2014 Oklahoma state elections, State Auditor and Inspector
Incumbent Republican State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones ran unopposed for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi ran for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Republican primary, Candidates
Barresi's first term was seen as controversial and she was challenged in the Republican primary by businesswoman, former public school teacher and former State Board of Education member Joy Hofmeister and educator and candidate for Superintendent in 2010 Brian S. Kelly.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Democratic primary, Candidates
Four Democrats ran in the primary: Superintendent of Peggs School District in Cherokee County John Cox, founder of the ASTEC Charter Schools System Freda Deskin, Government Relations Director for Professional Oklahoma Educators and former Assistant State Superintendent for Financial Services at the Oklahoma State Department of Education Jack Herron, and retired college professor, former Chairman of the Oklahoma Democratic Party and former Oklahoma State Department of Education employee Ivan Holmes. Bennington Schools Superintendent Donna Anderson had been running, but withdrew from the race.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Republican Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak ran for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Commissioner of Insurance
He was challenged in the Republican primary by Bill Viner. No other candidate filed to run.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Commissioner of Labor
Incumbent Republican Labor Commissioner Mark Costello ran for re-election to a second term in office.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Corporation Commissioner
One of the three seats on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission was up for election. Incumbent Republican Commissioner Patrice Douglas, the Chairman of the Commission, did not run for re-election to a first full term in office. She is instead running for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, Corporation Commissioner
State Senator Cliff Branan and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2006 Todd Hiett ran for the Republican nomination. No other candidate filed to run.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. He was challenged in the Republican primary by D. Jean McBride-Samuels, retired air traffic controller Rob Moye, perennial candidate Evelyn Rogers and Iraq War veteran Erick Wyatt.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, United States Senate
Insurance agency owner Matt Silverstein ran for the Democrats and Independents Aaron DeLozier, Joan Farr and Ray Woods also ran.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator Tom Coburn announced his intention to resign on 113th Congress on January 3, 2015, four years into his second six-year term. Thus, a special election was held to fill his seat for the remaining two years of his term.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, United States Senate
For the Republicans, former State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2010 Randy Brogdon, Army veteran and sales professional Andy Craig, college professor Kevin Crow, U.S. Representative James Lankford, businessman Eric McCray, State Representative and former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives T.W. Shannon and paramedic Jason Weger ran.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, United States Senate
Patrick Hayes, State Senator Constance N. Johnson and perennial candidate Jim Rogers ran for the Democratic nomination. Independent Mark Beard also ran.


2014 Oklahoma state elections, United States House of Representatives
Oklahoma's five seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.


2014 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
The 2014 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Bobby Wilder and played their home games at Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia. The 2014 season marked the inaugural season for the Monarchs as a member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Conference USA and competing in the East Division. Old Dominion finished the season 6–6 (4–4 in C-USA play) to finish in a three-way tie for third place in the East Division. Despite finishing 6-6, Old Dominion was not invited to a bowl game, as they were in the second of a two-year transition period to the FBS and was ineligible for postseason competition.


2014 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2014 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team
The 2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team represented the University of Mississippi, familiarly known as Ole Miss, in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels were led by 14th-year head coach Mike Bianco, and played their home games in Oxford at Swayze Field, adjacent to campus. They compete in the Southeastern Conference's Western Division, and won their division in 2014.


2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team
The Rebels hosted an NCAA regional and defeated the #13 Washington Huskies twice in one-run games to finish undefeated. In the Super Regional at Louisiana-Lafayette, Ole Miss won in three games to advance to the College World Series, their first since 1972. The Rebels reached the semifinals and lost twice to Virginia. Ole Miss lost their opener by a run, then eliminated Texas Tech and TCU to reach the semifinals, but fell again to Virginia.


2014 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team, Ranking Movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Hugh Freeze, in his third season with Ole Miss. The Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The Rebels won the first seven games of the season, their best start since the Johnny Vaught era. By October, they had risen as high as third in the nation, the highest they had been ranked at that late date in over half a century. However, the team ended their season losing four of their six last games, including a season-ending 42-3 loss to TCU in the Peach Bowl, their first major bowl appearance since the 1970 Sugar Bowl, and easily the biggest bowl game they had attended since Vaught's tenure. They finished the season as only the sixth Ole Miss team to win nine or more games since Vaught retired in 1973.


2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team
On February 11, 2019 Ole Miss announced the vacation of all wins in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016. In 2013, all wins except the Music City Bowl were vacated. In 2014, all wins except the Presbyterian game were vacated.


2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Schedule
Ole Miss played their first two games out of state vs. Boise State and Vanderbilt. Both games were played at NFL stadiums. The Boise State game was considered a neutral site while the Vandy game was a home game for Vanderbilt. Due to conference realignment, Ole Miss played at Vanderbilt for the second consecutive year.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision
On 23 June 2014, a German Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet and a Learjet 35 business jet participating in a military exercise collided mid-air over Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Learjet subsequently crashed to the ground with the loss of both crew members on board. The Typhoon was damaged but managed to land safely.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision, Collision
The accident happened at 14:38 CEST (12:38 UTC). Two Eurofighter Typhoons were on exercise with the Learjet in the Elpe-Olsberg area. The Learjet was simulating a civilian airliner that had been hijacked and had broken off radio contact with Air Traffic Control, while the Typhoons were simulating a military response to such a scenario. The lead Typhoon intercepted the Learjet, and as the latter turned to follow it, the two aircraft collided.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision, Collision
The Learjet crashed about 100 metres (110 yd) from houses in Olsberg, killing both crew members. The Typhoon aircraft was severely damaged, but was able to land safely at Nörvenich Air Base, near Cologne. The second Typhoon landed at Cologne Bonn Airport.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision, Aircraft
The first aircraft was a Eurofighter Typhoon, msn GS0070. The aircraft was built in 2012. It was operated by Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 31 "Boelcke", Luftwaffe. It was based at Nörvenich Air Base.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision, Aircraft
The second aircraft was a Learjet 35A, registered D-CGFI, msn 35A-612, which had first flown in 1986. It was operated by the GFD Gesellschaft für Flugzieldarstellung, a subsidiary company of Airbus Defence and Space, and was based at Hohn Air Base.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision, Investigations
Investigations into the accident were carried out by the General Flugsicherheit der Bundeswehr and the Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU). The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the Learjet were recovered on the day of the accident, from a site 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the crash site of the aircraft. The data from these devices were published in the BFU's interim report in September. The BFU's final report into the accident was published in August 2015.


2014 Olsberg mid-air collision, Investigations
The pilots of the two Eurofighter Typhoons were being investigated by the public prosecutor's office on suspicion of causing death by negligence and might face charges of manslaughter. A commander at the Tactical Air Force squadron reported that both of the jet pilots were very experienced and had frequently been involved in such exercises.


2014 Oman Super Cup
The 2014 Oman Super Cup was the 12th edition of the Oman Super Cup, an annual football match between Al-Nahda Club the champions of the 2013–14 Oman Professional League and Fanja SC, the winners of the 2013–14 Sultan Qaboos Cup. The match was played at the Sohar Regional Sports Complex in Sohar, Oman.


2014 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season
The 2014 season for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
The 2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad took place on 1 March 2014. It was the 69th edition of the international classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.


2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Team Sky's Ian Stannard of Great Britain beat BMC Racing Team's Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium in a two-up sprint.


2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Teams
Non -UCI ProTeams are indicated by an asterisk below. Each of the 21 teams were permitted up to eight riders, for a maximum of 168 riders. 164 riders started the race.


2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)
The 2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race took place on 1 March 2014. It was the 9th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. This year's Omloop started and ended in Ghent, Belgium and spanned 125 km (77.7 mi) in the province of East Flanders.


2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)
The race was won by Dutch rider Amy Pieters with Emma Johansson and Lizzie Armitstead second and third respectively.


2014 Omloop van het Hageland
The 2014 Omloop van het Hageland was the tenth running of the women's Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 9 March 2014, over a distance of 122.3 kilometres (76.0 miles) around Tielt-Winge. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was won by British rider Lizzie Armitstead of the Boels–Dolmans.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Ontario, was held from January 6 to 12 at the Soo Curlers Association in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The winning team represented Ontario at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The event marked the final tournament to include teams from Northern Ontario, which began to have its own entry into the Scotties beginning in 2015.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification Process
Ten teams qualify for the provincial tournament through several methods. Four teams qualified from Northern Ontario, two teams qualified from Regions 1 and 2, two teams qualified from regions 3 and 4 and two teams qualified from the Challenge Round.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification Process
The defending champion Rachel Homan did not need to participate in the qualification process, as she won the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and therefore represented Team Canada at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification
Southern Ontario zones ran from November 22-December 8, 2013. Two teams from each zone qualify to 2 regional tournaments, and two teams from each of the two tournaments qualify to provincials. Two additional teams qualify out of a second chance qualifier.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification
The Northern Ontario provincial championship occur from December 13 to 15 in 2013 at the Soo Curlers Association in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Four teams qualify out of the Northern Ontario championship.


