1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Conchita Martínez defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was her first and only major title. It was Navratilova's 32nd and last major singles final.

Women's singles
1994 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Conchita Martínez
Runner-up	Martina Navratilova
Score	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Draw	128 (8 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1994 Wimbledon Championships

Steffi Graf was the three-time defending champion, but lost in the first round to Lori McNeil, ending her streak of 31 consecutive major quarterfinals, dating back to the 1985 US Open. This also marked the first time in the Open Era that a defending major champion lost in the first round of their title defense.^[2]

Seeds

01.   Steffi Graf (first round)

02.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round)

03.   Conchita Martínez (champion)

04.   Martina Navratilova (final)

05.   Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)

06.   Kimiko Date (third round)

07.   Mary Pierce (withdrew)

08.   Natasha Zvereva (first round)

09.   Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)

10.   Gabriela Sabatini (fourth round)

11.   Mary Joe Fernández (third round)

12.   Anke Huber (second round)

13.   Zina Garrison-Jackson (quarterfinals)

14.   Amanda Coetzer (fourth round)

15.   Sabine Hack (first round)

16.   Magdalena Maleeva (second round)

17.   Helena Suková (fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Mary Pierce withdrew for personal reasons. She was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Helena Suková, who became the #17 seed.

Qualifying

Main article: 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Lori McNeil	6	6
		Larisa Neiland	3	4
									Lori McNeil	6	2	8
								3	Conchita Martínez	3	6	10
	3	Conchita Martínez	6	64	6
	9	Lindsay Davenport	2	77	3
															3	Conchita Martínez	6	3	6
															4	Martina Navratilova	4	6	3
	5	Jana Novotná	7	0	1
	4	Martina Navratilova	5	6	6
								4	Martina Navratilova	6	78
									Gigi Fernández	4	66
		Gigi Fernández	6	6
	13	Zina Garrison-Jackson	4	4

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	S Graf	5	65
		L McNeil	7	77					L McNeil	6	65	6
		P Begerow	0	2					Y Kamio	3	77	3
		Y Kamio	6	6												L McNeil	6	6
	Q	E Smylie	4	6	2											K Boogert	2	4
		K Boogert	6	4	6				K Boogert	6	7
	Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	7				Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	3	5
		K Nagatsuka	3	5																			L McNeil	77	77
		R McQuillan	6	2	6																		F Labat	64	64
		P Fendick	3	6	3				R McQuillan	7	2	6
		A Frazier	77	2	6				P Shriver	5	6	8
		P Shriver	64	6	8											P Shriver	4	6	2
		H Kelesi	66	2												F Labat	6	4	6
		P Langrová	78	6					P Langrová	2	2
		F Labat	6	3	6				F Labat	6	6
	15	S Hack	3	6	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	A Coetzer	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	4	0				14	A Coetzer	6	6
		C Rubin	2	77	6			Q	L Field	4	0
	Q	L Field	6	64	8										14	A Coetzer	6	6
	LL	C Wegink	6	6												G Helgeson	0	3
	WC	A Wainwright	2	3				LL	C Wegink	2	2
		V Martinek	3	2					G Helgeson	6	6
		G Helgeson	6	6																		14	A Coetzer	6	3	4
		L Neiland	6	6																			L Neiland	1	6	6
	Q	K Adams	4	3					L Neiland	6	6
		E Maniokova	6	4	5				A Smashnova	3	4
		A Smashnova	4	6	7											L Neiland	6	6
		C Singer	4	7	5										6	K Date	3	2
	WC	S-A Siddall	6	5	7			WC	S-A Siddall	2	0
	LL	A Sugiyama	3	60				6	K Date	6	6
	6	K Date	6	77

