Events in Sports History in September 1993

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 1 Goran Ivanišević and Daniel Nestor play a 20–18 tiebreaker in their US Open first round match, eventually won by Ivanišević 6–4, 7–6, 7–6(20–18); longest tiebreak in US Open history

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 4 Mats Wilander beats fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors in a US Open marathon 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 1 minute; match ends at 2:26am

Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major Champion Mats Wilander

Sep 4 MLB New York Yankees 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium
Sep 4 Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca throws 4 touchdown passes to Bobby Engram
Sep 7 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds
Sep 8 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
Sep 8 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in Astros' 7-1 win over NY Mets

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins 15th Grand Slam singles title, 3rd US title; beats Helena Suková 6-3, 6-3

Sports History

Sep 12 Paul Molitor at 37 is oldest to reach 100 RBIs for 1st time in career

Baseball Player and Manager Paul Molitor

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his second US title; beats Frenchman Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3

Baseball Record

Sep 16 Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 19th to get 3,000 hits

Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Dave Winfield

Sep 18 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
Sep 18 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
Sep 19 San Diego Chargers' kicker John Carney boots 6 field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston to set a new NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made

Sports History

Sep 19 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years

Sports History

Sep 22 Texas Ranger player Nolan Ryan at 46, pitches his last game

Sep 26 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning

Sep 26 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship; after race Prost announces his retirement at the end of the season