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 8
November 23–24 at the Mississaugua Golf & Country Club, Mississauga


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 13
December 8, at the Glendale Golf & Country Club, Hamilton


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification, Southern Ontario Zone Qualification, Zone 15
December 7, at the St. Thomas Curling Club, St. Thomas


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Qualification, Regions 1 & 2
December 13–15 at the Cataraqui Golf & Country Club, Kingston


2014 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Northern Ontario Provincials
The Northern Ontario provincial championship was held from December 13–15 at the Soo Curlers Association in Sault Ste. Marie.


2014 Ontario fireball
Coordinates: On 4 May 2014 around 4:17pm (EDT) a daylight bolide occurred near Ontario, resulting in a meteor air burst. The meteoroid was estimated to be roughly 50–100 centimetres (20–39 inches) in diameter. The explosion was estimated to be equivalent to approximately 10–20 tons of TNT. The meteor was first seen in Peterborough and traveled on a southwest-to-northeast trajectory. A meteor of this size impacts Earth about twice a week.


2014 Ontario fireball
The meteor was large enough that it may have generated meteorites. A strewn field has not yet been located but would be downstream after dark flight. Weather radar returns suggest that the meteorite(s) may have landed near Codrington.


2014 Ontario general election
The 2014 Ontario general election was held on June 12, 2014, to elect the members of the 41st Parliament of Ontario. The Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the legislature, allowing its leader, Kathleen Wynne, to continue as premier, moving from a minority to majority government. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003 and an improvement from their performance in the 2011 election. The Progressive Conservatives under Tim Hudak were returned to the official opposition; following the election loss, Hudak announced his resignation as Progressive Conservative leader. The New Democratic Party under Andrea Horwath remained in third place, albeit with an improved share of the popular vote.


2014 Ontario general election
The election was called on May 2, 2014, by Lieutenant Governor David Onley, upon the recommendation of Wynne following the announcement that the NDP, whose support was critical to the survival of the Liberal's minority government in the Legislative Assembly, would vote against the Liberals' proposed budget.


2014 Ontario general election
With the election, Wynne became the first lesbian woman to lead her party to a majority victory in an Ontario general election.


2014 Ontario general election, Results, Summary analysis
Pairing off the top three parties, swings were calculated to be:


2014 Ontario general election, Results, Marginal seats
The following seats had a margin of victory of less than 5 percentage points in the election:


2014 Ontario general election, Opinion polls
Voting intention polls released throughout the election campaign were distinctly inconsistent and contradictory, as shown in the graph and table below. During much of the campaign, different pollsters persistently disagreed, frequently by important margins, on whether the Liberals or Progressive Conservatives held the lead, though by the final days most polls showed the Liberals marginally to comfortably ahead. Still, polls completed on the last day of the campaign by Ipsos Reid and EKOS showed vastly divergent support for the NDP, at 30% and 19%, respectively. Also of note, although four different pollsters released results among "likely voters" alongside their results among all eligible voters in an effort to better predict the outcome of the election based on expected voter turnout, in all cases the former proved to be overall poorer predictors than the latter.


2014 Ontario general election, Opinion polls, General opinion polls
Innovative Research states, for Province Wide Online Survey, "Margin of error not applicable, online samples not random." Data shown above for campaign-period polls are top-line results, typically among all eligible voters. However, certain pollsters additionally report results among "likely voters" in an effort to better predict the actual outcome of the election. When available, these alternative results are shown in the following table:


2014 Ontario general election, Candidates by region, Central Ontario
Andrea Gar Quiano (Socialist), Wayne Matheson (Freedom), Gerard Faux (Pauper), Brian Martindale (Independent)


2014 Ontario general election, Candidates by region, Toronto, Scarborough
Richard Kerr (Libertarian), Khalid Mokhtarzada (Freedom), John Sawdon (Cdns' Choice)


2014 Ontario general election, Candidates by region, Toronto, North York and North Toronto
Dimitrios Kabitsis (Communist), Patrick Boyd (Libertarian), Brock Burrows (Independent), Rosemary Waigh (Vegan Environ.)


2014 Ontario general election, Candidates by region, Toronto, Toronto & East York
Lada Alekseychuk (Special Needs), Drew Garvie (Communist), Robin Nurse (People's), Harvey Rotenberg (Vegan Environ. ), Bahman Yazdanfar (Cdns' Choice)


2014 Ontario general election, Candidates by region, Toronto, Toronto & East York
Elizabeth Rowley (Communist), Ali Azaroghli (People's), Simon Luisi (Vegan Environ. ), John Richardson (Cdns' Choice)


2014 Ontario general election, Candidates by region, Southwestern Ontario
Dave Durnin (Freedom), Bob Lewis (NOTA), Marinus Vander Vloet (FamilyCoalition)


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
Unemployment in Ontario was a major political issue. In particular, the manufacturing sector had shrunk by about 30% or more than 300,000 jobs since 2002.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario proposed a plan called "Million Jobs Plan", outlining their strategy for job creation and economic growth. By reducing tax, government services, energy costs and regulations the PCs projected to create a cumulative 507,488 jobs over eight years. The plan also called for the reduction of 100,000 civil service jobs. Economists and critics noted fundamental mathematical errors with the PCs' projections. They held, even if the PCs' own data were correctly tabulated, only 50,000 extra jobs would be created (in addition to the 500,000 that would be created anyway without any policy change).


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
The Ontario Liberal Party proposed the 10 year "Jobs and Investment Plan", which proposed infrastructure investments as their main strategy to create jobs.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
The Ontario New Democratic Party platform called for targeted tax credits and incentives to encourage job creation.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
The Green Party of Ontario policy proposal stated that it would "focus on your job by lowering payroll taxes for small businesses" as well as investing in transit infrastructure and subsidising energy-saving home improvements.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
The Ontario Libertarian Party called for mass privatization, lower taxes and general deregulation, eliminating many business requirements such as permitting, insurance and certification that they considered to be interfering with job creation. Their platform called for government spending to be limited to "only core functions of government; defending life, liberty, and property" and as such would have eliminated industry subsidies or incentives of any kind, particularly in the energy sector.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Economy
The Communist Party of Ontario called for raising the minimum wage to $19/hr as well as introducing a guaranteed annual income, nationalization of the domestic steel industry, and investments in public housing, infrastructure and social programs, while shifting taxes from lower to higher income-earners and businesses.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Transit
Due to rapid urban and suburban expansion in southern Ontario, traffic congestion had been increasing greatly. A 2013 study by the CD Howe Institute determined that it was costing $7.5-11 billion annually for the economy of Toronto alone.


2014 Ontario general election, Issues, Transit
The Liberals promised $29 billion in infrastructure spending, $15 billion of which would go towards building new transit (mostly LRT) lines in the GTHA, based on the outline of Metrolinx's The Big Move plan, as well as an LRT in Ottawa. A high-speed rail line crossing the province from the southeast into Quebec was also planned. The PCs promised to finish building the Eglinton Crosstown, but cancel all the other planned lines, and instead focus on quickly expanding GO service. The NDP plan was similar to the Liberal plan, but included an extra $1 billion to get certain projects built faster.


2014 Ontario general election, Endorsements, Public figure endorsements
The media has reported the following endorsements by public figures during the campaign:


2014 Ontario municipal elections
The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.


2014 Ontario municipal elections
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.


2014 Ontario municipal elections, Electoral period
Submissions for candidate nominations were first accepted on 1 January 2014, at which time the campaign period began. The last day for acceptance of nominations or candidacy withdrawal was 12 September 2014.


2014 Ontario municipal elections, Electoral period
From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October, that is 27 October 2014.


2014 Ontario municipal elections, Electoral period
The elected representatives will begin their council terms on 1 December 2014. Officials will serve a four-year term excepting death or resignation. All candidates must terminate their campaigning activity by 31 December 2014; this includes, for example, collecting electoral signs. They must file campaign financial details by 27 March 2015.


