The 1993 US Open was a
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tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the
USTA National Tennis Center
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in
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. It was the 113th edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 to September 12, 1993.
Seniors
Men's singles
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 ...
defeated
Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline (born 15 June 1969) is a French former professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997. On both occasions, he was ...
6–4, 6–4, 6–3
* It was Sampras's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd US Open title.
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
Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...
6–3, 6–3
* It was Graf's 15th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd US Open title.
Men's doubles
Ken Flach
Kenneth Eliot Flach (May 24, 1963 – March 12, 2018) was an American doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon and two US Open), and two mixed doubles titles (Wimbledon and the French Ope ...
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Rick Leach
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defeated
Karel Nováček
Karel Nováček (born 30 March 1965) is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). In his career, Nováček won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles. His highest singles ranking was Wor ...
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Martin Damm
Martin Damm Sr. (born 1 August 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known as a doubles player (his highest ranking being No. 5 in the world in April 2007). His highest singles ranking was No. 42 in A ...
6–7
(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
* It was Flach's 6th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd US Open title. It was Leach's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 1st US Open title.
Women's doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...
defeated
Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Slam ...
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Inés Gorrochategui
Inés Gorrochategui (born 13 June 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 19 on October 17, 1994. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship came when she got ...
6–4, 6–2
* It was Sánchez Vicario's 6th career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title. It was Suková's 9th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd US Open title.
Mixed doubles
Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...
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Todd Woodbridge
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Woodbridge is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (n ...
defeated
Martina Navratilova
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Mark Woodforde
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Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined ...
6–3, 7–6
(8–6)
* It was Suková's 10th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd and last US Open title. It was Woodbridge's 5th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd US Open title.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Marcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...
defeated
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 ...
7–6, 6–3
Girls' singles
Maria Francesca Bentivoglio
Maria Francesca Bentivoglio (born 27 January 1977) is a former Italian tennis player. On 23 August 1993, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of World No. 73.
She reached the Quarterfinals of the 1993 Italian Open, after beating Manon ...
defeated
Yuka Yoshida
Yuka Kaneko (née Yuka Yoshida, ja, 吉田友佳, born 1 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: 1995 in Tokyo, 1996 in Pattaya, and 2005 in Memphis.
Kanek ...
7–6, 6–4
Boys' doubles
Neville Godwin
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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 defeated
Ben Ellwood /
James Sekulov
James Sekulov (born 13 October 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Career
Sekulov was a boys' doubles finalist at the 1993 US Open, partnering Ben Ellwood. He finished that year as the world's seventh-ranked junior sin ...
6–3, 6–3
Girls' doubles
Nicole London /
Julie Steven
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Steven grew up in Wichita, Kansas, and had a successful career in junior tennis, culminating in a US Open title. She had a win ...
defeated
Hiroko Mochizuki
Hiroko Mochizuki (born 23 July 1975) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
As a junior, Mochizuki was ranked in the world's top 10 and was a runner-up in two junior grand slam doubles finals, at the 1993 Wimbledon and 1993 US Open, b ...
/
Yuka Yoshida
Yuka Kaneko (née Yuka Yoshida, ja, 吉田友佳, born 1 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: 1995 in Tokyo, 1996 in Pattaya, and 2005 in Memphis.
Kanek ...
6–3, 6–4
Prize money
Total prize money for the event was $9,022,000.
In popular culture
In the ''
Seinfeld
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The Lip Reader
"The Lip Reader" is the 70th episode of the sitcom '' Seinfeld''. It is the sixth episode of the fifth season, and first aired on October 28, 1993. In this episode, George gets Jerry's deaf girlfriend to use her lip reading talent to eavesdrop on ...
" Jerry and George visit the 1993 US Open, where they can be seen sitting in the stands of an undisclosed outer court watching one of the three women's singles matches featuring a Croat. Kramer is also seen watching the Open on TV, where the reporter can be heard crediting a match win to
Natalia Baudone, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, over
Mary Pierce
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. Pierce won the actual match 6–0, 6–7, 7–6. Kramer becomes a 'ballman' for the tournament later in the episode and accidentally injures
Monica Seles
Monica Seles (; hu, Széles Mónika, ; sr, Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš; born December 2, 1973) is a retired professional tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. A former world No. 1, she won nine Grand Slam ...
in the final. Seles did not play in the tournament that year owing to
an incident in April 1993 which prevented her from playing competitive tennis until August 1995.
References
External links
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