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	3	C Martínez	6	6
		R Simpson-Alter	1	3				3	C Martínez	6	77
	Q	N Miyagi	4	7	8			Q	N Miyagi	1	63
		L Raymond	6	5	6										3	C Martínez	6	6
		Å Carlsson	2	1												N Tauziat	1	3
		N Tauziat	6	6					N Tauziat	6	64	6
		J Kruger	66	3					E Reinach	3	77	2
		E Reinach	78	6																		3	C Martínez	3	6	6
		A Gavaldón	0	0																			K Radford	6	3	4
		K Radford	6	6					K Radford	7	3	6
		I Spîrlea	6	6					I Spîrlea	5	6	4
	WC	M Javer	1	2												K Radford
		D Graham	3	1												I Gorrochategui	w/o
		I Gorrochategui	6	6					I Gorrochategui	6	6
	WC	J Durie	5	2				12	A Huber	3	4
	12	A Huber	7	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	G Sabatini	2	6	6
		J Wiesner	6	4	1			10	G Sabatini	6	6
		J Byrne	6	6					J Byrne	2	3
		J Husárová	3	0											10	G Sabatini	6	6
		K Quentrec	6	5	4											M McGrath	4	1
		C Kuhlman	3	7	6				C Kuhlman	1	3
	WC	J Pullin	2	4					M McGrath	6	6
		M McGrath	6	6																		10	G Sabatini	1	3
		R Dragomir	6	6																		9	L Davenport	6	6
		C Wood	3	1					R Dragomir	2	1
		B Rittner	6	6					B Rittner	6	6
		S Appelmans	0	4												B Rittner	4	6	1
	LL	A Strnadová	3	5											9	L Davenport	6	3	6
	LL	T Price	6	7				LL	T Price	4	2
		J Halard	1	4				9	L Davenport	6	6
	9	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	5	J Novotná	6	4	6
		M Oremans	4	6	4			5	J Novotná	6	6
		S Testud	2	1					W Probst	2	1
		W Probst	6	6											5	J Novotná	6	4	6
		A Fusai	5	5												D Monami	0	6	0
		E Brioukhovets	7	7					E Brioukhovets	1	6	2
	WC	J Ward	0	2					D Monami	6	4	6
		D Monami	6	6																		5	J Novotná	6	6
		C Vis	64	3																			N Sawamatsu	3	3
		N Sawamatsu	77	6					N Sawamatsu	6	6
		R Bobková	6	6					R Bobková	1	3
		L Richterová	3	1												N Sawamatsu	6	7
		L Meskhi	6	3	4										11	MJ Fernández	0	5
		B Schultz	2	6	6				B Schultz	4	4
		K Habšudová	4	2				11	MJ Fernández	6	6
	11	MJ Fernández	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	17	H Suková	67	6	6
		T Whitlinger-Jones	79	0	3			17	H Suková	6	6
		P Ritter	3	6	6				P Tarabini	4	2
		P Tarabini	6	3	8										17	H Suková	6	6
		S Frankl	6	77												S Frankl	3	2
		B Schett	1	61					S Frankl	2	6	6
		I Majoli	6	3	4				S Cacic	6	1	3
		S Cacic	4	6	6																	17	H Suková	1	2
		L Harvey-Wild	6	4	6																	4	M Navratilova	6	6
		M Bollegraf	1	6	3				L Harvey-Wild	6	2	6
		M Babel	4	6	6				M Babel	2	6	2
		P Suárez	6	2	1											L Harvey-Wild	3	2
		P Hy	2	4											4	M Navratilova	6	6
		A-M Cecchini	6	6					A-M Cecchini	2	0
	WC	C Taylor	2	3				4	M Navratilova	6	6
	4	M Navratilova	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	N Zvereva	6	4	1
		M Endo	4	6	6				M Endo	6	6
	WC	K Cross	0	1					J Watanabe	3	4
		J Watanabe	6	6												M Endo	6	3	3
		K Po	6	6												G Fernández	4	6	6
		M Kochta	2	4					K Po	2	6	7
		M Grossi	2	1					G Fernández	6	1	9
		G Fernández	6	6																			G Fernández	6	6
		S Farina	2	4																			Y Basuki	4	1
		A Grossman	6	6					A Grossman	6	3	6
		N Muns-Jagerman	3	2					N Arendt	4	6	4
		N Arendt	6	6												A Grossman	0	2
		N Medvedeva	3	2												Y Basuki	6	6
		Y Basuki	6	6					Y Basuki	5	77	6
		S Stafford	78	2	4			16	M Maleeva	7	63	4
	16	M Maleeva	66	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	13	Z Garrison-Jackson	6	77
		K Studeníková	3	64				13	Z Garrison-Jackson	7	6
		S Dopfer	1	62				Q	M Paz	5	0
	Q	M Paz	6	77											13	Z Garrison-Jackson	6	4
		F Li	6	6												L Golarsa	2	1r
		E Zardo	4	3					F Li	3	0
		L Golarsa	6	77					L Golarsa	6	6
	Q	I Demongeot	3	63																		13	Z Garrison-Jackson	7	4	6
		M Werdel	6	5	6																	2	A Sánchez Vicario	5	6	3
		B Fulco-Villella	2	7	2				M Werdel	4	4
	Q	N Feber	6	6				Q	N Feber	6	6
		L Courtois	0	1											Q	N Feber	2	1
		MJ Gaidano	78	7											2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		B Reinstadler	66	5					MJ Gaidano	2	1
		K Maleeva	1	2				2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

References

1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
2. Robin Finn (22 June 1994). "McNeil Ousts Graf in an Upset for the Ages". The New York Times.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1994 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

Preceded by 1994 French Open – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 1994 US Open – Women's singles