1991 Lipton International Players Championships – Women's singles

January 2025 1991 Lipton International Players Championships YUG Monica Seles ARG Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 7–5 96 32 Miami Open (tennis) Miami Open 1991 Lipton International Players Championships Defending champion Monica Seles defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1991 Miami Open. Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round. 1 1 GER Steffi Graf (semifinals) 2 8 YUG Monica Seles (champion) 3 3 ARG Gabriela Sabatini (final) 4 6 USA Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals) 5 4 USA Zina Garrison-Jackson (quarterfinals) 6 7 USA Jennifer Capriati (quarterfinals) 7 2 SUI Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (quarterfinals) 8 5 URS Natasha Zvereva (second round) 9 7 AUT Barbara Paulus (fourth round) 10 3 FRA Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round) 11 1 CAN Helen Kelesi (second round) 12 5 USA Amy Frazier (third round) 13 6 PER Laura Gildemeister (third round) 14 4 RSA 1928 Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer (second round) 15 8 JPN Naoko Sawamatsu (third round) 16 2 ITA Raffaella Reggi (fourth round) 17 6USA Lori McNeil (third round) 18 3NED Manon Bollegraf (second round) 19 2SWE Catarina Lindqvist (second round) 20 8USA Susan Sloane (second round) 21 1USA Gretchen Magers (third round) 22 5TCH Regina Rajchrtová (fourth round) 23 2USA Meredith McGrath (third round) 24 8USA Carrie Cunningham (second round) 25 3AUS Julie Halard (second round) 26 7USA Ann Grossman (third round) 27 1USA Marianne Werdel (fourth round) 28 6SUI Cathy Caverzasio (second round) 29 4GER Wiltrud Probst (second round) 30 5TCH Eva Švíglerová (third round) 31 7USA Stephanie Rehe (second round) 32 4AUS Elizabeth Smylie (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 170 1 GER Steffi Graf 6 6 7 SUI Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 1 3 3 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 6 6 5 USA Zina Garrison-Jackson 3 2 WC USA Ginger Helgeson 1 0 4 USA Mary Joe Fernández 6 6 6 USA Jennifer Capriati 6 1 4 2 YUG Monica Seles 2 6 6 1 GER Steffi Graf 6 66 1 3 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 0 78 6 4 USA Mary Joe Fernández 1 3 2 YUG Monica Seles 6 6 3 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 3 5 2 YUG Monica Seles 6 7 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round WC USA E deLone 6 6 LL FRA C Suire 0 3 USA C Benjamin 6 0 1 USA ML Daniels 2 6 6 BUL M Maleeva 2 6 6 WC USA Cam MacGregor 6 4 1 Q GBR C Wood 6 7 NED P Kamstra 2 5 1 GER S Graf 6 6 WC USA E deLone 1 2 USA ML Daniels 5 4 21 USA G Magers 7 6 27 USA M Werdel 6 7 BUL M Maleeva 2 5 GBR C Wood 7 2 7 11 CAN H Kelesi 5 6 5 1 GER S Graf 6 6 21 USA G Magers 3 0 27 USA M Werdel 6 6 GBR C Wood 3 1 1 GER S Graf 6 6 27 USA M Werdel 0 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round URS L Neiland 6 6 TCH K Habšudová 2 3 ITA L Ferrando 6 0 6 URS N Medvedeva 4 6 2 USA D Faber 6 77 BUL E Pampoulova 3 61 NED B Schultz 711 6 USA S Martin 69 4 16 ITA R Reggi 3 6 6 URS L Neiland 6 3 4 ITA L Ferrando 6 2 3 23 USA M McGrath 2 6 6 19 SWE C Lindqvist 6 65 3 USA D Faber 2 77 6 NED B Schultz 3 65 7 SUI M Maleeva-Fragniere 6 77 16 ITA R Reggi 1 6 6 23 USA M McGrath 6 1 0 USA D Faber 2 3 7 SUI M Maleeva-Fragniere 6 6 16 ITA R Reggi 0 4 7 SUI M Maleeva-Fragniere 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA A Henricksson 6 6 Q USA S Schefflin 4 1 WC USA C Rubin 6 7 LL FRA M