1993 WTA Tour
The 1993 WTA Tour, also known by its sponsored name Kraft General Foods World Tour, was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events.[1] ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
 Steffi Graf | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | December 29, 1992 – November 15, 1993 |
| Edition | 23rd |
| Tournaments | 60 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA Tier I (8) WTA Tier II (19) WTA Tier III (12) WTA Tier IV (16) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Steffi Graf (10) |
| Most tournament finals | Steffi Graf (14) |
| Prize money leader | Steffi Graf $2,821,337 |
| Points leader | Steffi Graf 409.00 |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Steffi Graf |
| Doubles team of the year | |
| Most improved player of the year |  Magdalena Maleeva |
| Newcomer of the year |  Iva Majoli |
| Comeback player of the year | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Elizabeth Smylie |
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Schedule
The table below shows the 1993 WTA Tour schedule.
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| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Tier I tournaments |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
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Rankings
Below are the 1993 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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Statistical Information
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
- Steffi Graf – Delray Beach, Hilton Head, Berlin, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, San Diego, Canada, US Open, Leipzig, Tour Championships (10)
- Conchita Martínez – Brisbane, Houston, Rome, Stratton Mountain, Philadelphia (5)
- Martina Navratilova – Tokyo, Paris, Eastbourne, Manhattan Beach, Oakland (5)
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – Miami, Amelia Island, Barcelona, Hamburg (4)
- Yayuk Basuki – Pattaya City, Jakarta (2)
- Radka Bobková – Liege, Palermo (2)
- Amanda Coetzer – Melbourne, Tokyo Indoors (2)
- Zina Garrison-Jackson – Oklahoma City, Budapest (2)
- Linda Harvey-Wild – San Juan, Sapporo (2)
- Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière – Linz, Zurich (2)
- Natalia Medvedeva – Prague 2, Essen (2)
- Jana Novotná – Osaka, Brighton (2)
- Monica Seles – Australian Open, Chicago (2)
- Wang Shi-ting – Hong Kong, Taiwan (2)
- Jennifer Capriati – Sydney (1)
- Kimiko Date – Tokyo 2 (1)
- Lindsay Davenport – Lucerne (1)
- Mary Joe Fernández – Indian Wells (1)
- Marzia Grossi – San Marino (1)
- Sabine Hack – Curitiba (1)
- Anke Huber – Kitzbühel (1)
- Elena Likhovtseva – Montpellier (1)
- Lori McNeil – Birmingham (1)
- Mary Pierce – Filderstadt (1)
- Nicole Provis – Kuala Lumpur (1)
- Elna Reinach – Auckland (1)
- Larisa Savchenko – Schenectady (1)
- Naoko Sawamatsu – Strasbourg (1)
- Brenda Schultz – Taranto (1)
- Nathalie Tauziat – Quebec City (1)
The following players won their first title:
See also
References
- John Barrett, ed. (1994). ITF World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 145–151. ISBN 9780002184564.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1993" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1993" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
External links
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