2014 Ontario municipal elections, Separated municipalities, London
In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds. On June 24, Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term.


2014 Ontario municipal elections, Term lengths
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation (), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.


2014 Open 13
The 2014 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Open 13, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Palais des Sports in Marseille, France, from 17 February through 23 February 2014.


2014 Open 13, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open 13, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Open 13 – Doubles
Rohan Bopanna and Colin Fleming were the defending champions, but Bopanna chose not to participate. Fleming played alongside Ross Hutchins, but lost in the quarterfinals to Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić. Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray in the final, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [13–11].


2014 Open 13 – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Ernests Gulbis 6–7(5–7), 4–6.


2014 Open 13 – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne
The 2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Quimper, France between 10 and 16 February 2014.


2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Raven Klaasen were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Doubles
Herbert and Olivetti won the title, defeating Toni Androić and Nikola Mektić in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Singles
Marius Copil was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinal to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.


2014 Open BNP Paribas Banque de Bretagne – Singles
Herbert won the title, defeating Vincent Millot in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2014 Open Castilla y León
The 2014 Open Castilla y León was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Segovia, Spain between 28 July and 3 August 2014.


2014 Open Castilla y León, ATP entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open Castilla y León – Doubles
Victor Baluda and Alexander Kudryavtsev took the title, beating Brydan Klein and Nikola Mektić 6–2, 4–6, [10–3]


2014 Open Castilla y León – Singles
Adrian Mannarino took the title, defeating Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–3, 6–0


2014 Open Championship
The 2014 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 143rd Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England.


2014 Open Championship
Rory McIlroy won his first Open Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Rickie Fowler and Sergio García, and became only the sixth to win the championship going wire-to-wire after 72 holes (being the sole leader after each round). It was McIlroy's third major title, having won the U.S. Open in 2011 and the PGA Championship in 2012; he became the first European to win three different majors and joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only three (since the first Masters Tournament in 1934) to win three majors by the age of 25.


2014 Open Championship, Venue
The 2014 event was the twelfth Open Championship played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The most recent was in 2006, with Tiger Woods winning his second consecutive Open Championship title, holding off Chris DiMarco with a two-shot victory. The first open at the venue was in 1897, won by amateur Harold Hilton by a stroke ahead of James Braid.


2014 Open Championship, Field
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.


2014 Open Championship, Field
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2014Stewart Cink (2,3), Darren Clarke (2,3), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els (2,3,6,15), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (2), Pádraig Harrington (2), Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5,10,13,15), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,15), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,12,13,15)


2014 Open Championship, Field
3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2013Tom Watson


2014 Open Championship, Field
4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2013 Open ChampionshipZach Johnson (5,13,15), Hunter Mahan (5,13,15), Hideki Matsuyama (5,15,20), Francesco Molinari (5,6), Ian Poulter (5,6), Adam Scott (5,10,13,15,17), Henrik Stenson (5,6,13), Lee Westwood (5,6)


2014 Open Championship, Field
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2014 Open Championship, Field
The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2014Thomas Bjørn (6), Jonas Blixt, Keegan Bradley (11,13,15), Jason Day (13,15), Graham DeLaet (13,15), Luke Donald (7,13), Jamie Donaldson (6), Victor Dubuisson (6), Jason Dufner (11,13,15), Harris English, Matt Every, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk (13), Stephen Gallacher (6), Sergio García (6,13), Bill Haas (13,15), Russell Henley, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (13), Matt Jones, Martin Kaymer (6,9,11,12), Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar (12,13,15), Joost Luiten (6), Graeme McDowell (6,9), Rory McIlroy (7,9,11), Ryan Moore, Ryan Palmer, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose (6,9,13), Charl Schwartzel (6,10,13,15), John Senden (Open Qualifying Series – Australia), Webb Simpson (9,13,15), Brandt Snedeker (13,15), Jordan Spieth (13,15), Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson (10), Gary Woodland (13)


2014 Open Championship, Field
6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2013Grégory Bourdy, Paul Casey, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace (15), David Howell, Mikko Ilonen, Thongchai Jaidee, Matteo Manassero (7), Brett Rumford, Richard Sterne (15), Peter Uihlein, Bernd Wiesberger, Chris Wood


2014 Open Championship, Field
8. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2014 BMW International OpenRafa Cabrera-Bello, Pablo Larrazábal, Shane Lowry


2014 Open Championship, Field
13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2013 Tour ChampionshipRoberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge (15), Billy Horschel, D. A. Points, Kevin Streelman, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley


2014 Open Championship, Field
14. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list for 2014 on completion of the 2014 Travelers ChampionshipKevin Na, Brendon Todd


2014 Open Championship, Field
15. Playing members of the 2013 Presidents Cup teamsÁngel Cabrera, Marc Leishman


2014 Open Championship, Field
16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2013Kiradech Aphibarnrat


2014 Open Championship, Field
17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2013


2014 Open Championship, Field
18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2013 Dawie van der Walt


2014 Open Championship, Field
20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2013Kim Hyung-sung


2014 Open Championship, Field
21. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2014 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2014 Japan Golf Tour Championship. Yūsaku Miyazato, Koumei Oda


2014 Open Championship, Field
Major changes were made to the qualification categories. There is now an Open Qualifying Series (OQS) which consists of 10 events from the six major tours. This series largely replaces International Final Qualifying. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players highest according to that week's OWGR.


2014 Open Championship, Field
Unlike in previous years, the Final Qualifying events were played at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England and not at four courses near the Open Championship venue.


2014 Open Championship, Field
McKechnie and Singleton had earlier played in Regional Qualifying, at Bruntsfield Links and Mere, respectively.


2014 Open Championship, Field
To make up the full field of 156, additional places were allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places were made available by the Championship Committee. Any places made available after the week 27 rankings issued on 6 July 2014 used these week 27 rankings. Ten places were made available on 2 July and so ten players were added based on the week 26 rankings.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free round of 66 (−6) to take a one-stroke lead over Matteo Manassero. World number one Adam Scott, Sergio García, brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka and Jim Furyk were another shot further back at 68 (−4). Three-time champion Tiger Woods, playing in his first major championship of the year following back surgery, rebounded from bogeys on his first two holes to post a round of 69 (−3).


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Rory McIlroy shot a second consecutive round of 66 (−6) to post a 132 total (−12) and a four-shot lead after 36 holes. Dustin Johnson had the lowest round of the tournament with a 65 (−7) to move into second place.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
In anticipation of an approaching severe storm with lightning Saturday afternoon, the R&A announced Friday that the third round would be played off both the 1st and 10th tees in threesomes. Normal play is from only the first tee in pairs. This was the first time that play went off both tees at The Open.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Rickie Fowler, beginning the round six shots behind leader Rory McIlroy, recorded birdies on 7 of his first 12 holes to pull into a tie for the lead at 12-under. Still tied, Fowler made bogey on the 14th, while McIlroy made a 35-foot (11 m) putt for birdie and a two-shot swing which gave him the lead again. At the par-5 16th, Fowler made another bogey to drop into a tie for second with playing partner Sergio García. McIlroy then eagled the hole to take a 5-shot lead after the three-shot swing with Fowler. All three players bogeyed the 17th.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
At the par-5 18th, García made par and Fowler made birdie, but McIlroy hit his approach to 6 feet (1.8 m) and made another eagle, pushing his lead to six shots after 54 holes. McIlroy was the only person to eagle the 16th and 18th holes in the third round. Going into the closing round, McIlroy was within three shots of both the Open scoring record to par and the record score to par for all major championships, both of which are −19. The severe storms expected never materialized, although heavy showers preceded and followed third round play.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Sergio García applied pressure on the leader Rory McIlroy early, making birdie at three of the first five holes. McIlroy responded with a birdie at the 1st hole, while playing partner Rickie Fowler missed a number of early opportunities for birdie. McIlroy made bogey at both the 5th and the 6th to drop his lead to 3 shots, and came back with a birdie at the 9th. García made an eagle at the 10th, besting McIlroy and Fowler who both made birdie. McIlroy made bogey at 13 to fall to −16 and his lead fell to two shots over García.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
However, García missed the green at the 15th in a greenside bunker and failed to escape the bunker on his first attempt. He made bogey and dropped into a tie with Fowler at −13. All three players made birdie at 16, and McIlroy missed the green at the 17th. His chip shot rolled to within a foot from the cup, securing par. Fowler and García both made birdie at the 18th. McIlroy made par for a two-shot victory. Jim Furyk finished fourth, as he did in 2006, also at Hoylake.


