1994 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

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.

Women's doubles
1994 Lipton Championships
1993 Champions	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná
Champions	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath
Score	6–3, 6–1

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández  Natasha Zvereva	2	6	6
	7	Lori McNeil  Rennae Stubbs	6	2	4
								1	Gigi Fernández  Natasha Zvereva	6	6
								4	Patty Fendick  Meredith McGrath	3	1
	4	Patty Fendick  Meredith McGrath	7	7
	2	Jana Novotná  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5	5

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	G Fernández  N Zvereva	6	6
	Q	S Gilchrist  V Paynter	6	4	6			Q	S Gilchrist  V Paynter	1	2
		V Lake  C Wood	3	6	1										1	G Fernández  N Zvereva	6	6
		W Probst  C Singer	6	3											11	S Cecchini  P Tarabini	2	1
		B Fulco-Villella  P Thorén	7	6					B Fulco-Villella  P Thorén	4	7	4
								11	S Cecchini  P Tarabini	6	5	6
																						1	G Fernández  N Zvereva	6	7
																						9	K Adams  K Rinaldi-Stunkel	4	5
								9	K Adams  K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	4	6
		A deLone  E deLone	6	5					I Demongeot  K Kschwendt	4	6	2
		I Demongeot  K Kschwendt	7	7											9	K Adams  K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	7
		L Harvey-Wild  C Rubin	6	6											LL	L Tella  A Vieira	4	6
	LL	E Jiménez  L Schaerer	2	3					L Harvey-Wild  C Rubin	4	6	3
								LL	L Tella  A Vieira	6	3	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	M Bollegraf  H Suková	6	6
		M Mroz  K Teodorowicz	6	6					M Mroz  K Teodorowicz	1	0
		R Dragomir  I Spîrlea	3	4											3	M Bollegraf  H Suková	3	6	6
		S Collins  M de Swardt	6	7	2										16	J Halard  N Tauziat	6	3	3
		N Arendt  K Radford	7	6	6				N Arendt  K Radford	3	3
								16	J Halard  N Tauziat	6	6
																						3	M Bollegraf  H Suková	2	1
																						7	L McNeil  R Stubbs	6	6
								13	L Golarsa  N Medvedeva	7	4	4
		K Studeníková  D Szabova	4	2					M Murić  S Reece	5	6	6
		M Murić  S Reece	6	6												M Murić  S Reece	4	1
		E Reinach  A Strnadová	7	6											7	L McNeil  R Stubbs	6	6
		J Husárová  R Zrubáková	5	2					E Reinach  A Strnadová	4	1
								7	L McNeil  R Stubbs	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	A Coetzer  I Gorrochategui	6	6
		K Boogert  N Muns-Jagerman	2	3					B Bowes-Hackney  M Werdel	2	2
		B Bowes-Hackney  M Werdel	6	6											8	A Coetzer  I Gorrochategui	6	6
		C Benjamin  M Jackson-Nobrega	0	6	4										15	Y Basuki  N Miyagi	4	1
		C Delisle  C MacGregor	6	4	6				C Delisle  C MacGregor	6	2	3
								15	Y Basuki  N Miyagi	4	6	6
																						8	A Coetzer  I Gorrochategui	5	2
																						4	P Fendick  M McGrath	7	6
								10	L Davenport  L Raymond	6	6
		A Keller  S McCarthy	6	6					E Likhovtseva  E Makarova	3	1
		E Likhovtseva  E Makarova	7	7											10	L Davenport  L Raymond	2	3
		M Oremans  C Vis	6	5	7										4	P Fendick  M McGrath	6	6
		M Babel  D Monami	2	7	6				M Oremans  C Vis	5	6	2
								4	P Fendick  M McGrath	7	2	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	L Neiland  E Smylie	3	6	6
		Å Carlsson  C Schneider	3	3					S Farina  G Helgeson	6	1	4
		S Farina  G Helgeson	6	6											6	L Neiland  E Smylie	6	5	6
		A Frazier  R Hiraki	5	2											WC	G Sabatini  J Steven	1	7	4
	WC	G Sabatini  J Steven	7	6				WC	G Sabatini  J Steven	7	6
								14	K Maleeva  L Meskhi	5	0
																						6	L Neiland  E Smylie	5	1
																						2	J Novotná  A Sánchez Vicario	7	6
								12	J Hetherington  S Stafford	6	6
		C Cristea  P O'Reilly	1	0					E Hakami  L Novelo	3	4
		E Hakami  L Novelo	6	6											12	J Hetherington  S Stafford	4	5
		M Jaggard-Lai  R Simpson-Alter	7	4	6										2	J Novotná  A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
		J Durie  F Labat	6	6	2				M Jaggard-Lai  R Simpson-Alter	5	3
								2	J Novotná  A Sánchez Vicario	7	6

External links

• 1994 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw