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1993 French Open

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Date
  
24 May - 6 June

Category
  
Grand Slam (ITF)

Location
  
Paris (XVI), France

Edition
  
92nd

Surface
  
Clay

Venue
  
Stade Roland Garros

The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 92nd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1993.

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Men's singles

Sergi Bruguera defeated Jim Courier, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

  • It was Bruguera's 2nd title of the year, and his 8th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title. Bruguera notably defeated the top two seeds (Pete Sampras and Courier) on his way to the title—the last male player to do so in any Grand Slam event until Stanislas Wawrinka did so at the 2014 Australian Open.

    • Women's singles

    Steffi Graf defeated Mary Joe Fernandez, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Graf's 4th title of the year, and her 73rd overall. It was her 12th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.

    • Men's doubles

    Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4

    Women's doubles

    Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva defeated Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Jana Novotná, 6–3, 7–5

    Mixed doubles

    Eugenia Maniokova / Andrei Olhovskiy defeated Elna Reinach / Danie Visser, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

    Boys' singles

    Roberto Carretero defeated Albert Costa, 6–0, 7–6

    Girls' singles

    Martina Hingis defeated Laurence Courtois, 7–5, 7–5

    Boys' doubles

    Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh defeated Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams, 6–1, 6–1

    Girls' doubles

    Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber defeated Lara Bitter / Maaike Koutstaal, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3

    Prize money

    Total prize money for the event was FF45,164,000.

    References

    1993 French Open Wikipedia
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