2014 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
The low round of the day and the championship was 65 (−7), recorded by four players in placid conditions on Sunday.


2014 Open Féminin de Marseille
The 2014 Open Féminin de Marseille is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the seventeenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It takes place in Marseille, France, on 2–8 June 2014.


2014 Open Féminin de Marseille, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open Féminin de Marseille – Doubles
Sandra Klemenschits and Andreja Klepač were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but both players chose to participate with different partners. Klemenschits chose to participate with Yulia Putintseva, losing in the first round, while Klepač chose to participate with Mandy Minella, losing in the semifinals.


2014 Open Féminin de Marseille – Doubles
Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Beatriz García Vidagany won the title, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer and Olga Savchuk in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2014 Open Féminin de Marseille – Singles
Andrea Petkovic was the defending champion going into the competition, but couldn't defend her title as she was still competing at the French Open.


2014 Open Féminin de Marseille – Singles
Alexandra Dulgheru won the title, defeating Johanna Larsson in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2014 Open GDF Suez
The 2014 Open GDF Suez was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It was the 22nd edition of the Open GDF Suez (formerly known as the Open Gaz de France) and a Premier tournament on the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France from January 25 through February 2, 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2014 Open GDF Suez, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique
The 2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is the 12th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000+H in prize money. It takes place in Nantes, France between 27 October to 2 November, 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry from a lucky loser spot:


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Doubles
Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek were the defending champions, however Krajicek chose not to participate. Hradecká partnered Andrea Hlaváčková but withdrew before their quarterfinal match.


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Doubles
The Ukrainian-twins Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok won the title, defeating the French-duo Stéphanie Foretz and Amandine Hesse in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Singles
Aliaksandra Sasnovich was the defending champion, but she lost in the first round to Andrea Hlaváčková.


2014 Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique – Singles
Kateřina Siniaková won the title, defeating Ons Jabeur in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne
The 2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Croissy-Beaubourg, France, on 24–30 March 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne – Doubles
Anna-Lena Friedsam and Alison Van Uytvanck were the defending champions, but neither player decided to participate.


2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne – Doubles
Margarita Gasparyan and Lyudmyla Kichenok won the tournament, defeating Kristina Barrois and Eleni Daniilidou in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne – Singles
Anne Keothavong was the defending champion, but retired at the end of 2013.


2014 Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne – Singles
Claire Feuerstein won the tournament, defeating Renata Voráčová in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz
The 2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is the twelfth edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It takes place in Biarritz, France, on 7–13 July 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Doubles
Yuliya Beygelzimer and Olga Savchuk were the defending champions, however Beygelzimer chose not to participate and Savchuk chose to compete at the 2014 BRD Bucharest Open instead.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Doubles
Florencia Molinero and Stephanie Vogt won the title, defeating Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Teliana Pereira in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Singles
Stephanie Vogt was the defending champion, but lost to top seed Kaia Kanepi in the second round.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Singles
Top seed Kanepi went on to win the title, defeating Teliana Pereira in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
The 2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on 5–11 May 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Doubles
Vania King and Arantxa Rus were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but both players chose not to participate.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Doubles
Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson won the tournament, defeating Tatiana Búa and Daniela Seguel in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Singles
Caroline Garcia was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but she chose to participate at the Mutua Madrid Open instead.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes – Singles
Sharon Fichman won the tournament, defeating Timea Bacsinszky in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges
The 2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in Limoges, France, on 3–9 November 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges – Doubles
Viktorija Golubic and Magda Linette were the defending champions, having won this tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2013, however, neither player chose to participate.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges – Doubles
Kateřina Siniaková and Renata Voráčová won the title, defeating Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 2–6, 6–2, [10–5].


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges – Singles
Kristýna Plíšková was the defending champion having won this tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2013. However, she chose not to participate.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges – Singles
Tereza Smitková won the title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–5.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine
The 2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Joué-lès-Tours, France, on 13–19 October 2014.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Doubles
Julie Coin and Ana Vrljić were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, however Vrljić chose to participate at Tampico instead, whilst Coin chose not to participate.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Doubles
Stéphanie Foretz and Amandine Hesse won the title, defeating Alberta Brianti and Maria Elena Camerin in the final by a default.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Singles
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but chose not to participate.


2014 Open GDF Suez de Touraine – Singles
Carina Witthöft won the tournament, defeating Urszula Radwańska in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).


2014 Open GDF Suez – Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions, but withdrew from the semifinals against Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic. Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Květa Peschke won the title, defeating Babos and Mladenovic in the final, 6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–5].


2014 Open GDF Suez – Singles
Mona Barthel was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens.


2014 Open GDF Suez – Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the title, defeating Sara Errani in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3.


2014 Open GDF Suez – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle
The 2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Brieuc, France between 31 March and 6 April 2014.


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and Andreas Siljeström were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Doubles
Dominik Meffert and Tim Puetz won the title, defeating Victor Baluda and Philipp Marx in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Singles
Jesse Huta Galung was the defending champion, but decided not to compete.


2014 Open Harmonie mutuelle – Singles
Andreas Beck won the title, defeating Grégoire Burquier in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées
The 2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000+H in prize money. It took place in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France, on 12–18 May 2014.


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Doubles
Julia Glushko and Paula Ormaechea were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but both players chose to participate at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia instead.


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Doubles
Verónica Cepede Royg and María Irigoyen won the title, defeating Sharon Fichman and Johanna Konta in the final, 7–5, 6–3.


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Singles
Paula Ormaechea was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but decided to compete at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia instead.


2014 Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées – Singles
Danka Kovinić won the tournament, defeating Pauline Parmentier in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2014 Open Sud de France
The 2014 Open Sud de France was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Open Sud de France, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Arena Montpellier in Montpellier, France, from February 3 to February 9, 2014.


2014 Open Sud de France, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open Sud de France, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Open Sud de France – Doubles
Marc Gicquel and Michaël Llodra were the defending champions, but Llodra decided not to participate. Gicquel played alongside Nicolas Mahut, but lost in the final to Nikolay Davydenko and Denis Istomin, 4–6, 6–1, [7–10].


2014 Open Sud de France – Singles
Richard Gasquet was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Gaël Monfils, 4–6, 4–6.


2014 Open Sud de France – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Open d'Orléans
The 2014 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orléans, France between 22 and 28 September 2014.


2014 Open d'Orléans, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open d'Orléans, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2014 Open d'Orléans – Doubles
Illya Marchenko and Sergiy Stakhovsky were the defending tennis doubles champions, but neither player chose to participate.


2014 Open d'Orléans – Doubles
Thomaz Bellucci and André Sá won the title, defeating James Cerretani and Andreas Siljeström 5–7, 6–4, [10–8] in the final.


2014 Open d'Orléans – Singles
Radek Štěpánek was the defending champion, but chose not to compete.


2014 Open d'Orléans – Singles
Sergiy Stakhovsky won the title, defeating Thomaz Bellucci 6–2, 7–5 in the final.


2014 Open de Guadeloupe
The 2014 Open de Guadeloupe was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe between 31 March and 6 April 2014.


2014 Open de Guadeloupe, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open de Guadeloupe, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Open de Guadeloupe – Doubles
Dudi Sela and Jimmy Wang were the defending champions, but decided not to compete.


2014 Open de Guadeloupe – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and Adil Shamasdin won the title, defeating Gero Kretschmer and Michael Venus in the final, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]


2014 Open de Guadeloupe – Singles
Benoît Paire was the defending champion, but decided not to compete.


2014 Open de Guadeloupe – Singles
Steve Johnson won the title, defeating Kenny de Schepper in the final, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2).


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
The 2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 30th edition of the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, from May 18 through May 24, 2014.


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles
Johan Brunström and Raven Klaasen were the defending champions, but Brunström chose not to participate this year. Klaasen played alongside Eric Butorac, but lost in the first round to Andre Begemann and Robin Haase.


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles
Martin Kližan and Philipp Oswald won the title, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles
Albert Montañés was the defending champion, but lost to Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals. Gulbis went on to win the title, defeating Federico Delbonis in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–5).


2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2014 Open de Rennes
The 2014 Open de Rennes was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rennes, France between 6 and 12 October 2014.


2014 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open de Rennes, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players used protected ranking to get into the singles main draw:


2014 Open de Rennes – Doubles
Florin Mergea and Oliver Marach were the defending champions, but they did not participate.


