1993 Citizen Cup

The Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Citizen Cup and was a Tier II tournament on the 1993 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 26 April to 2 May 1993 at the Am Rothenbaum venue, in Hamburg, Germany.

1993 Citizen Cup
Date26 April – 2 May
Edition7th
CategoryTier II tournament
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$375,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationHamburg, Germany
VenueAm Rothenbaum
Champions
Singles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[1]
Doubles
Germany Steffi Graf / Australia Rennae Stubbs[1]

Seles stabbing

This tournament would later attract infamy for being the location where then World No. 1 Monica Seles was stabbed during a singles quarterfinal match with then World No. 14 Magdalena Maleeva by an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, Günter Parche. The stabbing prompted an increase in security at subsequent tennis events.[2] Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again.

Entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking Seeding
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Monica Seles 1 1
 GER Steffi Graf 2 2
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3 3
 CZE Jana Novotná 9 4
  SUI Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 11 5
 GER Anke Huber 10 6
 BUL Magdalena Maleeva 14 7
 BUL Katerina Maleeva 17 8

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot:

Finals

Singles
Main article: 1993 Citizen Cup – Singles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Germany Steffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3

  • It was Sánchez Vicario's fourth title of the year, and the twelfth of her career.

Doubles
Main article: 1993 Citizen Cup – Doubles

Germany Steffi Graf / Australia Rennae Stubbs defeated Latvia Larisa Neiland / Czech Republic Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

References
  1. "WTA tournament archive" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
  2. "1993: Tennis star stabbed". On This Day 30 April 1993. BBC. 1993-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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