The 1990 Paris 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 indoor carpet courts. It was the 16th edition of the Paris Masters

Paris Masters

The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

, and was part of the newly formed ATP Super 9

ATP Masters Series

The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...

 of the 1990 ATP Tour

1990 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

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 in Paris, France, from October 29 through November 5, 1990.

The draw was headlined by ATP No. 1, Cincinnati

1990 Thriftway ATP Championships

The 1990 Cincinnati Open, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 91st edition of the tournament and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour...

, Indian Wells

1990 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Virginia Slims of Indian Wells

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, Miami

1990 Lipton International Players Championships

The 1990 Lipton International Players Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Miami tournament, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1990 WTA Tour...

, Wimbledon

1990 Wimbledon Championships

The 1990 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

 and Australian Open

1990 Australian Open

The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990.-Men's Singles:...

 titlist Stefan Edberg

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Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

, Stockholm

1990 Stockholm Open

The 1990 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Stockholm Open and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from October 22 through October 29, 1990.The singles...

, Indianapolis winner, Queen's

1990 Queen's Club Championships

The 1990 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour...

, Hamburg

1990 ATP German Open

The 1990 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 83rd edition of the Hamburg Masters , and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from May 7 through May 14, 1990.The men's field was...

, Tokyo runner-up and Paris defending champion

1989 Paris Open

The 1989 Paris Open was an Nabisco Grand Prix tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 18th edition of the Paris Open...

 Boris Becker

Boris Becker

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 and Australian Open

1990 Australian Open

The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990.-Men's Singles:...

, Milan, Queen's

1990 Queen's Club Championships

The 1990 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour...

 champion, Wimbledon

1990 Wimbledon Championships

The 1990 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

 semi-finalist Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl

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. Other top seeds were U.S. Open titlist Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

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, French Open

1990 French Open

List of the 1990 French Open Champions.-Men's singles: Andrés Gómez def. Andre Agassi, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4*It was Gómez's 3rd title of the year, and his 20th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title....

 winner Andrés Gómez

Andrés Gómez

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, Emilio Sánchez

Emilio Sánchez

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, John McEnroe

John McEnroe

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 and Brad Gilbert

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.

Stefan Edberg won the singles title on default after Boris Becker retired injured after just 6 games.

Men's Singles

  Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

def.   Boris Becker

Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...

, 3–3 (retired)

• It was Stefan Edberg's 7th title of the year and his 27th overall. It was his 3rd Masters title of the year, and overall.

Men's Doubles

  Scott Davis /   David Pate

David Pate

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def.   Darren Cahill

Darren Cahill

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 /   Mark Kratzmann

Mark Kratzmann

Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.As the world's #1 ranked junior player in 1984, he won the Boys Australian, the Boys Wimbeldon and the Boys US Open...

, 7–6, 7–6