1994 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

1994 Lipton Championships
1993 champions   Larisa Neiland
Jana Novotná
Champions   Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up   Patty Fendick
Meredith McGrath
Final score   6–3, 6–1
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

Larisa Neiland and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but competed with different partners that year, Neiland with Elizabeth Smylie and Novotná with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Neiland and Smylie lost in the quarterfinals to Novotná and Sánchez Vicario.

Novotná and Sánchez Vicario lost in the semifinals to Patty Fendick and Meredith McGrath.

Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Fendick and McGrath.

Contents

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
  2. Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Semifinals)
  3. Manon Bollegraf / Helena Suková (Quarterfinals)
  4. Patty Fendick / Meredith McGrath (Final)
  5. n/a
  6. Larisa Neiland / Elizabeth Smylie (Quarterfinals)
  7. Lori McNeil / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals)
  8. Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui (Quarterfinals)
  1. Katrina Adams / Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (Quarterfinals)
  2. Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond (Third Round)
  3. Sandra Cecchini / Patricia Tarabini (Third Round)
  4. Jill Hetherington / Shaun Stafford (Third Round)
  5. Laura Golarsa / Natalia Medvedeva (Second Round)
  6. Katerina Maleeva / Leila Meskhi (Second Round)
  7. Yayuk Basuki / Nana Miyagi (Third Round)
  8. Julie Halard / Nathalie Tauziat (Third Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
2 6 6  
7   Lori McNeil
  Rennae Stubbs
6 2 4  
  1   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
6 6  
  4   Patty Fendick
  Meredith McGrath
3 1  
4   Patty Fendick
  Meredith McGrath
7 7  
  2   Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
5 5    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1   G Fernández
  N Zvereva
6 6    
Q   S Gilchrist
  V Paynter
6 4 6     Q   S Gilchrist
  V Paynter
1 2    
    V Lake
  C Wood
3 6 1       1   G Fernández
  N Zvereva
6 6    
    W Probst
  C Singer
6 3         11   S Cecchini
  P Tarabini
2 1    
    B Fulco-Villella
  P Thoren
7 6           B Fulco-Villella
  P Thoren
4 7 4
    11   S Cecchini
  P Tarabini
6 5 6  
      1   G Fernández
  N Zvereva
6 7  
      9   K Adams
  K Rinaldi-Stunkel
4 5  
    9   K Adams
  K Rinaldi-Stunkel
6 4 6  
    A de Lone
  E de Lone
6 5           I Demongeot
  K Kschwendt
4 6 2  
    I Demongeot
  K Kschwendt
7 7         9   K Adams
  K Rinaldi-Stunkel
6 7  
    L Harvey-Wild
  C Rubin
6 6         LL   L Tella
  A Vieira
4 6    
LL   E Jimenez Sanz
  L Schaerer
2 3           L Harvey-Wild
  C Rubin
4 6 3
    LL   L Tella
  A Vieira
6 3 6  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    3   M Bollegraf
  H Suková
6 6    
    M Mroz
  K Teodorowicz
6 6           M Mroz
  K Teodorowicz
1 0    
    R Dragomir
  I Spîrlea
3 4         3   M Bollegraf
  H Suková
3 6 6  
    S Collins
  M de Swardt
6 7 2       16   J Halard
  N Tauziat
6 3 3  
    N Arendt
  K Radford
7 6 6         N Arendt
  K Radford
3 3  
    16   J Halard
  N Tauziat
6 6    
      3   M Bollegraf
  H Suková
2 1  
      7   L McNeil
  R Stubbs
6 6  
    13   L Golarsa
  N Medvedeva
7 4 4  
    K Studeníková
  D Szabova
4 2           M Murić
  S Reece
5 6 6  
    M Murić
  S Reece
6 6             M Murić
  S Reece
4 1  
    E Reinach
  A Strnadová
7 6         7   L McNeil
  R Stubbs
6 6    
    J Husárová
  R Zrubáková
5 2           E Reinach
  A Strnadová
4 1  
    7   L McNeil
  R Stubbs
6 6    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8   A Coetzer
  I Gorrochategui
6 6    
    K Boogert
  N Muns-Jagerman
2 3           B Bowes-Hackney
  M Werdel
2 2    
    B Bowes-Hackney
  M Werdel
6 6         8   A Coetzer
  I Gorrochategui
6 6    
    C Benjamin
  M Jackson-Nobrega
0 6 4       15   Y Basuki
  N Miyagi
4 1    
    C Delisle
  C MacGregor
6 4 6         C Delisle
  C MacGregor
6 2 3
    15   Y Basuki
  N Miyagi
4 6 6  
      8   A Coetzer
  I Gorrochategui
5 2  
      4   P Fendick
  M McGrath
7 6  
    10   L Davenport
  L Raymond
6 6    
    A Keller
  S McCarthy
6 6           E Likhovtseva
  E Makarova
3 1    
    E Likhovtseva
  E Makarova
7 7         10   L Davenport
  L Raymond
2 3  
    M Oremans
  C Vis
6 5 7       4   P Fendick
  M McGrath
6 6    
    M Babel
  D Monami
2 7 6         M Oremans
  C Vis
5 6 2
    4   P Fendick
  M McGrath
7 2 6  
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    6   L Neiland
  E Smylie
3 6 6  
    Å Carlsson
  C Schneider
3 3           S Farina
  G Helgeson
6 1 4  
    S Farina
  G Helgeson
6 6         6   L Neiland
  E Smylie
6 5 6  
    A Frazier
  R Hiraki
5 2         WC   G Sabatini
  J Steven
1 7 4  
WC   G Sabatini
  J Steven
7 6       WC   G Sabatini
  J Steven
7 6  
    14   K Maleeva
  L Meskhi
5 0    
      6   L Neiland
  E Smylie
5 1  
      2   J Novotná
  A Sánchez Vicario
7 6  
    12   J Hetherington
  S Stafford
6 6    
    C Cristea
  P O'Reilly
1 0           E Hakami
  L Novelo
3 4    
    E Hakami
  L Novelo
6 6         12   J Hetherington
  S Stafford
4 5  
    M Jaggard-Lai
  R Simpson-Alter
7 4 6       2   J Novotná
  A Sánchez Vicario
6 7    
    J Durie
  F Labat
6 6 2         M Jaggard-Lai
  R Simpson-Alter
5 3  
    2   J Novotná
  A Sánchez Vicario
7 6    
 

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