2014 Open de Rennes – Doubles
Tobias Kamke and Philipp Marx won the title, defeating František Čermák and Jonathan Erlich 3–6, 6–2, [10–3] in the final.


2014 Open de Rennes – Singles
Nicolas Mahut was the defending champion, but lost 2–6, 4–6 in the final to Steve Darcis.


2014 Open de Suède Vårgårda
The 2014 Open de Suède Vårgårda was the nine edition of the Open de Suède Vårgårda women's road race. It was held on 24 August 2014 over a distance of 132 kilometres (82.0 miles) and was the eighth race of the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup season.


2014 Open de Suède Vårgårda, World Cup standings
Standings after 8 of 9 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races.


2014 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT, World Cup standings
Standings after 8 of 9 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup races.


2014 Open de la Réunion
The 2014 Open de la Réunion was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which is part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Saint-Denis, Réunion between 25 October and 2 November 2014.


2014 Open de la Réunion, Singles entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open de la Réunion – Doubles
Robin Haase and Mate Pavić won the tournament, defeating French couple Jonathan Eysseric and Fabrice Martin in the final. Robin Haase won the singles competition, too.


2014 Open de la Réunion – Singles
Robin Haase won the tournament, defeating Florent Serra in the final.


2014 Open du Pays d'Aix
The 2014 Open du Pays d'Aix was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aix-en-Provence, France between 5 and 11 May 2014.


2014 Open du Pays d'Aix, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open du Pays d'Aix, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Open du Pays d'Aix – Doubles
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman and Horacio Zeballos won the title, defeating Andreas Beck and Martin Fischer in the final, 6–4, 3–6, [10–5].


2014 Open du Pays d'Aix – Singles
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman won the title, defeating Andreas Beck in the final, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–2.


2014 Oral-B USA 500
The 2014 Oral-B USA 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 31, 2014, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 335 laps on the 1.54 mi (2.48 km) quad-oval, it was the 25th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his first win of the season. Matt Kenseth finished second, while Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (8th), Michael Annett (21st), and Austin Dillon (24th).


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Previous week's race
Joey Logano took the lead with 45 laps to go and had to hold off a late race charge by Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski to score his third win of the 2014 season, at the Irwin Tools Night Race. Logano described the result as "awesome", and also reflected on his personal best 2014 campaign. Keselowski praised Logano's performance, stating that "he ran a great race" while his car "was just about equal to Joey's but he just had better track position than on us".


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
The venue, Atlanta Motor Speedway, is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the 2,332-foot (711 m) front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the 1,800-foot (550 m) back stretch are banked at five. The track's racing surface width varies from 55 feet to 60 feet. The defending race winner from 2013 was Kyle Busch.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
Tony Stewart's status had been undecided going into the race. "It's just an emotional roller coaster all week, you know what I mean?" Greg Zipadelli, vice president of competition at Stewart-Haas Racing, stated after the previous weekend's race at Bristol Motor Speedway. "It is what it is. We do the best we can with what we've got right now. We'll keep praying, keep our fingers crossed that we get the boss back sooner rather than later."


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
On Thursday, it was announced by NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O'Donnell, that Stewart would return to racing at Atlanta. O'Donnell added that NASCAR had "remained in constant contact with his race team and we will stay very close to this situation as Stewart returns to competition".


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
On Friday, Stewart spoke publicly for the first time since the events of August 9 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York. Stewart described the situation as "one of the toughest tragedies I've ever had to deal with, both professionally and personally. It will affect my life forever". He said he reached out to the Ward family and said "I want them to know I'm thinking about them and praying for them." Stewart-Haas Racing executive vice president Brett Frood said "for Tony, it's all about the healing process. That's why he's in the car," when asked why Stewart decided to return while the investigation into Ward's death remained open. "I am not going to comment on the incident itself. It was a tragic accident." Stewart declined to answer any questions about the incident due to the ongoing investigation.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
Later, NASCAR President Mike Helton spoke about Stewart and a waiver that he would receive, if he won at Atlanta or the following weekend at Richmond. With the waiver, Stewart would be eligible to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. While Stewart had not attempted to qualify the last two races and, therefore, would have been ineligible, NASCAR had the ability to grant an exemption to a driver for "unique circumstances". "We made our decisions based on the circumstances we've got currently," Helton said.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
"And I think most everyone in this room understands at NASCAR, our effort, our scope of responsibility and authority is limited to the NASCAR community. We take the current circumstances that we are dealt with and make what we hope to be the best absolute conclusion. That's what we're talking about today, is the current set of circumstances and our reaction to them."


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
Reaction to the waiver was mostly positive from fellow drivers. "I'm happy to know if I was out of the car for some reason that I'd get a chance to get back in the Chase," Brian Vickers said. "There's a lot of circumstances that I don't know exactly how they'd handle them. Obviously they've set a precedent here with Tony. One day I'd like to have kids. Does that mean I get to be at the hospital with my wife if she's having our first child even if it means missing a race but I can still make the Chase?"


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Background
"I think the whole intent of eligibility for the Chase is so that somebody doesn't go take a vacation after winning a few races," Jeff Gordon said. "(NASCAR) wants the teams and the drivers that have earned their way in it. I believe if they win a race they should be in it."


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the Oral-B USA 500 was released on Monday, August 25, 2014 at 2:08 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-four drivers were entered for the race.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Practice, First practice
Carl Edwards was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.747 and a speed of 192.855 mph (310.370 km/h). Tony Stewart, who sat out the last three races, was tenth with a time of 29.234 and a speed of 189.642 mph (305.199 km/h).


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Qualifying
Kevin Harvick won the pole with a time of 29.118 and a speed of 190.398 mph (306.416 km/h). Harvick felt that his car did not change much during qualifying, but felt that he "messed the first round up really bad trying to do something that I wasn't doing in practice". Brad Keselowski joined Harvick on the front row, stating that his qualifying run – 0.052 seconds off Harvick's pole time – was his best since he started competing at Atlanta, praising his team's work in the process.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Qualifying
In his first Sprint Cup qualifying session, Nationwide Series regular Ty Dillon qualified in 29th position. Dillon described the situation as "touch to come in...and expect a great qualifying effort", before stating that "it was a lot of fun going out there and qualifying with the big guys". 44 drivers contested qualifying, with Michael McDowell failing to qualify.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.279 and a speed of 189.351 mph (304.731 km/h).


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.450 and a speed of 188.251 mph (302.961 km/h).


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, First half, Start
The race was scheduled to begin at 7:46 PM Eastern time but started around five minutes later when Kevin Harvick led the field to the green flag. Brad Keselowski, who started second, spun the tires on the initial start and fell back to fifth. Harvick reported seeing a cat run across the race track in turn 3 on lap 14; it turned out to actually be a squirrel, while Jimmie Johnson had black strip-like objects stuck to the hood pins of his grill.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, First half, Start
The caution flew for the first time on lap 38 for debris; NASCAR called Carl Edwards down to pit road to replace a faulty transponder, but he was allowed to retake his spot in 5th place. The race restarted on lap 45, and ran under green flag conditions until the caution flew for the second time on lap 78, after Jeff Gordon's car blew a tire and forced him into the wall in turn 3. Denny Hamlin took the lead from Harvick during the pit stops.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 85, with Harvick and Hamlin dueling for the lead, before Hamlin was able to take it eventually on lap 86, holding Harvick all the way until lap 108. The caution flew for the third time on lap 117 after Ryan Truex spun through the grass on the front stretch. Hamlin retook the lead during the pit stop cycle, and led the field to the restart on lap 122. Tony Stewart made contact with the wall exiting turn 2 on the restart, while at the front, Matt Kenseth took the lead on lap 123.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, First half, Start
This pass for the lead occurred just before the caution flag flew again after Marcos Ambrose blew an engine. The race restarted on lap 135, and Kurt Busch took the lead from Kenseth on lap 136. Kenseth retook the lead on lap 158, before Harvick made his way back to the front, on lap 165.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, Second half
Brad Keselowski took the lead as Harvick made his stop. Tony Stewart brought out the fifth caution on lap 172 after he hit the wall in turn 2. Stewart's crew chief Chad Johnston stated that Stewart "got off to a good start", but also stated that it was good to have his driver back in the car. Matt Kenseth made his stop before the caution and reassumed the lead for the restart on lap 180.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, Second half
Harvick retook the lead on lap 183, and held the lead for the remainder of the stint, before the race's sixth caution on lap 209, due to some debris falling off the car of Kasey Kahne. Kenseth retook the lead during the pit stops, and held the lead at the restart on lap 215. Harvick retook the lead with 98 laps to go, before giving up the lead to pit with 67 laps to go.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, Second half, Calamity
Debris on the backstretch helped Harvick's cause however; it brought out the seventh caution of the race. Hamlin assumed the lead under caution, before Harvick cycled back through to the lead once Hamlin had made his next pit stop of the race. The race restarted with 62 laps to go. Keselowski brought out the eighth caution with 28 laps to go after rear-ending Josh Wise. Hamlin won the race off pit road and assumed the lead for the restart, with 23 laps to go.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, Second half, Calamity
Kahne took the lead almost immediately, and managed to fend off his rivals until the final two laps, when the caution flags flew for the ninth time, after Kyle Busch sent Martin Truex, Jr. into the wall. Kenseth won the race off pit road. On the first green-white-checker attempt, the field were unable to make it through turn one before cars started crashing.


