2014 in tennis


This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2014. It primarily provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women's Tennis Association Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

International Tennis Federation

Grand Slam events

ChampionshipCategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
French Open
Men's singles

Davis Cup

'''World Group Draw'''

Fed Cup

'''World Group Draw'''

International Olympic Committee

Important events

January

WTA PremierCategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Brisbane
Premier
Women's singles

February

ATP World Tour 500CategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Rotterdam
Men's singles

March

  • Two ATP tournaments, four WTA tournaments, and the second week of Davis Cup were scheduled in March.
  • Due to their deep runs at Indian Wells, Simona Halep and Roger Federer reached the number five ranking on their respective tours. This was Halep's top five debut while Federer re-entered the top five after a twelve-year low ranked number eight.
  • The results of Indian Wells caused a considerable shift among the ATP Tour Top Ten Rankings. Along with Federer's return to the top five, Tomáš Berdych fell to number seven, John Isner made a return to the top ten, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fell out of the top ten for the first time in nearly three years.
  • Being led by former world number one, Roger Federer, and Australian Open champion, Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland pulled off another upset against the eighth seeded Kazakhstan to reach the semifinals of the Davis Cup. They will face off against Italy on the bottom half of the draw while the first and fifth seeded teams of Czech Republic and France will meet in the other semifinal.
  • 17-year-old Belinda Bencic reached her first WTA semi-final at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Due to the result, Bencic is the first player to be born after 1996 to enter the WTA top 100. The tournament also saw Serena Williams upset in her opening round match against Jana Čepelová. The upset snapped a 28-match winning streak Williams had on clay courts. Čepelová would be the eventual finalist of the tournament.
  • Andrea Petkovic and Ana Ivanovic also won titles.
ATP World Tour 1000/WTA Premier MandatoryCategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Indian Wells
Men's singles

April

ATP World Tour 1000CategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Monte Carlo
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May

  • The French Open along with four ATP tournaments and four WTA tournaments were scheduled in May.
  • Since losing to Li Na in the 2011 French Open semifinals, Maria Sharapova's only losses in her next fifty matches on clay came at the hands of Serena Williams. This streak came to an end when Ana Ivanovic defeated the Russian in the third round in Rome.
  • For the first time in the history of the sport, both incumbent Grand Slam champions were defeated in the first round of the subsequent major. The French Open saw Australian Open men's singles champions Stanislas Wawrinka upset by Guillermo García-López while Kristina Mladenovic defeated women's champion, Li Na, in the opening round.
  • Defending champion and tournament favorite Serena Williams was upset in the second round of the French Open a day after Li Na was defeated in the first round. This marked the first time in the Open Era that the top two seeds in the women's singles main draw were knocked out before the third round of a Grand Slam. More history was made when third seeded Agnieszka Radwańska was upset in the third round, marking the first time in the Open Era that a top three seed did not advance to the second week of a major.
  • For the first time in her career, Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to win three consecutive matches at a tournament en route to her third consecutive French Open final. She would go on to win a 20th consecutive three-set match on clay by defeating Simona Halep in the championship match. This was Sharapova's fifth Grand Slam title and her second at the French Open.
  • Rafael Nadal made history by becoming the first player to win a ninth title at a single major championship by defeating Novak Djokovic in the French Open final. This was also Nadal's fifth straight title at Roland Garros and his 90th match win at the tournament as well.
  • WTA upstarts Eugenie Bouchard and Monica Puig won their maiden career titles, joining Philipp Kohlschreiber and Ernests Gulbis on the ATP Tour as title winners in the final week before the French Open.
ATP Tour 1000/WTA Premier MandatoryCategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Madrid
Men's singles

June

WTA PremierCategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Birmingham
Premier
Women's singlesref|1|1

July

ATP World Tour 500CategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Hamburg
Men's singles

August

  • The US Open along with three ATP tournaments and three WTA tournaments were scheduled in August. August also marked the conclusion of the US Open Series.
  • Venus and Serena Williams revived their sixteen-year rivalry in the semifinals of the Rogers Cup. In just their second meeting in the past four years, Venus snapped a five match losing streak to the current world number one and booked her place in the final.
  • In a dramatic three-set encounter, Ana Ivanovic defeated Maria Sharapova in the semifinals of the Western and Southern Open. The win meant that Ivanovic would enter the US Open with a tour-leading 47 match wins and a return to the top ten in the WTA Tour rankings.
  • Novak Djokovic's bid to become the first man to win all nine Masters 1000 titles was cut short in the round of sixteen at the Western and Southern Open. The world number one enters the final Grand Slam of the year with a 2–2 win loss record in the US Open Series.
  • After withdrawing from all other summer hard court events, defending champion Rafael Nadal also withdrew from the US Open due to a right wrist injury.
  • Due to a recent rule change in which a player's point total is doubled by accumulating points from at least three different tournaments, Milos Raonic was the men's winner of the 2014 US Open Series despite not winning either of the two Masters 1000 titles. The rule did not affect the outcome of the women's winner in which Stanford and Cincinnati champion, Serena Williams was rewarded first place.
  • The US Open women's top seeds had yet another disappointing showing at a Grand Slam event. For the third consecutive major tournament, three of the top four seeds failed to advance to the quarterfinals. The results matched those of the French Open in that three of the top four seeds failed to reach the second week of a Grand Slam. Agnieszka Radwańska was seeded fourth and lost in the second round while the third round resulted in upsets for the second seeded Simona Halep and the third seeded Petra Kvitová.
  • Mike and Bob Bryan won a monumental 100th tour level title by capturing their fifth US Open championship in the men's doubles.
  • By virtue of advancing to the US Open final, Serena Williams became the first woman to qualify for the season ending championships in Singapore. In the final, Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki to win her third straight US Open title and 18th Grand Slam title overall. The win was monumental in many aspects: it placed Williams in a three-way tie for second most Grand Slam titles in the open era with Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert and it also tied her with Evert for most US Open titles in the open era with six.
  • For the first time since the 2005 Australian Open, neither Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, nor Novak Djokovic were present in a Grand Slam final. In the semifinals, Kei Nishikori knocked out top-ranked Djokovic, while Marin Čilić upset Federer to set up a historic final at the US Open. Čilić would go on to take the title, defeating Asia's first Grand Slam finalist, Nishikori, in straight sets.
US Open Series WeekDateMen's EventsWomen's Events
3Aug 4–10Toronto
2014 Champion:

September

ATP World Tour 500CategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Tokyo
Men's singles

October

ATP World Tour 1000CategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Shanghai
Men's singles

November

Year-End ChampionshipCategoryChampionFinalistScore in the final
Tour Finals – London
Men's singles

December

  • No ATP or WTA tournaments were scheduled in December.

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