1993 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The 1993 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 21st edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour...

, and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour

1993 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, Netherlands, from February 22 through February 28, 1993.

The singles draw was headlined by ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

No. 7, Wimbledon

1992 Wimbledon Championships

The 1992 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on :grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England...

runner-up, Sydney, Stockholm

1992 Stockholm Open

The 1992 Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the Stockholm Open and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1992 ATP Tour. It took place at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, from October 26 through November 2, 1992.The singles...

and recent Doha champion Goran Ivanišević

Goran Ivaniševic

Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

. Other seeded players competing were Los Angeles and Antwerp titlist, Stuttgart Indoor finalist Richard Krajicek

Richard Krajicek

Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...

, Auckland winner Alexander Volkov

Alexander Vladimirovich Volkov

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, Henrik Holm

Henrik Holm

Henrik Holm is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won five doubles titles during his career. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 July 1993, when he became the number 17 of the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:*...

, Karel Nováček

Karel Novácek

Karel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia . Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States....

and Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

Singles

Anders Järryd
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

def.

Karel Nováček

Karel Novácek

Karel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia . Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States....

, 6–3, 7–5

It was Anders Järryd's 1st title of the year, and his 8th overall.

Doubles

Henrik Holm
Henrik Holm
Henrik Holm is a former tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won five doubles titles during his career. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 5 July 1993, when he became the number 17 of the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:*...

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David Adams

David Adams (tennis)

David Adams is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

Andrei Olhovskiy

Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....

, 6–4, 7–6

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