1993 Australian Open

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

1993 Australian Open
Date 18–31 January
Edition 81st
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Hardcourt (Rebound Ace)
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Jim Courier
Women's Singles
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Men's Doubles
South Africa Danie Visser / Australia Laurie Warder
Women's Doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Mixed Doubles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Australia Todd Woodbridge
Boys' Singles
United Kingdom James Baily
Girls' Singles
Germany Heike Rusch
Boys' Doubles
Germany Lars Rehmann / Germany Christian Tambue
Girls' Doubles
Switzerland Joana Manta / Czech Republic Ludmila Richterova

The 1993 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 81st edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1993.

Seniors

Men's Singles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

United States Jim Courier defeated Sweden Stefan Edberg 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5

  • It was Courier's 4th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Women's Singles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles defeated Germany Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

  • It was Seles' 8th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title.

Men's Doubles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

South Africa Danie Visser / Australia Laurie Warder defeated Australia John Fitzgerald / Sweden Anders Järryd 6–4, 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Visser's 3rd and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title. It was Warder's only career Grand Slam title.

Women's Doubles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva defeated United States Pam Shriver / Australia Elizabeth Smylie 6–4, 6–3

  • It was Fernández's 7th career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. It was Zvereva's 7th career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title.

Mixed Doubles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Australia Todd Woodbridge defeated United States Zina Garrison-Jackson / United States Rick Leach 7–5, 6–4

  • It was Sánchez Vicario's 5th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title. It was Woodbridge's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Juniors

Boys' Singles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

United Kingdom James Baily defeated New Zealand Steven Downs 6–3, 6–2

Girls' Singles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Germany Heike Rusch defeated Germany Andrea Glass 6–1, 6–2

Boys' Doubles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Germany Lars Rehmann / Germany Christian Tambue defeated United States Scott Humphries / United States Jimmy Jackson 6–7, 7–5, 6–2

Girls' Doubles

<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Switzerland Joana Manta / Czech Republic Ludmila Richterová defeated Sweden Åsa Carlsson / Romania Cătălina Cristea 6–3, 6–2

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [1] Men A$410,000 A$205,000 A$102,500 A$53,400 A$28,700 A$16,500 A$10,000 A$6,200
Women A$410,000 A$205,000 A$102,500 A$53,400 A$28,700 A$16,500 A$10,000 A$6,200

Total prize money for the event was A$6,455,000.

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


Preceded by Grand Slams Succeeded by
1993 French Open