Laval 4 5 Q NZL C Toleafoa 6 6 WC PER P Vásquez 4 2 CAN P Hy 6 6 USA R White 2 0 3 ARG G Sabatini 6 6 28 USA A Henricksson 1 1 WC USA C Rubin 6 7 18 NED M Bollegraf 4 5 25 FRA J Halard 6 1 5 Q NZL C Toleafoa 2 6 7 CAN P Hy 3 4 10 FRA N Tauziat 6 6 3 ARG G Sabatini 6 6 WC USA C Rubin 1 3 Q NZL C Toleafoa 2 6 2 10 FRA N Tauziat 6 3 6 3 ARG G Sabatini 6 6 10 FRA N Tauziat 3 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA M Pierce 6 6 WC USA M Louie Harper 2 0 GBR S Loosemore 5 3 GER B Rittner 7 6 JPN K Date 67 6 5 USA D Graham 79 3 7 FRA A Dechaume 4 7 4 JPN N Miyagi 6 5 6 14 RSA 1928 R Fairbank-Nideffer 2 66 FRA M Pierce 6 78 GER B Rittner 77 6 29 GER W Probst 62 2 32 AUS E Smylie 6 3 6 USA D Graham 3 6 3 JPN N Miyagi 7 4 5 5 USA Z Garrison-Jackson 5 6 7 FRA M Pierce 6 6 GER B Rittner 3 2 32 AUS E Smylie 4 1 5 USA Z Garrison-Jackson 6 6 FRA M Pierce 3 4 5 USA Z Garrison-Jackson 6 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round GBR J Durie 3 3 WC USA G Helgeson 6 6 USA T Whitlinger 6 6 LL BEL S Wasserman 3 0 JPN T Takagi 3 2 GBR M Javer 6 6 Q FIN P Thorén 6 2 66 AUT M Maruska 3 6 78 8 URS N Zvereva 2 3 WC USA G Helgeson 6 6 USA T Whitlinger 77 5 4 30 TCH E Švíglerová 63 7 6 22 TCH R Rajchrtová 3 6 7 GBR M Javer 6 4 5 AUT M Maruska 1 1 12 USA A Frazier 6 6 WC USA G Helgeson 6 6 30 TCH E Švíglerová 3 0 22 TCH R Rajchrtová 77 2 6 12 USA A Frazier 62 6 4 WC USA G Helgeson 4 6 6 22 TCH R Rajchrtová 6 3 3 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round FRA C Mothes 2 1 SWE C Dahlman 6 6 Q NED M Oremans 3 5 USA P Shriver 6 7 FRA K Quentrec 3 6 7 FRA I Demongeot 6 3 5 USA K Rinaldi 64 3 USA A Keller 77 6 13 PER L Gildemeister 6 6 SWE C Dahlman 3 3 USA P Shriver 6 6 28 SUI C Caverzasio 1 4 17 USA L McNeil 6 7 FRA K Quentrec 3 5 USA A Keller 3 2 4 USA MJ Fernández 6 6 12 PER L Gildemeister 3 2 USA P Shriver 6 6 17 USA L McNeil 1 2 4 USA MJ Fernández 6 6 USA P Shriver 2 4 4 USA MJ Fernández 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q ISR Y Segal 4 1 USA G Fernández 6 6 WC USA L Bonder-Kreiss 1 5 USA S Smith 6 7 GER C Porwik 7 6 USA L Harvey-Wild 5 2 GBR S Gomer 6 6 FRA N Herreman 4 3 6 USA J Capriati 6 6 USA G Fernández 3 2 USA S Smith 5 4 26 USA A Grossman 7 6 31 USA S Rehe 64 1 GER C Porwik 77 6 GBR S Gomer 3 7 2 9 AUT B Paulus 6 5 6 6 USA J Capriati d 26 USA A Grossman 5 2 GER C Porwik 3 2 9 AUT B Paulus 6 6 6 USA J Capriati 6 6 9 AUT B Paulus 1 3 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round RSA 1928 A Coetzer 7 6 URS E Brioukhovets 5 4 Q FRA N Housset 64 2 ARG F Labat 77 6 Alt CAN R Simpson-Alter 3 4 GER K Kschwendt 6 6 USA P Fendick 4 3 USA H Cioffi 6 6 15 JPN N Sawamatsu 4 6 7 RSA 1928 A Coetzer 6 2 5 ARG F Labat 4 6 6 24 USA C Cunningham 6 4 0 20 USA S Sloane 6 1 4 GER K Kschwendt 4 6 6 USA H Cioffi 1 3 2 YUG M Seles 6 6 15 JPN N Sawamatsu 6 65 2 ARG F Labat 1 77 6 GER K Kschwendt 0 1 2 YUG M Seles 6 6 ARG F Labat 5 0 2 YUG M Seles 7 6 Qualifying Seeds 1 USA Camille Benjamin (Promoted to Main Draw) 2 8 USA Renata Baranski (second round) 3 6 ARG Bettina Fulco (second round) 4 3 FRA Nathalie Guerrée (first round) 5 5 GBR Clare Wood (qualified) 6 4 GER Eva Pfaff (second round) 7 7 FRA Maïder Laval (qualifying competition) 8 2 AUS Michelle Jaggard (second round) 9 9 BEL Sandra Wasserman (qualified) 10 1 USA Hu Na (first round) 11 7 BRA Cláudia Chabalgoity (second round) 12 4 NZL Claudine Toleafoa (qualified) 13 8 FRA Noëlle van Lottum (first round) 14 2 FRA Pascale Etchemendy (first round) 15 3 BRA Andrea