| 1993 Citizen Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 26 April – 2 May | |||
| Edition | 7th | |||
| Category | Tier II tournament | |||
| Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
| Prize money | $375,000 | |||
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
| Location | Hamburg, Germany | |||
| Venue | Am Rothenbaum | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[1] | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Steffi Graf / Rennae Stubbs[1] | ||||
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TheCitizen Cup was a women'stennis tournament played on outdoorclay courts. It was the seventh edition of theCitizen Cup and was aTier II tournament on the1993 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 26 April to 2 May 1993 at theAm Rothenbaum venue, inHamburg, Germany.
This tournament would later attract infamy for being the location where thenWorld No. 1Monica Seles wasstabbed during a singles quarterfinal match with then World No. 14Magdalena Maleeva by an obsessed fan ofSteffi Graf, Günter Parche. The stabbing prompted an increase in security at subsequent tennis events.[2] Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again.
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeding |
|---|---|---|---|
 YUG | Monica Seles | 1 | 1 |
| GER | Steffi Graf | 2 | 2 |
| ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3 | 3 |
 CZE | Jana Novotná | 9 | 4 |
 SUI | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere | 11 | 5 |
| GER | Anke Huber | 10 | 6 |
 BUL | Magdalena Maleeva | 14 | 7 |
| BUL | Katerina Maleeva | 17 | 8 |
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry from aLucky loser spot:
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeatedSteffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3
Steffi Graf /Rennae Stubbs defeated
Larisa Neiland /Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
