1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
| 1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 25–28 |
| Edition | 19th |
| Draw | 8D |
| Prize money | $175,000 |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Location | Wesley Chapel, Florida, U.S. |
| Venue | Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort |
| 1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
| 1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships | |
| 1992 Champions |  Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko-Neiland |
| Champions |  Gigi Fernández.svg.png){kind=small} Natasha Zvereva |
| Runners-up | Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Score | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Draw | 8 (1WC) |
| Seeds | 4 |
The 1993 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships was a women's doubles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Saddlebrook Golf & Tennis Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from March 25 through March 28, 1993.
Jana Novotná and Larisa Savchenko-Neiland were the defending champions, but Novotná could not compete this year. Savchenko-Neiland teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in the final to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. The score was 7–5, 6–3.[1][2] It was Fernández's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 34th of her career. It was Zvereva's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 31st of her career.
Seeds
- Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
- Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
- Lori McNeil /
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Rennae Stubbs (semifinals) - Pam Shriver / Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Draw
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
| 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| WC | Tracy Austin.svg.png){kind=small} Elna Reinach
| 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Patty Fendick
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi
| 6 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
| 3 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sandy Collins Stephanie Rehe
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Davis Cup loss may cost Gorman". Detroit Free Press. Detroit. March 29, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
Top-seeded Gigi Fernandez and Natalia Zvereva held off second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Larisa Neiland, 7-5, 6-3, to win the Light n' Lively Doubles in Wesley Chapel, Fla. Fernandez and Zvereva received $65,000, the largest women's doubles purse of any tournament excluding the four Grand Slam events and the Virginia Slims Championships.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1994). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1994. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 148, 170. ISBN 9780002184564.