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1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the three-time defending champion but lost in the first round to Lori McNeil, ending her streak of thirty-one consecutive quarter-final appearances dating back to the 1985 US Open. This also marked the first time in the Open Era that a Grand Slam defending champion had lost in the first round. The defending Grand Slam champion would not lose in the first round until the 2003 Australian Open. Conchita Martínez defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 to win the title. It was Martínez's only Grand Slam title, and Navratilova's