1993 Internationaux de Strasbourg

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1993 Internationaux de Strasbourg
Date17–23 May
Edition7th
Category Tier III
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money $150,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Strasbourg, France
Champions
Singles
Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sawamatsu
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Shaun Stafford / Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Temesvári
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The 1993 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Strasbourg, France that was part of Tier III of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 17 May until 23 May 1993. Fifth-seeded Naoko Sawamatsu won the singles title and earned $25,000 first-prize money. [1]

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Clay court type of tennis court

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Finals

Singles

Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sawamatsu defeated Flag of Austria.svg Judith Wiesner 4–6, 6–1, 6–3

Naoko Sawamatsu is a former professional tennis player. During her career she won 4 WTA career singles titles. Sawamatsu reached a career high ranking of World No. 14 on 6 February 1995. At the time of the 1995 Australian Open her family survived the Great Hanshin earthquake and Sawamatsu went on to achieve her best Grand Slam result at Melbourne Park, reaching the quarter finals by defeating compatriot Ai Sugiyama, Laurence Courtois, Kimiko Date in the third round, Mary Joe Fernandez in the fourth round before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Judith Wiesner is a former professional tennis player from Austria. During her career, she won five top-level singles titles and three tour doubles titles. Her career high rankings were world No. 12 in singles, and No. 29 in doubles. In 1996, Wiesner was a quarterfinalist at both Wimbledon and the US Open.

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Shaun Stafford / Flag of Hungary.svg Andrea Temesvári defeated Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington / Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Rinaldi 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4

Shaun Stafford Beckish, née Shaun Stafford, is an American former college and professional tennis player who played on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour from 1989 to 1996. As a collegiate tennis player, Stafford won the 1988 NCAA national singles championship while playing for the University of Florida. She won two WTA tournaments in her professional career, one in singles and the other in doubles.

Andrea Temesvári Hungarian tennis player

Andrea Temesvári is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. She won the Italian Open at age sixteen, but injuries would later hamper her career.

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References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1994). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 148, 171. ISBN   9780002184564.
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