1993 Citizen Cup 1993 Citizen Cup The Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Citizen Cup and was an Tier II tournament on the 1993 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 26 April to 2 May 1993 at the Am Rothenbaum venue, in Hamburg, Germany. This tournament would later attract infamy for being the location where then World No. 1 Monica Seles was stabbed during a singles quarterfinal match with then World No. 14 Magdalena Maleeva by an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, Günter Parche. The stabbing prompted an increase
1993 Citizen Cup in security at subsequent tennis events. Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again. The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Steffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3 Steffi Graf / Rennae Stubbs defeated Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6 1993 Citizen Cup The Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Citizen Cup and was an Tier II tournament on the 1993 WTA