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1993 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup

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Date
  
March 1 – March 15

Prize money
  
$1,400,000

Location
  
Indian Wells, CA, USA

Edition
  
18th

Surface
  
Hard / Outdoor

Category
  
Super 9 (ATP) Tier II Series (WTA)

The 1993 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1993 ATP Tour and of the WTA Tier II Series of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was held from March 1 to March 15, 1993.

Contents

The men singles was headlined by World No. 1 Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and Stefan Edberg. Other top seeds were Michael Chang, Petr Korda, Goran Ivanišević, Andre Agassi and Michael Stich.

The women's draw featured. Other top seeds present were.

Notable stories

Stefan Edberg and Andre Agassi lost unexpectedly in the second round to wildcard Richey Reneberg and Marc Rosset respectively. Wayne Ferreira managed to make his first impression in a major tournament, reaching the final.

Men's Singles

Jim Courier defeated Wayne Ferreira 6–3, 6–3, 6–1

  • It was Jim Courier's 3rd title of the year and his 12th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 4th overall. It was also his 2nd title at the event after winning in 1991.
  • Women's Singles

    Mary Joe Fernández defeated Amanda Coetzer 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)

  • It was Mary Joe Fernadez 1st title of the year and her 3rd overall.
  • Men's Doubles

    Guy Forget / Henri Leconte defeated Luke Jensen / Scott Melville 6–4, 7–5

    Women's Doubles

    Rennae Stubbs / Helena Suková defeated Ann Grossman / Patricia Hy 6–3, 6–4

    References

    1993 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Matrix Essentials Evert Cup Wikipedia