The 1990 German Open was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 83rd edition of the Hamburg Masters (Hamburg Masters), and was part of the ATP Super 9

ATP Masters Series

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 of the 1990 ATP Tour

1990 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center

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 in Hamburg

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, Germany, from May 7 through May 14, 1990.

The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 3, Brussels

1990 Donnay Indoor Championships

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, Stuttgart titlist, Australian Open

1990 Australian Open

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, Monte Carlo

1990 Monte Carlo Open

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 quarter-finalist Boris Becker

Boris Becker

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, Miami, San Francisco winner, recent Indian Wells finalist Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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 and Tokyo Outdoor winner and U.S. Open semi-finalist Aaron Krickstein

Aaron Krickstein

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. Other top seeds were Estoril

1990 Estoril Open

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 titlist Emilio Sánchez

Emilio Sánchez

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, Jay Berger

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, Andrés Gómez

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 and Michael Chang

Michael Chang

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.

Men's Singles

  Juan Aguilera

Juan Aguilera

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def.   Boris Becker

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, 6–1, 6–0, 7–6,

• It was Juan Aguilera's 2nd title of the year, and his 5th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year, and overall.

Men's Doubles

  Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera

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/   Jim Courier

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def.   Udo Riglewski

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 /   Michael Stich

Michael Stich

Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...

, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6