1994 Wimbledon Championships 1994 Wimbledon Championships The 1994 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 108th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 1994. The total prize money for 1994 championships was £5,682,170. The winner of the men's title earned £345,000 while the women's singles champion earned £310,000. Pete Sampras defeated Goran Ivanišević, 7–6 , 7–6 , 6–0 Conchita Martínez defeated Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde defeated Grant Connell / Patrick
The Championships, Wimbledon the United States, ABC began showing taped highlights of the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final in the 1960s on its "Wide World of Sports" series. NBC began covering Wimbledon in 1969, with same-day taped (and often edited) coverage of the Gentlemen's Singles Final. In 1979, the network began carrying the Gentlemen's and Ladies' Singles Finals live. For the next few decades, Americans made a tradition of NBC's "Breakfast at Wimbledon" specials at weekends. Live coverage started early in the morning (the US being a minimum of 5 hours behind the UK) and continued well into the afternoon, interspersed with commentary and