo ...
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
Sjeng Schalken
Sjeng Schalken (; born 8 September 1976) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
Playing style
A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both ...
defeated
Mehdi Tahiri
Mehdi Tahiri (born 28 July 1977) is a retired Moroccan tennis player.[Meilen Tu
Meilen Tu (traditional Chinese: 涂美倫, simplified Chinese: 涂美伦, Hanyu Pinyin: ''Tú Měilún'') (born January 17, 1978) is a former professional tennis player from the U.S. In her career, she won one singles title and four doubles title ...]
defeated
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. ...
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 cha ...
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Nicolás Lapentti
Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez (; born 13 August 1976) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. Lapentti was ranked world No. 6 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in April 2000. His brothers, Giov ...
defeated
Paul Goldstein /
Scott Humphries
Scott Humphries (born May 26, 1976), 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-high doubles ranking o ...
6–2, 6–0
Girls' doubles
Surina de Beer /
Chantal Reuter
Chantal Reuter (born 5 May 1978) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.
Born in Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Nethe ...
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 ...
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Lizzie Jelfs
Elizabeth Coulson (née Jelfs; born 28 July 1976) is a British former professional tennis player.
Biography Tennis career
Elizabeth Coulson, who is originally from Banbury, won the girls' doubles title at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships. She a ...
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
External links
Official US Open Website
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US Open U.S. Open or US Open are open championship sporting tournaments that are hosted in the United States and in which anyone, especially amateur and professional, or American and non-American, may compete. The term may also be applied to non-sporting ev ...
US Open U.S. Open or US Open are open championship sporting tournaments that are hosted in the United States and in which anyone, especially amateur and professional, or American and non-American, may compete. The term may also be applied to non-sporting ev ...