Vieira (first round) 16 6 NZL Julie Richardson (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 1CAN Rene Simpson-Alter 2USA Stacey Schefflin 3FRA Nathalie Housset 4NZL Claudine Toleafoa 5GBR Clare Wood 6ISR Yael Segal 7NED Miriam Oremans 8FIN Petra Thorén Draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 DEN Tine Scheuer-Larsen 2 7 1 CAN Rene Simpson-Alter 6 5 6 USA Luanne Spadea 6 77 USA Shawn Foltz 3 64 FRA Marie-Christine Damas 1 4 FRA Catherine Suire 6 6 USA Kim Steinmetz 6 3 10 USA Hu Na 1 0r CAN Rene Simpson-Alter 6 5 6 USA Luanne Spadea 4 7 1 FRA Catherine Suire 6 711 USA Kim Steinmetz 3 69 CAN Rene Simpson-Alter 6 6 FRA Catherine Suire 4 1 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 FRA Pascale Etchemendy 3 4 JPN Rika Hiraki 6 6 USA Michelle Jackson-Nobrega 6 3 66 USA Stacey Schefflin 3 6 78 ESP Pilar Pérez 6 6 USA Sandra Cacic 1 3 FRA Sophie Amiach 3 66 8 AUS Michelle Jaggard 6 78 JPN Rika Hiraki 65 78 63 USA Stacey Schefflin 77 66 77 ESP Pilar Pérez 6 2 7 8 AUS Michelle Jaggard 3 6 5 USA Stacey Schefflin 3 77 6 ESP Pilar Pérez 6 64 4 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 FRA Nathalie Guerrée 1 6 4 AUS Jo-Anne Faull 6 1 6 ITA Silvia La Fratta 4 3 USA Beverly Bowes 6 6 FRA Nathalie Housset 4 6 6 RSA 1928 Lise Gregory 6 2 3 CAN Maureen Drake 61 711 6 15 BRA Andrea Vieira 77 69 4 AUS Jo-Anne Faull 3 1 USA Beverly Bowes 6 6 FRA Nathalie Housset 6 7 CAN Maureen Drake 1 5 USA Beverly Bowes 4 7 5 FRA Nathalie Housset 6 5 7 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 NZL Claudine Toleafoa 7 6 USA Amy Schwartz 5 0 USA Akiko Gooden 7 6 USA Alysia May 5 3 GER Anouschka Popp 77 6 CAN Jill Hetherington 65 4 BEL Ann Devries 2 3 6 GER Eva Pfaff 6 6 12 NZL Claudine Toleafoa 7 6 USA Akiko Gooden 5 2 GER Anouschka Popp 3 6 6 6 GER Eva Pfaff 6 4 4 12 NZL Claudine Toleafoa 6 6 GER Anouschka Popp 2 2 Fifth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 GBR Clare Wood 0 6 6 USA Niurka Sodupe 6 0 0 FRA Sandrine Testud 6 6 NED Carin Bakkum 1 1 GER Sabine Auer 6 4 6 NED Hellas ter Riet 4 6 3 USA Anne Mall 65 77 64 BEL Sandra Wasserman 77 65 77 5 GBR Clare Wood 6 6 FRA Sandrine Testud 2 3 GER Sabine Auer 6 5 2 BEL Sandra Wasserman 3 7 6 5 GBR Clare Wood 6 6 BEL Sandra Wasserman 3 3 Sixth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 NZL Julie Richardson 6 6 NED Caroline Vis 4 3 HUN Petra Schmitt 3 6 7 AUS Rennae Stubbs 6 4 5 ISR Yael Segal 0 6 6 FRA Sybille Niox-Château 6 4 4 USA Kathy Jordan 2 6 5 3 ARG Bettina Fulco 6 4 7 16 NZL Julie Richardson 6 6 HUN Petra Schmitt 4 4 ISR Yael Segal 6 7 6 ARG Bettina Fulco 2 65 16 NZL Julie Richardson 4r ISR Yael Segal 4 Seventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Maïder Laval 4 6 7 INA Suzanna Wibowo 6 4 5 USA Louise Allen 1 1 USA Katrina Adams 6 6 NED Miriam Oremans 6 6 USA Elly Hakami 2 4 USA Pam Casale-Telford 2 4 11 BRA Cláudia Chabalgoity 6 6 7 FRA Maïder Laval 4 6 6 USA Katrina Adams 6 2 3 NED Miriam Oremans 77 6 11 BRA Cláudia Chabalgoity 62 3 FRA Maïder Laval 1 2 NED Miriam Oremans 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 FRA Noëlle van Lottum 4 6 4 USA Pam Nelson 6 1 6 FIN Petra Thorén 1 6 6 USA Elise Burgin 6 2 4 USA Sandy Collins 3 6 6 GER Katharina Düll 6 3 0 USA Tammy Whittington 6 1 3 2 USA Renata Baranski 4 6 6 USA Pam Nelson 61 0 FIN Petra Thorén 77 6 USA Sandy Collins 78 6 2 USA Renata Baranski 66 0 FIN Petra Thorén 6 6 USA Sandy Collins 3 3 References Main and Qualifying Draws Official results archive (WTA) Women's Singles