Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 2, 1994 Mary Pierce blitzed Steffi Graf with a dominant display of power tennis
On this day, June 2, 1994, Mary Pierce, from France, stunned world No 1 Steffi Graf in the semi-final at Roland-Garros, 6-2, 6-2.
In doing so, Pierce delivered a close-to perfect performance. And it was a stunning one as well, as the German had won the last four Grand Slam tournaments, had managed to remain almost undefeated in 1994, whereas Pierce was playing in her first major semi-final.
Furthermore, Pierce became the first French woman to reach the Roland-Garros final since Francoise Durr in 1967.