2014 Oral-B USA 500, Race, Second half, Finish
Kahne took the lead on the second green-white-checker attempt and held off Kenseth to score his first win of the season. Kahne felt that his car was "all over the place during the race but the guys stayed with me and worked hard", but felt proud that they had sealed his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kenseth described the last two laps as "really intense", but also felt that "things are looking up" for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.


2014 Orange Bowl (December)
The 2014 Orange Bowl is a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2014 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 81st Orange Bowl is a "New Year’s Six Bowl" of the College Football Playoff. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season.


2014 Orange Bowl (December)
The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with the kickoff time set for 8:00 P.M. ET. The game is sponsored by the Capital One financial services company and is officially named the Capital One Orange Bowl.


2014 Orange Bowl (December)
The Yellow Jackets defeated the Bulldogs 49–34. Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas, who accounted for 4 total touchdowns, was named the game's most valuable player.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams
The two participants for the game were the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs. Georgia Tech was ACC Coastal Division champion, whereas Mississippi State was SEC Western Division runner-up.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams, Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech was led by head coach Paul Johnson. Georgia Tech entered the game with a 10–3 (6–2 conference) record. Georgia Tech began the season unranked in the AP Poll and was predicted to finish 5th in the Coastal Division in the ACC Preseason Poll. The Yellow Jackets began the season 5–0 before losing back-to-back games to Duke and North Carolina. Georgia Tech ended the regular season with five straight victories, including a 30–24 overtime victory over in-state rivals Georgia, to finish first in the Coastal Division and earn a berth to the 2014 ACC Championship Game. The Yellow Jackets would lose the ACC Championship Game 37–35 to Florida State.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams, Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech's offense was led by quarterback Justin Thomas, who entered the game with 1594 passing yards, 965 rushing yards and 22 total touchdowns. As a team, Georgia Tech averaged 333.6 rushing yards and 135.2 passing yards per game.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams, Georgia Tech
This was the Yellow Jackets' seventh Orange Bowl; they had previously lost the 2010 game against Iowa, 14–24. The 2014 Orange Bowl also marked Georgia Tech's 18th consecutive bowl game appearance.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams, Mississippi State
Mississippi State was led by head coach Dan Mullen. Mississippi State entered the game with a 10–2 (6–2 conference) record. Mississippi State began the season unranked in the AP Poll and was predicted to finish 5th in the SEC West division. Despite starting the season unranked, the Bulldogs quickly rose to #1 on the AP Poll after victories over LSU, Texas A&M and Auburn. The Bulldogs were also ranked #1 in the first ever College Football Playoff poll. After winning their first nine games, Mississippi State suffered their first loss of the season in a 20–25 defeat to Alabama. The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 10–2 record, losing 17–31 to their in-state rivals Mississippi in the regular season finale.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams, Mississippi State
Mississippi State's offense was led by quarterback Dak Prescott, who entered the game with 2996 passing yards, 939 rushing yards and 38 total touchdowns. The Bulldog's offenses was also led by running back Josh Robinson, who entered the game with 1128 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. As a team, Mississippi State averaged 239.8 rushing yards and 266.3 passing yards per game.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Teams, Mississippi State
This was the Bulldogs' third Orange Bowl; they had previously won the 1941 game over Georgetown 14–7. The 2014 Orange Bowl also marked Mississippi State's 5th consecutive bowl game appearance.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Game summary, First quarter
The opening kickoff went for a touchback, thus Mississippi State began their opening drive at their 25-yard line. On Mississippi State's third play of the game, Dak Prescott's pass was intercepted by Chris Milton at MSU's 36-yard line. Georgia Tech took advantage of the interception, scoring first to go up 7–0 on a 3-yard touchdown run by Synjyn Days. The next Bulldogs drive, MSU was able to drive into Georgia Tech territory. However, the Bulldogs came up empty after being unable to convert a 4th and 4 at Georgia Tech's 32-yard line. After the Yellow Jackets and Bulldogs exchanged punts, Georgia Tech went up 14–0 on a 41-yard touchdown pass from Justin Thomas to Darren Waller.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Game summary, Second quarter
Mississippi State finally got on the board early in the second quarter with a 32-yard field goal from Evan Sobiesk to make it a 14–3 game. After forcing Georgia Tech to punt, Mississippi State scored on a 5-yard touchdown run by Dak Prescott to make it a 14–10 game. On the following Yellow Jackets drive, Georgia Tech was able to drive into MSU's territory. However, the Yellow Jackets turned the ball over when Justin Thomas' pass was intercepted by Beniquez Brown. The Bulldogs took advantage of the interception, driving deep into Georgia Tech territory.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Game summary, Second quarter
However, Mississippi State was forced to settle for a 30-yard field goal by Evan Sobiesk to make it a 14–13 game in Georgia Tech's favor. On the ensuing Georgia Tech drive, the Yellow Jackets went up 21–13 on a 13-yard touchdown run by Justin Thomas with 29 seconds remaining in the second quarter. On the ensuing Bulldogs possession, Mississippi State was able to quickly drive to Georgia Tech's 42-yard line. On the final play of the first half, Dak Prescott completed a 42-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Fred Ross to make it a 21–20 game going into the half.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Game summary, Third quarter
Georgia Tech scored on the second play of the second half on 69-yard touchdown run from Synjyn Days, making it a 28–20 game. After Mississippi State turned the ball over on downs, Georgia Tech went up 35–20 on a 35-yard touchdown run from Justin Thomas. On the ensuing Mississippi State drive, Dak Prescott fumbled at Georgia Tech's 48-yard line. Georgia Tech took advantage of Prescott's fumble, going up 42–20 on a 15-yard touchdown run from Justin Thomas.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Game summary, Fourth quarter
Mississippi State opened the fourth quarter with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to De'Runnya Wilson to make it a 42–27 game. The Bulldogs then attempted an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff. However, MSU was unable to recover the onside kick, giving Georgia Tech the ball at MSU's 46-yard line. Georgia Tech took advantage of the good field position, going up 49–27 on a 4-yard touchdown run by Synjyn Days. On the ensuing Mississippi State drive, the Bulldogs were able to drive to Georgia Tech's 5-yard line.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Game summary, Fourth quarter
However, the Bulldogs were unable to score when Dak Prescott's pass fell incomplete on fourth down. On the ensuing Georgia Tech possession, the Yellow Jackets went on a 9 play, 32-yard drive that took 5 minutes and 50 seconds off the clock. After forcing Georgia Tech to punt, Mississippi State cut into Georgia Tech's lead on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to De'Runnya Wilson with 2:20 remaining in the game. Mississippi State was unable to recover their onside kick, however, and Georgia Tech was able to run out the clock.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Statistics
Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas was named the game's most valuable player. Thomas completed 7 of his 12 passes for 1 touchdown, 1 interception and 125 yards. Thomas also had 121 rushing yards for 3 touchdowns.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Statistics
Mississippi State outgained Georgia Tech in total yardage 605–577. Mississippi State committed 2 turnovers while Georgia Tech committed 1 turnover. The Yellow Jackets were more efficient in third down conversions; Georgia Tech converted 9 out of 13 attempts while MSU converted 6 out of 15 attempts.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Statistics
Synjyn Days was Georgia Tech's leading rusher, rushing for 171 yards and 3 touchdowns. Justin Thomas was Georgia Tech's second leading rusher, rushing for 121 yards and 3 touchdowns. As a team, Georgia Tech rushed for 452 yards, an Orange Bowl record. Darren Waller was Georgia Tech's leading receiver, catching 5 passes for 114 yards and 1 touchdown.


