The 1994 Paris Open was a tennis

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 indoor carpet courts. It was the 20th edition of the Paris Masters

Paris Masters

The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

, and is part of the ATP Super 9

ATP Masters Series

The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...

 of the 1995 ATP Tour

1995 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris...

 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

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, from October 31 through November 7, 1994.

The singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 1, Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Rome, Wimbledon

1994 Wimbledon Championships

The 1994 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

, U.S. Open titlist, Queen's

1994 Queen's Club Championships

The 1994 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour...

 finalist, Australian Open

1994 Australian Open

The 1994 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia...

 semi-finalist Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

, Kitzubhel, Tokyo winner, Stockholm

1994 Stockholm Open

The 1994 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Stockholm Open and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1994 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from October 24 through October 31, 1994.The singles...

, Bucharest

1994 Romanian Open

The 1994 Romanian Open is an ATP tournament held in Bucharest, Romania. The tournament was held September 12–19.Franco Davín won his first title of the year, and 3rd of his career.-Men's Singles: Franco Davín def. Goran Ivanišević, 6-2, 6-4----...

, Wimbledon

1994 Wimbledon Championships

The 1994 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

 runner-up, Paris defending champion

1993 Paris Open

The 1993 Paris Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 19th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1993 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from November 1 through November 8, 1993.The draw...

 Goran Ivanišević

Goran Ivaniševic

Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

 and Rotterdam

1994 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The 1994 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 22nd edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour...

, Munich

1994 BMW Open

The 1994 BMW Open was an Association of Tennis Professionals tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. The tournament was held from April 25 to May 2.-Men's Singles: Michael Stich defeated Petr Korda 6-2, 2-6, 6-3...

, Halle

1994 Gerry Weber Open

The 1994 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 2nd edition of the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour...

 champion, 1993 Tennis Masters Cup

1993 ATP Tour World Championships

The 1993 ATP Tour World Championships was a tennis tournament and was part of the 1993 IBM ATP Tour. The singles tournament was held from November 16 to 21 on indoor carpet courts in Frankfurt, Germany. The doubles tournament took place between November 24 to 28, 1993 on Hard courts in...

 winner Michael Stich

Michael Stich

Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...

. Other top seeds were French Open

1994 French Open

List of the 1994 French Open champions:-Men's Singles: Sergi Bruguera def. Alberto Berasategui, 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1...

 titlist and Monte Carlo finalist Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...

, Doha

1994 Qatar ExxonMobil Open

The 1994 Qatar Open, known as the 1994 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, was an ATP tournament held in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was held from January 3 to January 10....

 winner, 1990 Paris champion

1990 Paris Open

The 1990 Paris Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 16th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the newly formed ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from October 29 through November 5,...

 Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

, Boris Becker

Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...

, Michael Chang

Michael Chang

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 and Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...

.

Men's Singles

  Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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def.   Marc Rosset

Marc Rosset

Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....

, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5

• It was Andre Agassi's 5th title of the year, and 24th of his career. It was his 2nd Masters title of the year and his 4th overall.

Men's Doubles

  Jacco Eltingh

Jacco Eltingh

Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...

/   Paul Haarhuis

Paul Haarhuis

Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

def.   Byron Black

Byron Black

Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

 /   Jonathan Stark

Jonathan Stark

Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...

, 6-4, 6-3