1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships

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1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
DateMarch 25–28
Edition19th
Draw8D
Prize money $175,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Wesley Chapel, Florida, U.S.
VenueSaddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort
  1992  · WTA Doubles Championships ·  1994  
1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
1992 Champions Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná
Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw8 (1WC)
Seeds4
Events
Doubles
  1992  · WTA Doubles Championships ·  1994  

The 1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships was a women's doubles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from March 25 through March 28, 1993.

Contents

Jana Novotná and Larisa Savchenko-Neiland were the defending champions, but Novotná could not compete this year. Savchenko-Neiland teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in the final to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. The score was 7–5, 6–3. [1] [2] It was Fernández's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 34th of her career. It was Zvereva's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 31st of her career.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  2. Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Natasha Zvereva
62 7
WC Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Elna Reinach
2 65
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Natasha Zvereva
67
3 Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
3 5
3 Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs
66
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer
Flag of the United States.svg Patty Fendick
3 2
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Natasha Zvereva
76
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
5 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jill Hetherington
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Rinaldi
65 4
4 Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie
3 76
4 Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie
5 5
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
77
Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Collins
Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Rehe
3 4
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
66


References

  1. "Davis Cup loss may cost Gorman". Detroit Free Press . Detroit. March 29, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved September 6, 2025. Top-seeded Gigi Fernandez and Natalia Zvereva held off second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Larisa Neiland, 7-5, 6-3, to win the Light n' Lively Doubles in Wesley Chapel, Fla. Fernandez and Zvereva received $65,000, the largest women's doubles purse of any tournament excluding the four Grand Slam events and the Virginia Slims Championships.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1994). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 148, 170. ISBN   9780002184564.