1994 Family Circle Cup
Encyclopedia
The 1994 Family Circle Cup was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Sea Pines Plantation
on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
in the United States
that was part of Tier I
of the 1994 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from March 28 through April 3, 1994.
Conchita Martínez
defeated
Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 6–0
Lori McNeil
/ Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
defeated Gigi Fernández
/ Natasha Zvereva
6–4, 4–1 (Fernández and Zvereva retired)
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
at the Sea Pines Plantation
Sea Pines Plantation
Sea Pines Resort or Sea Pines is a gated community in the town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Sea Pines is home to the Harbour Town Golf Links, the Ocean Course, and Heron Point, formerly known as the Sea Marsh course....
on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton Head Island or Hilton Head is a resort town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is north of Savannah, Georgia, and south of Charleston. The island gets its name from Captain William Hilton...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that was part of Tier I
WTA Tier I tournaments
The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1988 until 2008 season. Minimum prize money, from 2004 is $1,340,000...
of the 1994 WTA Tour
1994 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from March 28 through April 3, 1994.
Women's Singles
Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
defeated
Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
6–4, 6–0
- It was Martínez's 1st title of the year and the 21st of her career.
Women's Doubles
Lori McNeilLori McNeil
Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
/
Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
defeated
Gigi FernándezGigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
/
Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
6–4, 4–1 (Fernández and Zvereva retired)
- It was McNeil's 1st title of the year and the 36th of her career. It was Sánchez Vicario's 3rd title of the year and the 41st of her career.