2014 Orange Bowl (December), Statistics
Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott completed 33 of his 51 passes for 453 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. Prescott set the Orange Bowl record for passing yards with his performance. Josh Robinson was the Bulldogs' leading rusher, rushing 75 yards on 13 carries. Joe Morrow was Mississippi State's leading receiver, catching 6 passes for 117 yards. De'Runnya Wilson was MSU's second leading receiver, catching 9 passes for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns.


2014 Orange Bowl (January)
The 2014 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Friday, January 3, 2014, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 80th annual Orange Bowl, featured the Clemson Tigers from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Ohio State Buckeyes from the Big Ten Conference. The game was broadcast live on ESPN at 8:30 PM EST. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It was sponsored by Discover Financial Services and was officially known as the Discover Orange Bowl.


2014 Orange Bowl (January)
The game was organized by the Orange Bowl committee and was a part of the final year of the Bowl Championship Series.


2014 Orange Bowl (January)
Clemson was selected to participate in the Orange Bowl after a 10-2 season. Ohio State was picked as the other half of the matchup following a 12-1 campaign. The game marked the first time Ohio State had been in the Orange Bowl since the 1977 Orange Bowl. Clemson last played in the Orange Bowl game in 2012, losing to West Virginia 33-70.


2014 Orange Bowl (January)
The Tigers defeated the Buckeyes 40-35. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who set an Orange Bowl record with 227 receiving yards, was named the game's most valuable player.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams
The Orange Bowl matched the Clemson Tigers from the ACC and the Ohio State Buckeyes from the Big Ten. Both teams were BCS at-large selections, announced on December 8th, 2013. Traditionally the Orange Bowl has been host to the ACC champion; however, since the Florida State Seminoles, the 2013 ACC champion, were selected for the 2014 BCS National Championship Game, the #2 ranked ACC team took place of Florida State's Orange Bowl berth.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams
The game was a rematch of the infamous 1978 Gator Bowl. During Ohio State's final drive, Clemson linebacker Charlie Bauman intercepted a pass thrown down the middle by OSU's Art Schlichter as time expired, giving Clemson the victory. Bauman ran towards the OSU sideline and was punched by OSU coach Woody Hayes. Clemson won 17–15, and Hayes was fired the next day, ending a long coaching career spent mostly with the Buckeyes. Ironically, Clemson won the 2014 Orange Bowl in a similar fashion as the 1978 Gator Bowl: in the final play of the game Clemson linebacker Stephone Anthony intercepted a pass thrown down the middle by OSU quarterback Braxton Miller as time expired, clinching the victory for Clemson.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams, Clemson
Clemson was led by head coach Dabo Swinney. Clemson entered the game with a 10-2 (7-1 conference) record. The Tigers began the season ranked #8 in the AP Poll. The Tigers won their first six games of the season, before losing to Florida State. The Tigers won their next four games before ending the regular season with a loss to in-state rivals South Carolina.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams, Clemson
Clemson's offense was led by quarterback Tajh Boyd, who threw for 3,473 yards and 29 touchdowns entering the game. The Tiger's offenses was also led by wide receiver Sammy Watkins, who entered the game with 1,237 receiving yards on the season.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams, Clemson
The 2014 edition of the Orange Bowl marked the fifth time Clemson has played in the game. Clemson previously played in the 2012 edition of the game.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams, Ohio State
The Ohio State Buckeyes were led by head coach Urban Meyer. The team finished a perfect 12–0 in 2012, but were not eligible for a bowl game due to NCAA sanctions. The Buckeyes were again undefeated heading into the Big Ten Championship Game with a possible National Championship game appearance on the line. However, the Buckeyes were defeated by Michigan State, who earned the conference's spot in the 2014 Rose Bowl. Ohio State was selected as an at-large.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams, Ohio State
Ohio State's offense was led by quarterback Braxton Miller, who threw for 1,860 and rushed for another 1,033 yards. The Buckeyes had a running the ball, ranking 3rd in the FBS in rushing yards per game. The Buckeyes' rushing attack was led by Carlos Hyde, who averaged 141 rushing yards per game coming into the Orange Bowl.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Teams, Ohio State
This marked the second time Ohio State has played in the Orange Bowl game. The Buckeyes previously played in the 1977 edition of the game, where they defeated Colorado 27-10.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, First quarter
Clemson scored first on a 48-yard touchdown run by Tajh Boyd to make it 7-0. Ohio State responded on its next drive with a 33-yard touchdown run by Braxton Miller, tying the game at 7-7. Clemson responded on their next drive, going up 14-7 on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Boyd to Sammy Watkins. Ohio State's next drive ended in a punt, but the Buckeyes were able to pin the Tigers inside Clemson's 1-yard line. On the first play of Clemson's drive, Boyd was called for an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone, which gave Ohio State a safety, making the score 14-9.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
Clemson punted on the first play of the second quarter. Ohio State went three-and-out and were forced to punt the ball away. On the ensuing Tigers drive, Clemson was able to drive deep to Ohio State's 6-yard line. The Tigers came up empty on the drive, however, as Tajh Boyd was intercepted at OSU's 1-yard line. Ohio State went three-and-out again, however, and the Buckeyes were forced to punt the ball away. On the following Clemson drive, the Tigers scored on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Boyd to Martavis Bryant.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
Chandler Catanzaro missed the extra point attempt, however, making it a 20-9 game with 6:16 remaining in the half. On OSU's next drive, the Buckeyes were able to cut into the Tigers' on a 57-yard touchdown pass from Miller to Jeff Heuerman. OSU's extra point was blocked, however, making it a 20-15 game. Clemson was able to drive into Ohio State territory on its next drive. Facing a 4th and 5 situation at OSU's 40-yard line, the Tigers decided to go for it instead of punting the ball away.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, Second quarter
Boyd connected with Roderick McDowell, but McDowell was unable to get a first down, thus giving OSU the ball at the Buckeyes' 21-yard line after an unsportsmanlike conduct was called on OSU. Ohio State took a 22-20 lead on a 3-yard touchdown run from Braxton Miller. The score remained 22-20 going into the half.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, Third quarter
Clemson and OSU exchanged punts to start the third quarter. On Ohio State's second drive of the quarter, the Buckeyes took a 29-20 lead on a 1-yard touchdown run from Carlos Hyde. On Clemson's next drive, they were forced into a punt by the Ohio State defense, however the punt was muffed by Ohio State returner Corey "Philly" Brown and retrieved by the Clemson special teams unit. Clemson responded to the fumble recovery with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Boyd to Watkins to make it 29-27 game. On the ensuing OSU drive, Braxton Miller was intercepted at OSU's 38-yard line. Clemson capitalized on the turnover, taking a 34-29 lead in the game on a 3-yard touchdown pass to Martavis Bryant.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
Ohio State took a 35-34 lead early in the fourth quarter on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Miller to Hyde. OSU's two-point conversion failed, and the game remained 35-34. Clemson retook the lead on its next drive on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Boyd to Stanton Seckinger. The two-point conversion failed, however, and the game remained 40-35 with 6:16 remaining in the game. On the next OSU drive, the Buckeyes were able to drive into Clemson territory. However, on the sixth play of the drive, Braxton Miller fumbled after being sacked by Bashaud Breeland.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Game summary, Fourth quarter
Clemson recovered the fumble at OSU 47-yard line with 3:12 remaining in the game. The Tigers were unable to close out the game, however, as Tajh Boyd was intercepted by C.J. Barnett with 1:27 remaining in the game. Ohio State's possession was short lived, as Braxton Miller was intercepted on the second play of the drive with 1:18 remaining in the game. After getting a first down, Clemson was able to run out the clock.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Statistics
Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins was named the game's most valuable player. Watkins had 16 catches for 227 yards and 2 touchdowns. Watkins also set the Orange Bowl record for yardage with his performance.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Statistics
Clemson outgained Ohio State in total yardage 576-427. Ohio State committed 4 turnovers, while Clemson committed 2. The Tigers were also more efficient in third down conversions; Clemson converted 7 out of 13 attempts, while OSU converted only 2 out of 13 attempts.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Statistics
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd completed 31 of his 40 passes for 5 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Boyd threw for 378 yards. Boyd was also the Tigers' leading rusher, rushing for 127 yards and 1 touchdown. Clemson's second leading rusher was Roderick McDowell, who rushed for 69 yards on 12 attempts. Jordan Leggett was Clemson's second leading receiving, catching 1 pass for 43 yards.


