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1993 Volkswagen Card Cup

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1993 Volkswagen Card Cup
Date27 September – 3 October
Edition4th
CategoryTier II
Draw32S / 12D
Prize money$375,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationLeipzig, Germany
VenueMessehalle 7
Champions
Singles
Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles
← 1992 · WTA Leipzig · 1994 →

The 1993 Volkswagen Card Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Messehalle 7 in Leipzig in Germany that was part of the Tier II category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 27 September until 3 October 1993. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her fourth consecutive at the event, and earned $75,000 first-prize money as well as 300 ranking points.[1]

Finals

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Singles

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Germany Steffi Graf defeated Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 6–2, 6–0

  • It was Graf's 9th singles title of the year and the 78th of her career.

Doubles

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United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva defeated Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / Latvia Larisa Savchenko 6–3, 6–2

  • It was Fernández' 10th doubles title of the year and the 41st of her career. It was Zvereva's 9th doubles title of the year and the 37th of her career.

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1994). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 166–167. ISBN 9780002184564.
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