1993 WTA Tier I Series

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

1993 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationFebruary 4 – November 14
Edition4th
Tournaments8
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesGermany Steffi Graf (3)
Most tournament finalsGermany Steffi Graf (5)
1992
1994

Tournaments edit

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money
Toray Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Feb 1–7 $750,000
Lipton Championships United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 8–21 $900,000
Family Circle Magazine Cup[2] United States Hilton Head Island Clay (green) Mar 29 – Apr 4 $750,000
Campionati Internazionali d'Italia[3] Italy Rome Clay May 3–9 $750,000
German Open[4] Germany Berlin Clay May 10–16 $750,000
Matidee LTD, International Canada Toronto Hard Aug 16–22 $750,000
Barilla Indoors[2] Switzerland Zürich Carpet (i) Oct 4–10 $750,000
Virginia Slims of Philadelphia[2] United States Philadelphia Supreme (i) Nov 8–14 $750,000

Results edit

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

SinglesDoubles

  Martina Navratilova   Larisa Savchenko-Neiland 6–2, 6–2   Martina Navratilova
  Helena Suková
  Lori McNeil
  Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–3
Miami

SinglesDoubles

  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Steffi Graf 6–4, 3–6, 6–3   Larisa Neiland
  Jana Novotná
  Jill Hetherington
  Kathy Rinaldi
6–2, 7–5
Hilton Head

SinglesDoubles

  Steffi Graf   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7–6(10–8), 6–1   Gigi Fernández*   Katrina Adams
  Manon Bollegraf
6–3, 6–1
  Natasha Zvereva
Rome

SinglesDoubles

  Conchita Martínez   Gabriela Sabatini 7–5, 6–1   Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Mary Joe Fernández
  Zina Garrison-Jackson
6–4, 6–2
Berlin

SinglesDoubles

  Steffi Graf   Gabriela Sabatini 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
  Debbie Graham
  Brenda Schultz
6–1, 6–3
Toronto

SinglesDoubles

  Steffi Graf   Jennifer Capriati 6–1, 0–6, 6–3   Larisa Neiland
  Jana Novotná
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Helena Suková
6–1, 6–2
Zürich

SinglesDoubles

  Manuela Maleeva   Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–6(7–1)   Zina Garrison-Jackson
  Martina Navratilova
  Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Philadelphia

SinglesDoubles

  Conchita Martínez   Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–3   Katrina Adams
  Manon Bollegraf
  Conchita Martínez
  Larisa Neiland
6–2, 4–6, 7–6(9–7)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1993 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ a b c John Barrett, ed. (1994). ITF World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 145–151, 160–161, 167–168. ISBN 9780002184564.
  3. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  4. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1993). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1993. London: Collins Willow. pp. 148, 150, 163. ISBN 9780002185080.

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