1993 Citizen Cup Explained

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.

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.[1] Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again.

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankingSeeding
YUGMonica Seles11
Steffi Graf22
SpainArantxa Sánchez Vicario33
Czech RepublicJana Novotná94
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere115
Anke Huber106
Magdalena Maleeva147
Katerina Maleeva178

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot:

Finals

Singles

See main article: 1993 Citizen Cup – Singles. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Steffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

See main article: 1993 Citizen Cup – Doubles. Steffi Graf / Rennae Stubbs defeated Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 1993: Tennis star stabbed . On This Day 30 April 1993 . BBC . 1993-04-30 . 2009-03-07.