- 1993 Monte Carlo Masters
TennisEventInfo|1993|Monte Carlo Masters
date=April 19 –April 26
edition=87th
champs= flagicon|ESPSergi Bruguera
champd= flagicon|SWEStefan Edberg / flagicon|CZEPetr Korda The 1993
Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament held on April 19–26 1993. It was part of the1993 ATP Masters Series .Review
Sergi Bruguera won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising starCedric Pioline in 97 minutes. Sergi defeated Cedric in straight sets, 7-6(2), 6-0.The top 2 players in the world,
Jim Courier andPete Sampras , were absent from the tournament. Only 4 seeds failed to win their first round matches:Fabrice Santoro ,Henrik Holm ,Karel Novacek , andArnaud 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 seedBoris Becker . He was defeated by Swiss playerMarc Rosset . Other casulties in the second round wereGuy Forget ,Michael Stich , andGoran Ivanisevic In the third round, only 1 seed,
Petr Korda , lost to an unseeded player; however, seeded playersRichard Krajicek andIvan Lendl lost to fellow seedsAndrei Medvedev andSergi Bruguera respectively. A qualifier managed to advance to the final 8. The quarter final draw was -* [1]
Stefan Edberg vsAndrei Medvedev [7]
*Cedric Pioline vsJonas Svensson [WC]
* [11]Sergi Bruguera vsCarlos Costa [14]
* [8]Thomas Muster vsAlex Corretja [Q]Stefan Edberg ,Cedric Pioline , andThomas Muster all eased through into the semi-finals. However, the other match lasted a little longer, asSergi Bruguera defeatedCarlos 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.
Champions
Men's Singles
flagicon|ESP
Sergi Bruguera def. flagicon|FRACedric Pioline , 7-6(2), 6-0Men's Doubles
flagicon|SWE
Stefan Edberg / flagicon|CZEPetr Korda def. flagicon|NEDPaul Haarhuis / flagicon|NEDMark Koevermans , 6-2, 2-6, 7-5External links
* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/draws.asp?tournamentID=410&tournamentyear=1993 Singles Draw]
* [http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/vault/drawsdoubles.asp?tournamentID=410&tournamentyear=1993 Doubles Draw]
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