The 1993 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States.

Pete Sampras defeated Cédric Pioline 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 Steffi Graf defeated Helena Suková 6–3, 6–3 Ken Flach / Rick Leach defeated Karel Nováček / Martin Damm 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková defeated Amanda Coetzer / Inés Gorrochategui 6–4, 6–2 Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge defeated Martina Navratilova / Mark Woodforde 6–3, 7–6(8–6) Marcelo Ríos defeated Steven Downs 7–6, 6–3 Maria Francesca Bentivoglio defeated Yuka Yoshida 7–6, 6–4 Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams defeated Ben Ellwood / James Sekulov 6–3, 6–3 Nicole London / Julie Steven defeated Hiroko Mochizuki / Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 6–4 Total prize money for the event was $9,022,000.

In the Seinfeld episode "The Lip Reader" Jerry and George visit the 1993 US Open, where they can be seen sitting in the stands of an undisclosed outer court watching one of the three women's singles matches featuring a Croat.

Kramer is also seen watching the Open on TV, where the reporter can be heard crediting a match win to Natalia Baudone, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, over Mary Pierce.

Kramer becomes a 'ballman' for the tournament later in the episode and accidentally injures Monica Seles in the final.