1993 French Open

1993 French Open
Date	24 May – 6 June 1993
Edition	92
Category	63rd Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Sergi Bruguera
Women's singles
Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen
Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva
Mixed doubles
Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy
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The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 92nd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1993.

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1993 French Open – Men's singles

Sergi Bruguera defeated Jim Courier, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

• It was Bruguera's 2nd title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title. Bruguera notably defeated the top two seeds (Pete Sampras and Courier) on his way to the title—the last male player to do so in any Grand Slam event until Stanislas Wawrinka did so at the 2014 Australian Open. ^[1]

Women's singles

Main article: 1993 French Open – Women's singles

Steffi Graf defeated Mary Joe Fernández, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

• It was Graf's 4th title of the year, and her 73rd overall. It was her 12th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1993 French Open – Men's doubles

Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 1993 French Open – Women's doubles

Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva defeated Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Jana Novotná, 6–3, 7–5

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1993 French Open – Mixed doubles

Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Elna Reinach / Danie Visser, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' singles

Roberto Carretero defeated Albert Costa, ^[2] 6–0, 7–6

Girls' singles

Martina Hingis ^[3] defeated Laurence Courtois, 7–5, 7–5

Boys' doubles

Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh defeated Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams, 6–1, 6–1

Girls' doubles

Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber defeated Lara Bitter / Maaike Koutstaal, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Prize money

Event		W	F	SF	QF	4R	3R	2R	1R
Singles [4]	Men	FF2,920,000	FF1,460,000	FF730,000	FF385,000	FF206,200	FF119,000	FF73,000	FF43,600
	Women	FF2,700,000	FF1,350,000	FF675,000	FF340,000	FF176,000	FF98,000	FF57,750	FF36,500

Total prize money for the event was FF45,164,000.

References

1. Garber, Greg (January 26, 2014). "Stan Wawrinka's crowning moment". ESPN.com . Retrieved January 26, 2014.
2. Costa won the 2002 men's singles title.
3. Hingis reached the 1997 and 1999 singles finals, but lost on both occasions. She also reached the doubles finals in 1998 and 2000, eventually won in both occasions.
4. John Barrett, ed. (1994). World of Tennis. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 75. ISBN   978-0-00-218456-4.

External links

• French Open official website

Preceded by 1993 Australian Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 1993 Wimbledon Championships