1994 Indianapolis Tennis Championships

The 1994 RCA Championships was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the Championship Series

ATP International Series Gold

International Series Gold was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. International Series Gold offered players cash prizes and the ability to earn ATP ranking points...

of the 1994 ATP Tour

1994 ATP Tour

The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...

. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center

Indianapolis Tennis Center

Indianapolis Tennis Center was the venue for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana. Built in 1979, it reportedly held 10,000 spectators and also was the site of the tennis events for the 1987 Pan American Games. Demolition on the venue took place in the summer...

in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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, United States, from August 15 through August 21, 1995.

The singles draw featured ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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No. 2, Wimbledon

1994 Wimbledon Championships

The 1994 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

runner-up and Kitzbühel

1994 Austrian Open (tennis)

The 1994 Austrian Open is an ATP tournament held in Kitzbühel, Austria. The tournament was held August 1–8.Goran Ivanišević won his first title of the year, and 10th of his career.-Men's Singles:...

titlist Goran Ivanišević

Goran Ivaniševic

Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

, French Open

1994 French Open

List of the 1994 French Open champions:-Men's Singles: Sergi Bruguera def. Alberto Berasategui, 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1...

champion, Gstaad

1994 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad

The 1994 Suisse Open Gstaad is an ATP tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. The tournament was held July 4-11.Sergi Bruguera won his 2nd title of the year, and 13th of his career. It was his 3rd time winning the event, also winning in 1992 and 1993....

and Prague winner Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...

, and Australian Open semifinalist, Doha

1994 Qatar ExxonMobil Open

The 1994 Qatar Open, known as the 1994 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, was an ATP tournament held in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was held from January 3 to January 10....

, Stuttgart Indoor

1994 Eurocard Open

The 1994 Stockholm Open was an ATP tournament held in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was held February 14-21.The single's draw was headlined by. Other top seeds were.-Men's Singles:...

and Washington

1994 ATP Washington

The 1994 Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an ATP tournament held in Washington D.C., USA. The tournament was held 18–25 July, 1994.Stefan Edberg won his third title of the year, and 41st of his career.-Men's Singles:...

titlist Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

. Among other seeds were Australian Open

1994 Australian Open

The 1994 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia...

runner-up and Queen's Club

1994 Queen's Club Championships

The 1994 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour...

champion Todd Martin

Todd Martin

----Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Playing career:...

, Indianapolis defending champion Jim Courier

Jim Courier

James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

, Thomas Muster

Thomas Muster

Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...

, Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

and Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline

Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...

Singles

Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

def.

Olivier Delaître

Olivier Delaître is a former tennis player from France. He won 15 doubles titles during a fourteen year career becoming the world's 3rd ranked doubles player on July 12, 1999....

, 6–2, 6–1

It was Wayne Ferreira's 2nd title of the year, and his 4th overall.

Doubles

Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

/

Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

def.

Jim Grabb

Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...

Richey Reneberg

Richey Reneberg was an American professional male tennis player.He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals....

, 6–4, 6–2

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