1993 WTA Tour

1993 WTA Tour
Steffi Graf finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in her career. She won ten tournaments during the season, including three majors at the French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, and the US Open, as well as the WTA Tour Championships. She also won two Tier I events and finished runner-up at the fourth major, the Australian Open.
Details
DurationDecember 29, 1992
– November 15, 1993
Edition23rd
Tournaments60
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
WTA Tier I (8)
WTA Tier II (19)
WTA Tier III (12)
WTA Tier IV (16)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesGermany Steffi Graf (10)
Most tournament finalsGermany Steffi Graf (14)
Prize money leaderGermany Steffi Graf $2,821,337
Points leaderGermany Steffi Graf 409.00
Awards
Player of the yearGermany Steffi Graf
Doubles team of the year
Most improved
player of the year
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
Newcomer of the yearCroatia Iva Majoli
Comeback
player of the year
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
1992
1994

The 1993 WTA Tour, also known by its sponsored name Kraft General Foods World Tour, was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events.[1] ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1994). ITF World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 145–151. ISBN 9780002184564.