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)
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1994 →

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]

Tournaments

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

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

Singles – Doubles

United States Martina Navratilova Latvia Larisa Savchenko-Neiland 6–2, 6–2 United States Martina Navratilova
Czech Republic Helena Suková 		United States Lori McNeil
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		6–4, 6–3
Miami

Singles – Doubles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Germany Steffi Graf 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Czech Republic Jana Novotná 		Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi 		6–2, 7–5
Hilton Head

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

Germany Steffi Graf Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva 		United States Debbie Graham
Netherlands Brenda Schultz 		6–1, 6–3
Toronto

Singles – Doubles

Germany Steffi Graf United States Jennifer Capriati 6–1, 0–6, 6–3 Latvia Larisa Neiland
Czech Republic Jana Novotná 		Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Czech Republic Helena Suková 		6–1, 6–2
Zürich

Singles – Doubles

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

Singles – Doubles

Spain Conchita Martínez Germany Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–3 United States Katrina Adams
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf 		Spain Conchita Martínez
Latvia Larisa Neiland 		6–2, 4–6, 7–6(9–7)

See also

References

  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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