1993 Citizen Cup

1993 Citizen Cup
Date	26 April – 2 May
Edition	7th
Category	Tier II tournament
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$375,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Hamburg, Germany
Venue	Am Rothenbaum
Champions
Singles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[1]
Doubles
Steffi Graf / Rennae Stubbs[1]
← 1992 · WTA Hamburg · 1994 →

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.^[2] Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking	Seeding
YUG	Monica Seles	1	1
GER	Steffi Graf	2	2
ESP	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3	3
CZE	Jana Novotná	9	4
SUI	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	11	5
GER	Anke Huber	10	6
BUL	Magdalena Maleeva	14	7
BUL	Katerina Maleeva	17	8

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Petra Begerow
• Beate Reinstadler
• Maria Strandlund

The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot:

• Elena Brioukhovets

Finals

Singles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Steffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3

• It was Sánchez Vicario's fourth title of the year, and the twelfth of her career.

Doubles

Steffi Graf / Rennae Stubbs defeated Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

References

External links

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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