1993 Monte Carlo Masters

TennisEventInfo|1993|Monte Carlo Masters
date=April 19 – April 26
edition=87th
champs= flagicon|ESP Sergi Bruguera
champd= flagicon|SWE Stefan Edberg / flagicon|CZE Petr Korda

The 1993 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament held on April 19–26 1993. It was part of the 1993 ATP Masters Series.

Review

Sergi Bruguera won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising star Cedric 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 Novacek, 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 casulties in the second round were Guy Forget, Michael Stich, and Goran Ivanisevic

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 -

* [1] Stefan Edberg vs Andrei Medvedev [7]
*Cedric Pioline vs Jonas Svensson [WC]
* [11] Sergi Bruguera vs Carlos Costa [14]
* [8] Thomas Muster vs Alex Corretja [Q]

Stefan Edberg, Cedric 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.

Champions

Men's Singles

flagicon|ESP Sergi Bruguera def. flagicon|FRA Cedric Pioline, 7-6(2), 6-0

Men's Doubles

flagicon|SWE Stefan Edberg / flagicon|CZE Petr Korda def. flagicon|NED Paul Haarhuis / flagicon|NED Mark Koevermans, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5

External 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]