1994 European Indoors – Singles

Singles

1994 European Indoors

Final

Champion

Magdalena Maleeva

Runner-up

Natasha Zvereva

Score

7–5, 3–6, 6–4

Details

Draw

32 (2WC/4Q)

Seeds

Events

Singles

Doubles

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1994 tennis event results

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Natasha Zvereva in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1994 European Indoor Championships.^[1]

Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière was the reigning champion, but retired from professional tennis earlier in the season.^[2]

This event marked the first professional appearance of future world No. 1 and five-time singles major champion Martina Hingis, who was 14 years old.^[3] Hingis reached the second round before losing to Mary Pierce.

Seeds

Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
Natasha Zvereva (final)
Zina Garrison-Jackson (second round)
Magdalena Maleeva (champion)
Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
Iva Majoli (second round)
Florencia Labat (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

	Helena Suková	2	5

5	Magdalena Maleeva	6	7
				5	Magdalena Maleeva	7	3	6

				3	Natasha Zvereva	5	6	4
3	Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Q	Miriam Oremans	0	2

Top half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	M Navratilova	7	4	6
	A Grossman	5	6	1	1	M Navratilova	7⁷	6
	M McGrath	4	6	6		M McGrath	6¹	3
	K Po	6	0	2					1	M Navratilova	5	6	4
	N Tauziat	7⁷	6							H Suková	7	3	6
	S Rottier	6⁴	4			N Tauziat	4	4
	H Suková	6	6			H Suková	6	6
8	F Labat	4	3												H Suková	2	5
4	Z Garrison-Jackson	7⁷	2	6										5	M Maleeva	6	7
	K Habšudová	6⁴	6	2	4	Z Garrison-Jackson	4	4
	A Smashnova	0	1		Q	S Stafford	6	6
Q	S Stafford	6	6						Q	S Stafford	3	1
	M Werdel	6	6						5	M Maleeva	6	6
	S Cacic	3	4			M Werdel	1	1^r
	P Shriver	5	6⁵		5	M Maleeva	6	3
5	M Maleeva	7	7⁷

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

6	L McNeil	2	6	7
Q	K Adams	6	3	5	6	L McNeil	6	6
	L Raymond	6	3	7⁷		L Raymond	1	2
	K Boogert	4	6	6¹						6	L McNeil	6⁵	7	4
WC	R Zrubáková	5	1							3	N Zvereva	7⁷	5	6
	E Makarova	7	6			E Makarova	6	2	1
	N Medvedeva	3	6¹²		3	N Zvereva	4	6	6
3	N Zvereva	6	7¹⁴												3	N Zvereva	6	6
7	I Majoli	6	6												Q	M Oremans	0	2
	K Radford	2	1		7	I Majoli	5	1
Q	C Vis	3	6⁵		Q	M Oremans	7	6
Q	M Oremans	6	7⁷							Q	M Oremans	6	6⁸	6
	P Fendick	4	3							2	M Pierce	4	7¹⁰	3
WC	M Hingis	6	6		WC	M Hingis	4	0
	L Neiland	3	3		2	M Pierce	6	6
2	M Pierce	6	6

References

^ "Tennis: Maleeva keeps title in family". The Independent. 10 October 1994. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "15 Players who retired in the Top 10". WTA. 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2019. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (SUI) Bulgarian-born Swiss Maleeva-Fragnière retired in 1994 at No.9 in the world.
^ "TENNIS: Hello, Martina; Goodbye, Martina". The New York Times. Associated Press. 5 October 1994. Retrieved 15 April 2019.