1992 Newsweek Champions Cup - Singles
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Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

 was the defending champion but he lost to Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 .Chesnokov's best performance at a...

 in the third round.

Michael Chang
Michael Chang
Michael Te-Pei Chang is a former American professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17....

 defeated Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 .Chesnokov's best performance at a...

 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 in the final.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1.   Jim Courier
    Jim Courier
    James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

     (Third Round)
  2.   Pete Sampras
    Pete 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....

     (Third Round)
  3.   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...

     (Semifinals)
  4.   Guy Forget
    Guy Forget
    Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...

     (Second Round)
  5.   Goran Ivanišević
    Goran Ivaniševic
    Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

     (Second Round)
  6.   Petr Korda
    Petr Korda
    Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...

     (Third Round)
  7.   Emilio Sánchez
    Emilio Sánchez
    Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...

     (Quarterfinals)
  8.   Karel Nováček
    Karel Novácek
    Karel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia . Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States....

     (Third Round)


  1.   David Wheaton
    David Wheaton
    David Wheaton is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Born in Minneapolis, Wheaton played in his first tournament at age eight, and won the Minnesota State High School tennis title in 1984, as a ninth grader. In 1987, he won the US Open junior title and was ranked the No. 1...

     (Second Round)
  2.   Andre Agassi
    Andre Agassi
    Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...

     (Third Round)
  3.   Sergi Bruguera
    Sergi Bruguera
    Sergi Bruguera i Torner is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994.-Career:...

     (Quarterfinals)
  4.   Michael Chang
    Michael Chang
    Michael Te-Pei Chang is a former American professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17....

     (Champion)

  5.   Magnus Gustafsson
    Magnus Gustafsson
    Magnus Nils Gustafsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Gustafsson won 14 top-level singles titles during his career, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 in 1991. He was also part of the Swedish team which won the Davis Cup in 1998...

     (Third Round)
  6.   Derrick Rostagno
    Derrick Rostagno
    Derrick Rostagno is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Rostagno turned professional in 1986...

     (Third Round)
  7.   Wayne Ferreira
    Wayne Ferreira
    Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

     (Second Round)
  8.   Jakob Hlasek
    Jakob Hlasek
    Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...

     (Quarterfinals)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • ALT = Alternate
  • r = Retired
  • w/o = Walkover

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

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