1993 Miami Masters
Encyclopedia
The 1993 Lipton Championships was a tennis
tournament played on Hard courts in Key Biscayne
, Florida
, United States
the event was part of the 1993 ATP Tour
and 1993 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from March 12 to 21, 1993.
Pete Sampras
def. MaliVai Washington
, 6–3, 6–2.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
def.
Steffi Graf
, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.
Richard Krajicek
/ Jan Siemerink
def. Patrick McEnroe
/ Jonathan Stark
, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6.
Jana Novotná
/
Larisa Savchenko def. 
Jill Hetherington
/ Kathy Rinaldi
, 6–2, 7–5.
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 Hard courts in Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne is an island located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. It is the southernmost of the barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of Florida, and lies south of Miami Beach and southeast of Miami...
, Florida
Florida
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, United States
United States
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the event was part of the 1993 ATP Tour
1993 ATP Tour
The IBM Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the ATP tour. The IBM ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP...
and 1993 WTA Tour
1993 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from March 12 to 21, 1993.
Men's singles
Pete SamprasPete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....
def.
MaliVai WashingtonMaliVai Washington
MaliVai "Mal" Washington is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996.-Family:...
, 6–3, 6–2.
- It was Pete Sampras' 2nd title of the year and his 15th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 2nd overall.
Women's singles
Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
def.
Steffi GrafSteffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.
- It was Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's 1st title of the year and her 9th overall. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 3rd overall. It was also her second consecutive win at the event after winning in 1992.
Men's doubles
Richard KrajicekRichard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...
/
Jan SiemerinkJan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...
def.
Patrick McEnroePatrick McEnroe
Patrick John McEnroe is a former professional tennis player and the former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of John McEnroe...
/
Jonathan StarkJonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...
, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6.
Women's doubles
Jana NovotnáJana Novotná
Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
/
Larisa Savchenko def. Jill HetheringtonJill Hetherington
Jill Hetherington Hultquist is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Hultquist played college tennis for the University of Florida, and is the current women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington....
/
Kathy RinaldiKathy Rinaldi
Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on...
, 6–2, 7–5.