1994 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1994 Lipton Championships
1993 ChampionsLatvia Larisa Neiland
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Final
ChampionsUnited States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-upUnited States Patty Fendick
United States Meredith McGrath
Score6–3, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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1994 tennis event results

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.

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. United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  2. Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
  3. Netherlands Manon Bollegraf / Czech Republic Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
  4. United States Patty Fendick / United States Meredith McGrath (final)
  5. n/a
  6. Latvia Larisa Neiland / Australia Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Lori McNeil / Australia Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
  8. South Africa Amanda Coetzer / Argentina Inés Gorrochategui (quarterfinals)
  9. United States Katrina Adams / United States Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (quarterfinals)
  10. United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Lisa Raymond (third round)
  11. Italy Sandra Cecchini / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (third round)
  12. Canada Jill Hetherington / United States Shaun Stafford (third round)
  13. Italy Laura Golarsa / Ukraine Natalia Medvedeva (second round)
  14. Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva / Georgia (country) Leila Meskhi (second round)
  15. Indonesia Yayuk Basuki / Japan Nana Miyagi (third round)
  16. France Julie Halard / France Nathalie Tauziat (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 2 6 6
7 6 2 4
1 6 6  
4 3 1  
4 7 7  
2 5 5  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 6 6  
Q 6 4 6 Q 1 2  
  3 6 1 1 6 6  
  6 3   11 2 1  
  7 6     4 7 4
11 6 5 6
1 6 7  
9 4 5  
9 6 4 6
  6 5     4 6 2
  7 7   9 6 7  
  6 6   LL 4 6  
LL 2 3     4 6 3
LL 6 3 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 6 6  
  6 6     1 0  
  3 4   3 3 6 6
 
6 7 2 16 6 3 3
  7 6 6   3 3  
16 6 6  
3 2 1  
7 6 6  
13
7 4 4
  4 2     5 6 6
  6 6     4 1  
  7 6   7 6 6  
  5 2     4 1  
7 6 6  

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 6 6  
  2 3     2 2  
  6 6   8 6 6  
  0 6 4 15 4 1  
  6 4 6   6 2 3
15 4 6 6
8 5 2  
4 7 6  
10 6 6  
  6 6     3 1  
  7 7   10 2 3  
  6 5 7 4 6 6  
  2 7 6   5 6 2
4 7 2 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 3 6 6
  3 3     6 1 4
  6 6   6 6 5 6
  5 2   WC 1 7 4
WC 7 6   WC 7 6  
14 5 0  
6 5 1  
2 7 6  
12 6 6  
  1 0     3 4  
  6 6   12 4 5  
  7 4 6 2 6 7  
  6 6 2   5 3  
2 7 6  

External links

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