The 1993 French Open was a
tennis
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tournament that took place on the outdoor
clay court
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...
s at the
Stade Roland Garros
Stade Roland Garros (; "Roland Garros Stadium") is a complex of tennis courts, including stadiums, located in Paris that hosts the French Open. That tournament, also known as ''Roland Garros'', is a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis champio ...
in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 97th staging of the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
, and the second
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
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tennis event of 1993.
Seniors
Men's singles
Sergi Bruguera
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in men's singles and reac ...
defeated
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals ...
, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
*It was Bruguera's 2nd title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title. Bruguera notably defeated the top two seeds (
Pete Sampras
Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...
and Courier) on his way to the title—the last male player to do so in any Grand Slam event until
Stanislas Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His ca ...
did so at the
2014 Australian Open
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.
Women's singles
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...
defeated
Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Fernández was the runner-up ...
, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
*It was Graf's 4th title of the year, and her 73rd overall. It was her 12th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.
Men's doubles
Luke Jensen
Luke Jensen (born June 18, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. Jensen won the 1993 French Open Doubles title with his younger brother Murphy Jensen.
He attended the University of Southern C ...
/
Murphy Jensen
Murphy Jensen (born October 30, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player and Grand Slam doubles champion. He is the younger brother of former professional tennis player Luke Jensen, with whom he teamed to win the 1993 French Ope ...
defeated
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a Bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of Worl ...
/
David Prinosil
David Prinosil ( cz, David Přinosil; born 9 March 1973) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991.
Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 ...
, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player.
Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in do ...
/
Natalia Zvereva
Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava ( be, Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; russian: Наталья Маратовна Зверева, Natalia Maratovna Zvereva; born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. ...
defeated
Larisa Savchenko Neiland /
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. Novotná won the women's singles title at Wimbled ...
, 6–3, 7–5
Mixed doubles
Eugenia Maniokova
Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a former world No. 18 in doub ...
/
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Stanislavovich Olhovskiy (russian: Андре́й Станисла́вович Ольхо́вский; ; born 15 April 1966) is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989.
Career
Olhovskiy represented the Sovie ...
defeated
Elna Reinach
Elna Reinach (born 2 December 1968) is a South African former professional tennis player.
With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Reinach was runner-up at the Fr ...
/
Danie Visser
Danie Visser (born 26 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open and one US Open). Visser reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking ...
, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Juniors
Boys' singles
Roberto Carretero defeated
Albert Costa
Albert Costa i Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the Men's Singles title at the French Open in 2002.
Tennis career
Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He ...
, 6–0, 7–6
Girls' singles
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...
[Hingis reached the 1997 and 1999 singles finals, but lost on both occasions. She also reached the doubles finals in 1998 and 2000, eventually won in both occasions.] defeated
Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.
Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk, won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organ ...
, 7–5, 7–5
Boys' doubles
Steven Downs
Steven Downs (born 8 September 1975) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Biography
Downs was a leading international junior, who was the world number one doubles player in 1993 and designated ITF World Champion. He reached a ...
/
James Greenhalgh
James Greenhalgh (born 19 February 1975) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Career
Greenhalgh, a doubles specialist, was born in England, but at the age of four moved to New Zealand. In his junior career he partnered count ...
defeated
Neville Godwin
Neville Godwin (born 31 January 1975) is a former tennis player from South Africa.
Godwin turned professional in 1994. The right-hander won one singles title (2001 Newport) in his career, and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP ...
/
Gareth Williams, 6–1, 6–1
Girls' doubles
Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.
Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk, won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour
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/
Nancy Feber
Nancy Feber (born 5 February 1976) is a retired Belgian tennis player. As a junior player, she won four Grand Slam titles – one in singles and three in doubles. Feber won French Open twice, in 1992 and 1993, both times in doubles with Laurence ...
defeated
Lara Bitter /
Maaike Koutstaal
Maaike Koutstaal (born 20 June 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
Biography
Born in Rotterdam, Koutstaal competed on the ITF junior circuit in the early 1990s and most notably was runner-up in the girls' doubles a ...
, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Prize money
Total prize money for the event was FF45,164,000.
References
External links
French Open official website
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1993 in French tennis
1993 in Paris