1993 Monte Carlo Open

Review

Sergi Bruguera won his first title of the year. The Spaniard, 11th seed, defeated French rising star Cédric Pioline in straight sets in 97 minutes.

The top 2 players in the world, Jim Courier and Pete Sampras, were absent from the tournament. Only four seeds failed to win their first round matches: Fabrice Santoro, Henrik Holm, Karel Nováček, and Arnaud Boetsch. The top eight players all received byes into round two. 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 casualties in the second round were Guy Forget, Michael Stich, and Goran Ivanišević

In the third round, only one 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 eight. The quarter final draw was:

• Stefan Edberg [1] vs Andrei Medvedev [7]
• Cédric Pioline vs Jonas Svensson [WC]
• Sergi Bruguera v vs Carlos Costa [14]
• Thomas Muster [8] vs Àlex Corretja [Q]

Stefan Edberg, Cédric Pioline, and Thomas Muster all eased through into the semifinals. However, the other match lasted a little longer, as Sergi Bruguera defeated Carlos Costa.

In the semifinals, Pioline defeated Edberg in straight sets, while Bruguera saved matchpoints to defeat Muster. After over an hour and a half of tennis however, Bruguera was victorious defeating the Frenchman in straights.

Bruguera won his second title at Monte Carlo in three years, and was his final win in a Masters final.

Finals

Singles

Main article: 1993 Monte Carlo Open – Singles

ESP Sergi Bruguera defeated FRA Cédric Pioline, 7–6(7–2), 6–0

• It was Bruguera's 1st singles title of the year and the 7th of his career.

Doubles

Main article: 1993 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

SWE Stefan Edberg / CZE Petr Korda defeated NED Paul Haarhuis / NED Mark Koevermans, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6

References

References

1. "1993 Monte Carlo – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
2. "1993 Monte Carlo – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).