2014 Orange Bowl (January), Statistics
Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller completed 16 of his 24 passes for 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Miller had 234 passing yards in the game. Carlos Hyde was the Buckeyes' leading rusher, rushing for 113 yards and 1 touchdown. OSU's leading receiver was Philly Brown, who caught 8 passes for 116 yards.


2014 Orange County Blues FC season
The 2014 Orange County Blues FC season is the club's fifth season of existence, and their fifth season playing in the third division of American soccer, USL Pro.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 86
Oregon Ballot Measure 86 was a ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon to determine whether or not to enact a "constitutional amendment allowing the state to create a fund, using bonds or other debt, to aid students in post-secondary education". Measure 86 failed.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 87
Oregon Ballot Measure 87 was a ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon to determine whether or not to enact a "constitutional amendment allowing judges to teach in state universities or serve in the Oregon National Guard". Measure 87 passed.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 88
Oregon Ballot Measure 88 was a ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon in the 2014 midterm elections to determine whether or not to refer a "law creating a four-year driver's card, shorter than the usual eight years for a driver's license, for those who meet all other qualifications other than proof of legal presence in the United States". The measure was rejected.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 88
The background for the referendum was a law SB 833 which would have allowed undocumented immigrants to get a driver's card which was passed by the Oregon Legislative Assembly and signed by Governor John Kitzhaber in 2013. An ad hoc group, Protect Oregon Driver Licenses, subsequently collected more than the 58,142 signatures which was required to trigger a citizens' veto referendum and the question was put on the ballot as Measure 88 in the 2014 general election.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 88
The measure was supported by unions, business organizations and groups concerned with immigrant rights. In the election it was rejected by 66% of the voters while 34% supported it.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 89
Oregon Ballot Measure 89 was a ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon to determine whether or not to enact a "constitutional amendment specifically barring discrimination based on gender, a state version of the Equal Rights Amendment for women's rights once proposed for the U.S. Constitution". Measure 89 passed.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 90
Oregon Ballot Measure 90 was a ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon to determine whether or not to enact a law changing its primary election. Rather than registered voters associated with both major political parties choosing party nominees, the measure would allow the top two leaders in an "all-comers primary" to proceed to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 91
Oregon Ballot Measure 91 was a 2014 ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its passage legalized the "recreational use of marijuana, based on regulation and taxation to be determined by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission".


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 91
Measure 91 was the third initiative seeking to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Oregon; previous measures were 1986's Measure 5 and 2012's Measure 80 while medical use of marijuana was legalized in Oregon in 1998. Measure 91 passed by approximately 56% to 44%. Most polls leading up to the election showed majority support for legalizing recreational marijuana use among adults.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 91, Implementation
Effective July 1, 2015 (per Section 82(1)) the measure legalizes the possession and use of marijuana for adults 21-years of age or older. Adults can carry up to one ounce of marijuana, keep up to eight ounces at home per household, and grow up to four plants per household.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 91, Implementation
Retail sales outlets will be licensed by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which must begin accepting applications on or before January 4, 2016. Early sales started October 1, 2015 through existing medical marijuana dispensaries. Sales topped $11 million in the first week that recreational marijuana was legally available for sale in Oregon.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 91, Fiscal impact
Estimates project that the initiative would generate between $17 million to $40 million per year in tax revenue. Potential cost savings for the state and local governments were noted though not explicitly identified in monetary terms due to uncertainty of the measure's full effects on marijuana-related convictions and fines.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 91, Opponents and proponents, Opponents
In September 2014 the Oregon District Attorneys Association and Oregon State Sheriffs Association launched an organized opposition, Vote No on 91. Local opponents included The Oregon Pediatric Society, the Oregon chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Medal of Honor recipient Robert D. Maxwell, state representatives John Huffman and Gene Whisnant, state senator Tim Knopp, the Oregon Republican Party, and others.


2014 Oregon Ballot Measure 92
Oregon Ballot Measure 92 was a ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon to determine whether or not to enact a "law requiring the labeling of genetically engineered foods produced and sold in Oregon". Measure 92 was close enough to trigger a recount, and ultimately did not pass with 50.3% of the state voting against labeling GMOs.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2014 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Mark Helfrich and played their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 48th straight year. They are a member of the Pac-12 Conference in the North Division.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2014 Ducks finished the season with a 13–2 overall record, went 8–1 in Pac-12 play, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 681 to 354. The Ducks won the Pac-12 North Division for the second time since the division's creation in 2011, advancing to the Pac-12 Football Championship Game, where they defeated the Arizona Wildcats 51–13.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team
The Ducks played in the inaugural College Football Playoff, netting a berth in the 2014 Rose Bowl semifinal game, where they defeated the Florida State Seminoles 59–20, advancing to the 2014 College Football Playoff National Championship game facing the Ohio State Buckeyes. This was Oregon's second-ever national championship game appearance (their first was the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, in which they lost to Auburn). They were defeated in the National Championship by Ohio State by a score of 42–20. The Ducks finished the season as consensus national runners-up behind the national champion Buckeyes and ahead of Peach Bowl victors TCU.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team
The Oregon offense ranked among the very best in the country and was led by junior quarterback Marcus Mariota, who became the first player in school history to win the Heisman Trophy, distinguishing him as the best player in college football. Mariota led the nation in touchdowns responsible for, total yards, and passer efficiency rating.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
The Ducks had high hopes coming off of a 12–1 (8–1) season a victory in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl; many considered them a contender for the BCS national championship game the following year. However, these hopes were thrown into question shortly after their Fiesta Bowl victory, on January 16, 2013. Head coach Chip Kelly announced that he had agreed to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles to become their new head coach after several disappointing seasons under Andy Reid; Kelly brought Oregon defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro along with him to Philadelphia.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
As they have done in every case of hiring a new head coach since 1995, the Ducks hired from within and promoted fourth-year offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mark Helfrich to the head coach position. Along with the head coach change, wide receivers coach Scott Frost was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and Duke wide receivers coach Matt Lubick and Arizona Cardinals defensive line coach Ron Aiken were hired to fill their respective positions on Oregon’s staff.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
Oregon started the season ranked third behind Ohio State and Alabama, and rose to second after their first game, a 66–3 win over Nicholls State in Week 1. They continued their winning ways, posting double-digit wins over Virginia, Tennessee, California, Colorado, Washington, Washington State and UCLA, and eventually found themselves in a duel with Florida State over the number 2 spot in the BCS poll, with Alabama at number 1. The wheels came off though, as they did the year previously, against Stanford, losing 26–20 on the road. The Ducks would rebound with a home win over Utah, but lose again at home to Arizona, the Ducks’ first loss to an unranked foe since 2009.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
Sitting at 9–2 (7–2) and out of the BCS bowl picture for the first time in four years, Oregon had the Civil War left to play. Both Oregon and Oregon State were coming off of losses and had no major spoils to play for. Oregon came from behind in a back-and-forth fourth quarter and scored a touchdown (and failed to convert the two-point attempt) with 29 seconds left to win, 36–35.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
Finishing the regular season at 10–2 (7–2) Oregon had extended winning streaks in two major rivalries, making it 10 years in a row against Washington, and six years in a row against Oregon State, as well as achieving a sixth consecutive 10-win season and an undefeated season at home for the first time in three years.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
On December 8, 2013, the Ducks were invited to play in the Alamo Bowl against Texas in what would be Texas head coach Mack Brown and Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti's last games before retiring.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Summary
Oregon won the Alamo bowl 30–7, tying a school record set from 1999 to 2001 for consecutive bowl wins at three, with rookie head coach Mark Helfrich becoming the first Oregon head coach to go to and win a bowl game in his rookie year (Rich Brooks won his first bowl game, after 12 years as head coach at Oregon, Mike Belloti and Chip Kelly each went to and lost a bowl game in their first years). Oregon finished the season at 11–2, only their fifth season with 11 or more wins in 118 years of football.


2014 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season, Departing players
Following the 2013 season there was a whirlwind of speculation in Eugene about the futures of several star players eligible to leave early for the NFL. The first announcements came from starting quarterback Marcus Mariota (RSo.) and starting center Hroniss Grasu (Jr.), declaring that they would stay at Oregon in order to finish their degrees. Later in the week, defensive leaders Tony Washington (RJr.) and Derrick Malone (Jr.) announced that they too would be staying in Eugene to finish their education.