The Citizen Cup was a women's

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor

clay court A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament. ...

s. It was the seventh edition of the

Citizen Cup The Citizen Cup is a trophy which was awarded to the winner of a regatta held in 1992 and again in 1995 to decide on a defender of the America's Cup. History The America's Cup Match is always raced between two yachts from different countries. Thi ...

and was a Tier II tournament on the

1993 WTA Tour The 1993 WTA Tour, also known by its sponsored name Kraft General Foods World Tour, was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WT ...

. The tournament took place from 26 April to 2 May 1993 at the Am Rothenbaum venue, in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, Germany.

Seles stabbing

This tournament would later attract infamy for being the location where then World No. 1

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 ...

was

stabbed A stabbing is penetration or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range. ''Stab'' connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs fro ...

during a singles quarterfinal match with then World No. 14

Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Магдалена Георгиева Малеева, ; born 1 April 1975) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to Octo ...

by an obsessed fan of

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, ...

, Günter Parche. The stabbing prompted an increase in security at subsequent tennis events. Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again.

Entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Petra Begerow Petra Begerow (born 14 April 1975 in Bad Kreuznach) is a former German professional tennis player. Career She reached her highest WTA singles ranking, 29, on 8 April 1996. She reached the second round of the French Open 4 times, 1994-1997. T ...

Beate Reinstadler Beate Reinstadler (born 20 May 1967) is a former professional Austrian tennis player. Career Reinstadler played on the WTA Tour between 1986 and 1997. During that time she won two ITF titles, one in Ashkelon and one in Flensburg. Despite no stan ...

Maria Strandlund Maria Strandlund (born 17 August 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. She competed in the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as th ...

The following players received entry from a

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...

spot: *

Elena Brioukhovets Elena Brioukhovets (Russian: Елена Брюховец) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player and an Honored Master of Sports. Brioukhovets started her own tennis school in 2007. The school was previously based in Odessa, Ukraine, ...

Finals

Singles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles: four in singles, ...

defeated

, 6–3, 6–3 * It was Sánchez Vicario's fourth title of the year, and the twelfth of her career.

Doubles

Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs (born 26 March 1971) is an Australian tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional player. She is the host of The Power Hour on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. She worked at the Seven Network between 2011 and 201 ...

defeated

Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko-Neiland ( uk, Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, lv, Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. ...

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 ...

, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details
{{1993 in tennis Tennis tournaments in Germany

WTA Hamburg Tennis controversies 1993 in German women's sport 1993 in German tennis