1993 Citizen Cup

1993 Citizen Cup 26 April – 2 May 7th Tier II tournament $375,000 32S / 16D Clay / outdoor Hamburg, Germany Am Rothenbaum ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioWTA tournament archive http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1993/601.pdf www.wtatennis.com Women's Tennis Association (WTA) GER Steffi Graf / AUS Rennae Stubbs WTA Hamburg 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. Seles stabbing 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.1993: Tennis star stabbed On This Day 30 April 1993 BBC https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/30/newsid_2499000/2499161.stm 1993-04-30 2009-03-07 Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again. Entrants Seeds Country Player Ranking Seeding FR Yugoslavia 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 The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: GER Petra Begerow AUT Beate Reinstadler SWE Maria Strandlund The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot: UKR Elena Brioukhovets Finals Singles 1993 Citizen Cup – Singles ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated GER Steffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3 It was Sánchez Vicario's fourth title of the year, and the twelfth of her career. Doubles 1993 Citizen Cup – Doubles GER Steffi Graf / AUS Rennae Stubbs defeated LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) References External links ITF tournament edition details https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040311/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000552 2016-03-04 WTA tournament draws Citizen Cup Category:WTA Hamburg Category:Tennis controversies Citizen Cup Citizen Cup Citizen Cup Citizen Cup Category:1993 crimes in Germany Category:1990s in Hamburg