1993 US Open (tennis)


The 1993 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 113th edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 to September 12, 1993.

Seniors

Men's Singles

Pete Sampras defeated Cédric Pioline 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Steffi Graf defeated Helena Suková 6–3, 6–3
Ken Flach / Rick Leach defeated Karel Nováček / Martin Damm 6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková defeated Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui 6–4, 6–2
Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge defeated Martina Navratilova / Mark Woodforde 6–3, 7–6

Boys' Singles

Marcelo Ríos defeated Steven Downs 7–6, 6–3

Girls' Singles

Maria Francesca Bentivoglio defeated Yuka Yoshida 7–6, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams defeated Ben Ellwood / James Sekulov 6–3, 6–3

Girls' Doubles

Nicole London / Julie Steven defeated Hiroko Mochizuki / Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 6–4

Prize money

Total prize money for the event was $9,022,000.

In popular culture

In the Seinfeld episode "The Lip Reader" Jerry and George visit the 1993 US Open, where they can be seen sitting in the stands of an undisclosed outer court watching one of the three women's singles matches featuring a Croat. Kramer is also seen watching the Open on TV, where the reporter can be heard crediting a match win to Natalia Baudone, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, over Mary Pierce. Pierce won the actual match 6–0, 6–7, 7–6. Kramer becomes a 'ballman' for the tournament later in the episode and accidentally injures Monica Seles in the final. Seles did not play in the tournament that year owing to an incident in April 1993 which prevented her from playing competitive tennis until August 1995.