1994 Lipton Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1994 Lipton Championships
1993 Champion	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Natasha Zvereva
Score	4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Steffi Graf defeated Natasha Zvereva in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1994 Miami Open.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Brenda Schultz.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Steffi Graf (champion)
2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
3. Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
4. Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
5. Kimiko Date (quarterfinals)
6. n/a
7. Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
8. Amanda Coetzer (fourth round)
9. Natasha Zvereva (final)
10. Zina Garrison-Jackson (fourth round)
11. Helena Suková (second round)
12. Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round)
13. Judith Wiesner (third round)
14. Lori McNeil (fourth round)
15. Natalia Medvedeva (second round)
16. Katerina Maleeva (third round)
17. Patty Fendick (third round)
18. Naoko Sawamatsu (fourth round)
19. Leila Meskhi (fourth round)
20. Amy Frazier (fourth round)
21. Yayuk Basuki (second round)
22. Julie Halard (second round)
23. Brenda Schultz (semifinals)
24. Chanda Rubin (third round)
25. Ginger Helgeson (third round)
26. Meike Babel (third round)
27. Miriam Oremans (second round)
28. Patricia Hy (third round)
29. Florencia Labat (fourth round)
30. Stephanie Rottier (second round)
31. Meredith McGrath (third round)
32. Marianne Werdel (third round)

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
	1	Steffi Graf	6	6
	5	Kimiko Date	1	1
								1	Steffi Graf	6	7
								7	Lindsay Davenport	0	6
	3	Gabriela Sabatini	2	1
	7	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
															1	Steffi Graf	4	6	6
															9	Natasha Zvereva	6	1	2
	9	Natasha Zvereva	7	7
	4	Jana Novotná	6	6
								9	Natasha Zvereva	6	6
								23	Brenda Schultz	0	4
	23	Brenda Schultz	1	7	6
	2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6	3

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	S Graf	6	6
		B Bowes-Hackney	6	2	6				B Bowes-Hackney	1	0
	LL	C Vis	2	6	2										1	S Graf	6	6
		D Monami	6	6	7										25	G Helgeson	2	1
		G Fernández	7	3	6				D Monami	3	2
								25	G Helgeson	6	6
																						1	S Graf	6	6
																						20	A Frazier	3	0
								20	A Frazier	7	2	6
		I Spîrlea	1	7	2				S Farina	5	6	3
		S Farina	6	6	6										20	A Frazier	6	7
		D Graham	5	r											16	K Maleeva	2	6
	WC	B Paulus	4					WC	B Paulus	2	6
								16	K Maleeva	6	7

