Steffi Graf in a tight third set that included a 16-minute long, 13-deuce game on Sanchez Vicario's serve at 5-5. In August Monica Seles made her much anticipated return to tennis at the Canadian Open. It was decided to grant her a joint number one ranking with Graf who took her first loss of the year in the first round to Amanda Coetzer. The US Open was Monica Seles's first Grand Slam event since the 1993 attack, with much anticipation again around a potential Seles-Graf final. After surviving a scare in a three-setter against Amanda Coetzer in the first round, Graf reached
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