1993 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1993 Japan Open Tennis Championships USA Pete Sampras USA Brad Gilbert 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships Japan Open Tennis Championships 56 (5WC Wild cards/7Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky loser) 16 1993 Japan Open Tennis Championships Jim Courier was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Jonathan Stark. Pete Sampras won the title by defeating Brad Gilbert 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in the final. By doing so, Sampras clinches the World No. 1 spot for the first time in his career.TENNIS: Sampras beats Gilbert https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/12/sports/results-plus-457493.html 3 August 2020 The New York Times 12 April 1993Buddell James Read & Watch: Remembering Sampras' Rise To No. 1... 25 Years On https://www.atptour.com/en/news/sampras-1993-no-1-atp-rankings-tribute 3 August 2020 ATP Tour 12 April 2018On this day in history… Sampras wins in Tokyo, ascends to #1 https://tennishead.net/on-this-day-in-history-sampras-wins-in-tokyo-ascends-to-1/ 3 August 2020 Tennis Head 11 April 2020 Seeds The first eight seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em USA Jim Courier (third round) USA Pete Sampras (champion) USA Michael Chang (second round) RUS 1991 Alexander Volkov (third round) SWE Henrik Holm (semifinals) AUS Wally Masur (semifinals) USA Brad Gilbert (final) ISR Amos Mansdorf (third round) NZL Brett Steven (second round) USA David Wheaton (quarterfinals) NED Jan Siemerink (third round) DEN Kenneth Carlsen (second round) SWE Christian Bergström (third round) USA Jim Grabb (first round) FRA Guillaume Raoux (third round) RUS 1991 Andrei Cherkasov (second round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 USA Jonathan Stark USA Brad Gilbert 7 77 64 2 6 0 6 AUS Neil Borwick SWE Henrik Holm Q 5 2 6 3 6 AUS Wally Masur AUS Todd Woodbridge 6 6 4 6 0 USA David Wheaton USA Pete Sampras 10 2 3 6 6 3 4 6 USA Brad Gilbert SWE Henrik Holm 7 5 6 1 3 6 6 3 AUS Wally Masur USA Pete Sampras 6 2 4 6 2 6 USA Brad Gilbert USA Pete Sampras 7 2 2 6 2 6 2 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS S Youl 2 4 CZE M Damm 6 6 USA J Stark 6 69 6 CZE M Střelba 4 711 2 GER K Braasch 77 5 4 16 RUS 1991 A Cherkasov 63 7 6 9 NZL B Steven 77 6 USA T Ho 65 3 Q USA D Flach 7 6 GER L Koslowski 5 1 GER P Kühnen 2 2 CAN C Pridham 6 6 1 USA J Courier 78 6 CZE M Damm 66 4 USA J Stark 6 6 16 RUS 1991 A Cherkasov 4 1 9 NZL B Steven 3 2 Q USA D Flach 6 6 CAN C Pridham 7 2 1 7 USA B Gilbert 5 6 6 1 USA J Courier 4 2 USA J Stark 6 6 Q USA D Flach 7 1 4 7 USA B Gilbert 5 6 6 USA J Stark 77 2 0 7 USA B Gilbert 64 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GER P Baur 1 2 LL AUS J Stoltenberg 6 6 WC JPN G Motomura 4 1 Q USA K Jones 6 6 Q AUS N Borwick 6 6 14 USA J Grabb 1 1 12 DEN K Carlsen 6 6 Q USA T Mercer 4 1 CZE D Vacek 6 6 Q SWE R Bergh 4 3 WC JPN T Shimada 4 1 USA A O'Brien 6 6 4 RUS 1991 A Volkov 6 6 LL AUS J Stoltenberg 2 4 Q USA K Jones 1 4 Q AUS N Borwick 6 6 12 DEN K Carlsen 65 5 CZE D Vacek 77 7 USA A O'Brien 2 6 3 5 SWE H Holm 6 4 6 4 RUS 1991 A Volkov 77 4 63 Q AUS N Borwick 63 6 77 CZE D Vacek 4 4 5 SWE H Holm 6 6 Q AUS N Borwick 2 3 5 SWE H Holm 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS S Stolle 1 6 2 POR J Cunha e Silva 6 4 6 WC JPN Y Yamamoto 79 64 3 WC JPN H Kaneko 67 77 6 ITA S Pescosolido 6 64 5 11 NED J Siemerink 2 77 7 13 SWE C Bergström 6 65 7 Q USA K Thorne 3 77 5 USA C Adams 6 2 2 Q USA P McEnroe 0 6 6 JPN S Matsuoka 5 0 AUS T Woodbridge 7 6 6 AUS W Masur 6 6 POR J Cunha e Silva 4 2 WC JPN H Kaneko 2 3 11 NED J Siemerink 6 6 13 SWE C Bergström 6 6 Q USA P McEnroe 4 1 AUS T Woodbridge 6 3 77 3 USA M Chang 3 6 65 6 AUS W Masur 64 6 6 11 NED J Siemerink 77 4 2 13 SWE C Bergström 6 64 3 AUS T Woodbridge 3 77 6 6 AUS W Masur 6 6 AUS T Woodbridge 4 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RSA 1928 C van Rensburg 63 77 6 AUS R Fromberg 77 62 4 ITA D Nargiso 6 1 1r USA R Weiss 4 6 4 WC JPN R Tsujino 4 3 10 USA D Wheaton 6 6 15 FRA G Raoux 77 6 GBR J Bates 63 3 FRA S Simian 78 77 AUT A Antonitsch 66 63 GER D Prinosil 3 6 3 AUS J Morgan 6 2 6 8 ISR A Mansdorf 6 5 7 RSA 1928 C van Rensburg 1 7 5 USA R Weiss 2 6 4 10 USA D Wheaton 6 3 6 15 FRA G Raoux 6 6 FRA S Simian 1 1 AUS J Morgan 5 3 2 USA P Sampras 7 6 8 ISR A Mansdorf 1 2 10 USA D Wheaton 6 6 15 FRA G Raoux 4 77 3 2 USA P Sampras 6 64 6 10 USA D Wheaton 3 6 4 2 USA P Sampras 6 3 6 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) Singles