1993 Results

Dr. Andrew Broad
Tennis
Monica Seles
Matchography
1993 Results

  1. AUSTRALIAN OPEN (won)
  2. VS Chicago (won)
  3. Paris (r/u)
  4. Hamburg (qf)

AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne, Australia)

Dates: 18th-31st January 1993
Surface: Hard (Rebound Ace), Outside
Draw: 128
Seed 1    1r + Gloria Pizzichini                  6-1 6-1
          2r + Maria Strandlund (Q)               6-2 6-0
          3r + Patty Fendick                      6-1 6-0
          4r + NATHALIE TAUZIAT (13)              6-2 6-0
          qf + Julie Halard                       6-2 6-7 6-0
          sf + GABRIELA SABATINI (3)              6-1 6-2
           f + STEFFI GRAF (2)                    4-6 6-3 6-2 

VIRGINIA SLIMS OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois, United States of America)

Dates: 8th-14th February 1993
Surface: Carpet, Inside
Draw: 28
Seed 1    1r                                      bye
          2r + Kimberly Po                        6-1 6-2
          qf + BRENDA SCHULTZ (7)                 4-6 7-6 6-4
          sf + MARY JOE FERNANDEZ (3)             6-3 6-0
           f + MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (2)            3-6 6-2 6-1

OPEN GAZ DE FRANCE (Paris, France)

Dates: 15th-21st February 1993
Surface: Carpet, Inside
Draw: 32
Seed 1    1r + Claudia Porwick                    6-1 6-2
          2r + Judith Wiesner                     6-1 6-4
          qf + MARY PIERCE (6)                    6-2 6-2
          sf + CONCHITA MARTINEZ (3)              6-1 6-1
           f - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (2)            3-6 6-4 6-7

CITIZEN CUP (Hamburg, Germany)

Dates: 26th April - 2nd May 1993
Surface: Clay, Outside
Draw: 32
Seed 1    1r + Maria Strandlund (Q)               6-2 6-2
          2r + Patricia Tarabini                  6-2 6-2
          qf - MAGDALENA MALEEVA (7)              4-6 3-4 retired

In this match on 30th April 1993 (Bad Friday), Monica was stabbed in the back at a changeover by G�nther Parche, who was acting on behalf of Steffi Graf. The tournament and the tour continued as though nothing untoward had happened, and the players voted not to protect Monica's ranking. With Monica out of the game, Graf achieved her goal of regaining the world number one ranking and, to add insult to injury, won the next four Grand Slams. The only legal punishment was a two-year suspended sentence for Parche. Monica did not return to professional tennis until 1995.


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