Steffi Graf now brought her to 7 losses in her last 8 matches against Sabatini; however, the Bausch & Lomb loss would be Graf's final loss to Sabatini, winning her next, and last, eight matches against Sabatini. Victories at Hamburg and Berlin (beating Sánchez Vicario in the finals of both) prepared her for the French Open, where she defeated Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals after losing the first set 6–0. Graf then lost a closely contested final to Monica Seles, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. Seles won the match on her 5th match point; Graf came within two points of winning the match a
1993 US Open (tennis) 1993 US Open (tennis) The 1993 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 113th edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 to September 12, 1993. Pete Sampras defeated Cédric Pioline 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 Steffi Graf defeated Helena Suková 6–3, 6–3 Ken Flach / Rick Leach defeated Karel Nováček / Martin Damm 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková defeated Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui 6–4, 6–2 Helena Suková / Todd