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								13	J Wiesner	7	6
		L Neiland	2	6	6				L Neiland	5	0
		T Ignatieva	6	3	1										13	J Wiesner	4	6	0
	Q	M Drake	5	6											18	N Sawamatsu	6	4	6
		K Studeníková	7	7					K Studeníková	6	4
								18	N Sawamatsu	7	6
																						18	N Sawamatsu	2	4
																						5	K Date	6	6
								28	P Hy	4	7	6
		L Golarsa	7	4	4				K Quentrec	6	6	3
		K Quentrec	6	6	6										28	P Hy	2	r
		K Kschwendt	6	6											5	K Date	2
		K Rinaldi-Stunkel	3	4					K Kschwendt	2	2
								5	K Date	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	G Sabatini	6	6
		S Wasserman	4	7	0				E Reinach	2	2
		E Reinach	6	6	6										3	G Sabatini	6	6
	Q	A Vieira	6	7											24	C Rubin	3	2
		M Kochta	4	5				Q	A Vieira	3	6
								24	C Rubin	6	7
																						3	G Sabatini	6	6
																						10	Z Garrison-Jackson	4	2
								32	M Werdel	6	6
	Q	A Mall	1	6	7			Q	A Mall	2	4
	WC	A Keller	6	3	5										32	M Werdel	3	3
		R Dragomir	6	1											10	Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6
	LL	P Kamstra	7	6				LL	P Kamstra	0	6	2
								10	Z Garrison-Jackson	6	4	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								12	N Tauziat	7	5	7
	WC	J Watanabe	7	6				WC	J Watanabe	5	7	5
		E Makarova	6	0											12	N Tauziat	6	2	6
		T Whitlinger	6	6												T Whitlinger	3	6	4
		L Raymond	4	1					T Whitlinger	6	6
								21	Y Basuki	2	3
																						12	N Tauziat	0	5
																						7	L Davenport	6	7
								30	S Rottier	3	2
		C Kuhlman	0	3				Q	M Jackson-Nobrega	6	6
	Q	M Jackson-Nobrega	6	6											Q	M Jackson-Nobrega	3	6	1
		B Reinstadler	4	7	1										7	L Davenport	6	1	6
		L Harvey-Wild	6	6	6				L Harvey-Wild	3	1
								7	L Davenport	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	A Coetzer	6	6
		J Husárová	3	3					R Tedjakusuma	1	1
		R Tedjakusuma	6	6											8	A Coetzer	6	7
	Q	F Romano	5	6	7										26	M Babel	2	6
		S Testud	7	3	5			Q	F Romano	3	2
								26	M Babel	6	6
																						8	A Coetzer	6	4
																						9	N Zvereva	7	6
								22	J Halard	0	1
		I Gorrochategui	4	7	6				I Gorrochategui	6	6
	Q	R Grande	6	5	1											I Gorrochategui	2	3
	Q	E deLone	3	6	4										9	N Zvereva	6	6
	WC	J Kruger	6	2	6			WC	J Kruger	0	1
								9	N Zvereva	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								11	H Suková	3	4
	WC	R Zrubáková	6	4	6			WC	R Zrubáková	6	6
	LL	C Wegink	1	6	2										WC	R Zrubáková	4	4
		K Radford	2	0											29	F Labat	6	6
		E Likhovtseva	6	6					E Likhovtseva	6	3	2
								29	F Labat	4	6	6
																						29	F Labat	4	2
																						4	J Novotná	6	6
								31	M McGrath	6	2
		R Simpson-Alter	6	6	6				R Simpson-Alter	1	0	r
		M Grossi	1	7	4										31	M McGrath	2	1
		C Singer	5	7	5										4	J Novotná	6	6
	WC	J Lee	7	5	7			WC	J Lee	2	2
								4	J Novotná	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								LL	M Vento	4	6
		M Jaggard-Lai	4	3					K Boogert	6	7
		K Boogert	6	6												K Boogert	6	2	0
		C Wood	6	6											19	L Meskhi	0	6	6
	WC	C Papadáki	2	3					C Wood	2	6	4
								19	L Meskhi	6	2	6
																						19	L Meskhi	4	2
																						23	B Schultz	6	6
								23	B Schultz	6	7
	Q	M Bollegraf	1	6				WC	C Cristea	2	6
	WC	C Cristea	6	7											23	B Schultz	6	4	6
		W Probst	6	6												W Probst	2	6	1
		N Muns-Jagerman	3	4					W Probst	6	6
								15	N Medvedeva	1	4

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								14	L McNeil	7	6
		R Hiraki	6	3	2				S Stafford	6	4
		S Stafford	3	6	6										14	L McNeil	6	6
		N Arendt	7	6												N Arendt	4	3
		P Tarabini	5	1					N Arendt	7	6
								27	M Oremans	6	2
																						14	L McNeil	2	1
																						2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
								17	P Fendick	6	6
		N van Lottum	2	6	7				N van Lottum	3	3
	LL	A Sugiyama	6	4	5										17	P Fendick	1	3
		H Kelesi	6	6											2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		M-J Gaidano	0	2					H Kelesi	2	0
								2	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

References

• 1994 Lipton Championships Draw