1993 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup

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1993 Newsweek Champions Cup
and Matrix Essentials Evert Cup
DateMarch 1–15
Edition20th
Category Super 9 (ATP)
Tier II Series (WTA)
Prize money$1,400,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Indian Wells, California, US
VenueGrand Champions Resort
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier [1]
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández
Men's doubles
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Guy Forget / Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Henri Leconte [2]
Women's doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
  1992  · Newsweek Champions Cup ·  1994  
  1992  · Matrix Essentials Evert Cup ·  1994  

The 1993 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1993 ATP Tour and of the WTA Tier II Series of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was held from March 1 to March 15, 1993.

Contents

The men singles was headlined by world No. 1 Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and Stefan Edberg. Other top seeds were Michael Chang, Petr Korda, Goran Ivanišević, Andre Agassi and Michael Stich.

The women's draw featured. Other top seeds present were.

Notable stories

Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi lost unexpectedly in the second round to wildcard Richey Reneberg and Marc Rosset respectively. Wayne Ferreira managed to make his first impression in a major tournament, reaching the final.

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Jim Courier defeated Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Wayne Ferreira 6–3, 6–3, 6–1

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández defeated Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Amanda Coetzer 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)

Men's doubles

Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Guy Forget / Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Henri Leconte defeated Flag of the United States.svg Luke Jensen / Flag of the United States.svg Scott Melville 6–4, 7–5

Women's doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková defeated Flag of the United States.svg Ann Grossman / Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patricia Hy 6–3, 6–4

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