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.

1993 Citizen Cup
Date26 April – 2 May
Edition7th
CategoryTier II tournament
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$375,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationHamburg, Germany
VenueAm Rothenbaum
Champions
Singles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[1]
Doubles
Germany Steffi Graf / Australia Rennae Stubbs[1]
← 1992 · WTA Hamburg · 1994 →

Seles stabbing edit

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 edit

Seeds edit

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 edit

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot:

Finals edit

Singles edit

  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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b "WTA tournament archive" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
  2. ^ "1993: Tennis star stabbed". On This Day 30 April 1993. BBC. 1993-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

External links edit