| 1993 Monte Carlo Open | ||||
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| Date: | April 19 – April 26 | |||
| Edition: | 87th | |||
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| Singles | ||||
| Sergi Bruguera | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
| Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda | ||||
Monte Carlo Open
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The 1993 Monte Carlo Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 87th edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1993 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco, from April 29 through April 26, 1993.
The men's field was headlined by. Other top seeds in the field were.
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Sergi Bruguera won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising star Cédric Pioline in 97 minutes. Sergi defeated Cedric in straight sets, 7-6(2), 6-0.
The top 2 players in the world, Jim Courier and Pete Sampras, were absent from the tournament. Only 4 seeds failed to win their first round matches: Fabrice Santoro, Henrik Holm, Karel Nováček, and Arnaud Boetsch. The top 8 players all received byes into round 2. The highest seeded player not to make it into the third round was second seed Boris Becker. He was defeated by Swiss player Marc Rosset. Other casualties in the second round were Guy Forget, Michael Stich, and Goran Ivanišević
In the third round, only 1 seed, Petr Korda, lost to an unseeded player; however, seeded players Richard Krajicek and Ivan Lendl lost to fellow seeds Andrei Medvedev and Sergi Bruguera respectively. A qualifier managed to advance to the final 8. The quarter final draw was -
Stefan Edberg, Cédric Pioline, and Thomas Muster all eased through into the semi-finals. However, the other match lasted a little longer, as Sergi Bruguera defeated Carlos Costa 7-6(8) 6-2.
In semi-finals, Pioline stunned Edberg in straights, while Bruguera scraped by Muster 6-4 1-6 7-6(7), saving match points. After over and hour and a half of tennis however, Bruguera was victorious defeating the Frenchman in straights.
Bruguera won his second title at Monte Carlo in 3 years, and was his final win in a Masters final.
The tournament, despite his loss in the final, started Pioline's long career.
Sergi Bruguera def. Cédric Pioline, 7-6(2), 6-0
Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda def. Paul Haarhuis / Mark Koevermans, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
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