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1993 Lipton Championships
The 1993 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States the event was part of the 1993 ATP Tour and 1993 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from March 12 to 21, 1993. Finals Men's singles Pete Sampras defeated MaliVai Washington, 6–3, 6–2. *It was Pete Sampras' 2nd title of the year and his 15th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 2nd overall. Women's singles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Steffi Graf, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. *It was Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's 1st title of the year and her 9th overall. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 3rd overall. It was also her second consecutive win at the event after winning in 1992. Men's doubles Richard Krajicek / Jan Siemerink defeated Patrick McEnroe / Jonathan Stark, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6. Women's doubles Jana Novotná / Larisa Savchenko defeated Jill Hetherington / Kathy Rinaldi, 6–2, 7–5. References {{1993 WTA T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne is an island town in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The population was 12,344 at the 2010 census. Key Biscayne lies south of Miami Beach and east of Miami. The village is connected to Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway, originally built in 1947. Because of its low elevation and direct exposure to the Atlantic Ocean, it is usually among the first Miami areas to be evacuated before an oncoming hurricane. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . of it is land and of it (8.63%) is water. The village is bordered on the north by Crandon Park, Miami-Dade County park, on the south by Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Biscayne Bay. History While there had been earlier schemes to develop a town on Key Biscayne, it wasn't until the opening of the four-mile (6 km) long Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Virginia Key and on to Key Biscayne in 1947 that the island was opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 ATP Tour
The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the ATP tour. The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments (organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)), the ATP Championship Series, Single Week, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF), the ATP Tour World Championships and the Grand Slam Cup (organized by the ITF). Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 1993 IBM ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. ;Key January February March April May June July August September October November December ATP rankings Statistical information List of players and titles won, alphabetically by last name: * Chuck Adams - Seoul (1) * Andre Agassi - San Francisco, Scottsdale (2) * Jordi Arrese - Athens (1) * Boris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In American Tennis
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The White House (Moscow), Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF Waco siege, besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major 1993 Storm of the Century, snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorism, narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Military Forces of Colombia, Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorists 1993 World Trade Center bombing, detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of List of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
