The 1991 French Open was a
tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s at the
Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 95th staging of the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
, and the second
Grand Slam tennis event of 1991.
Seniors
Men's singles
Jim Courier defeated
Andre Agassi, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
* It was Courier's third title of the year, and his fourth overall. It was his first career Grand Slam title.
Women's singles
Monica Seles defeated
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–4
* It was Seles's 4th title of the year, and her 14th overall. It was her 3rd career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd French Open title.
Men's doubles
John Fitzgerald /
Anders Järryd defeated
Rick Leach /
Jim Pugh, 6–0, 7–6
Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player.
Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in do ...
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Jana Novotná defeated
Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland ( uk, Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, lv, Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. ...
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Natalia Zvereva, 6–4, 6–0
Mixed doubles
Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...
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Cyril Suk defeated
Caroline Vis /
Paul Haarhuis, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Juniors
Boys' singles
Andrei Medvedev defeated
Thomas Enqvist, 6–4, 7–6
Girls' singles
Anna Smashnova
Anna Smashnova ( he, אנה סמשנובה, russian: Анна Смашнова; born July 16, 1976) is a Soviet-born Israeli former tennis player. She retired from professional tour after Wimbledon 2007.
Smashnova reached her career-high single ...
defeated
Inés Gorrochategui, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Boys' doubles
Thomas Enqvist /
Magnus Martinelle
Magnus Martinelle (born 8 February 1973) is a former tennis player from Sweden.
Tennis career Juniors
Martinelle was once Sweden's No. 1 junior player, and he was the runner-up at the 1991 Salk Open after losing the final to Alex Rădulescu in ...
defeated
Julian Knowle /
Johannes Unterberger, 6–1, 6–3
Girls' doubles
Eva Bes /
Inés Gorrochategui defeated
Zdeňka Málková
Zdeňka Málková (born 19 January 1975) is a former Czech tennis player who was crowned 1991 ITF World Champion in girls' singles.
Málková won five singles (including a $50,000 tournament in Karlovy Vary as a 16-year-old) and six doubles tit ...
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Eva Martincová
Eva Martincová (born 4 March 1975, in Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it ...
, 6–1, 6–3
Notes
External links
Official website
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1991 in French tennis
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