1994 Rome Masters
Encyclopedia
The 1994 Italian Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 51st edition of the Italian Open
, and was part of the ATP Super 9
of the 1994 ATP Tour
, and of the Tier I Series of the 1994 WTA Tour
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico
in Rome
, Italy
. The women's tournament was played from May 2 through May 8, 1994 and the men's tournament was played from May 9 through May 16, 1994.
Pete Sampras
def.
Boris Becker
, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Conchita Martínez
def. Martina Navrátilová, 7-6, 6-4
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
/
David Rikl
def.
Wayne Ferreira
/ Javier Sánchez
, 6-1, 7-5
Gigi Fernández
/
Natalia Zvereva def. 
Gabriela Sabatini
/
Brenda Schultz
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 clay courts. It was the 51st edition of the Italian Open
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
, and was part of the ATP Super 9
ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...
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...
, and of the Tier I Series of the 1994 WTA Tour
1994 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico
Foro Italico
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti...
in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The women's tournament was played from May 2 through May 8, 1994 and the men's tournament was played from May 9 through May 16, 1994.
Men's Singles
Pete SamprasPete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....
def.
Boris BeckerBoris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
- It was Pete Sampras' 7th title of the year and his 28th overall. It was his 3rd Masters title of the year and his 5th overall.
Women's Singles
Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
def.
Martina Navrátilová, 7-6, 6-4
- It was Conchita Martinez's 2nd title of the year and her 18th overall. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year and her 4th overall. It was her 2nd title at the event, also winning in 1993.
Men's Doubles
Yevgeny KafelnikovYevgeny Kafelnikov
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
/
David RiklDavid Rikl
David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...
def.
Wayne FerreiraWayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
/
Javier SánchezJavier Sánchez
Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...
, 6-1, 7-5
Women's Doubles
Gigi FernándezGigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
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Natalia Zvereva def. Gabriela SabatiniGabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
/
Brenda Schultz