1993 Rome Masters
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The 1993 Italian Open was a tennis
tournament held in 1993. It was the 50th edition of the Rome Masters
tennis tournament. and was part of the Tier I Series of the 1993 WTA Tour
and the ATP Super 9
of the 1993 ATP Tour
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The women's tournament was held from May 3 through May 9, 1993 and the men's tournament was held from May 10 through May 17, 1993.
Jim Courier
def.
Goran Ivanišević
, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Conchita Martínez
def.
Gabriela Sabatini
, 7-5, 6-1
Jacco Eltingh
/ Paul Haarhuis
def.
Wayne Ferreira
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Mark Kratzmann
, 6-4, 7-6
Jana Novotná
/ Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
def. Mary Joe Fernández
/ Zina Garrison-Jackson, 6-4, 6-2
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 held in 1993. It was the 50th edition of the Rome Masters
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...
tennis tournament. and was part of the Tier I Series of the 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...
and the 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 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...
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The women's tournament was held from May 3 through May 9, 1993 and the men's tournament was held from May 10 through May 17, 1993.
Men's Singles
Jim CourierJim 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...
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Goran IvaniševićGoran 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...
, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
- It was Jim Courier's 4th title of the year and his 13th overall. It was his 2nd Masters title of the year and his 5th overall. It was his 2nd title at the event, also winning in 19921992 Italian Open (tennis)The 1992 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 49th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1992 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1992 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in...
.
Women's Singles
Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez
Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
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Gabriela SabatiniGabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
, 7-5, 6-1
- It was Conchita Martínez 3rd title of the year and her 14th overall. It was her 1st Tier I title.
Men's Doubles
Jacco EltinghJacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...
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Paul HaarhuisPaul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...
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Wayne FerreiraWayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
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Mark KratzmannMark 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...
, 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...
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Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
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Mary Joe FernándezMary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
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Zina Garrison-Jackson, 6-4, 6-2