1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 1991 Wimbledon Championships GER Steffi Graf ARG Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 128 (8 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wildcards) 16 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 1991 Wimbledon Championships Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was her third Wimbledon singles title and tenth major singles title overall. It was Sabatini's third and last appearance in a major final. Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Jennifer Capriati. Seeds 1 1 GER Steffi Graf (champion) 2 8 ARG Gabriela Sabatini (final) 3 6 USA Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals) 4 3 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) 5 4 USA Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals) 6 5 TCH Jana Novotná (second round) 7 2 USA Zina Garrison (quarterfinals) 8 7 BUL Katerina Maleeva (fourth round) 9 5 USA Jennifer Capriati (semifinals) 10 3 TCH Helena Suková (first round) 11 8 FRA Nathalie Tauziat (fourth round) 12 7 URS Natasha Zvereva (second round) 13 2 GER Anke Huber (fourth round) 14 1 USA Amy Frazier (fourth round) 15 6 ITA Sandra Cecchini (first round) 16 4 AUT Judith Wiesner (fourth round) The original #1 seed Monica Seles withdrew due to injury before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 2-15 moved up one place, and a new #16 seed was added. Qualifying 1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 GER Steffi Graf 6 6 7 USA Zina Garrison 1 3 4 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 5 5 USA Mary Joe Fernández 6 7 9 USA Jennifer Capriati 6 7 3 USA Martina Navratilova 4 5 PER Laura Gildemeister 2 1 2 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 6 6 1 GER Steffi Graf 6 6 5 USA Mary Joe Fernández 2 4 9 USA Jennifer Capriati 4 4 2 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 6 6 1 GER Steffi Graf 6 3 8 2 ARG Gabriela Sabatini 4 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 GER S Graf 6 6 BEL S Appelmans 2 2 GER C Porwik 4 1 USA M Louie Harper 6 6 USA K Rinaldi 5 2 FRA N Herreman 7 6 USA A Henricksson 4 64 INA Y Basuki 6 77 FRA J Halard 6 2 6 LL NZL C Toleafoa 1 6 3 USA D Graham 3 2 USA M Werdel 6 6 ITA F Bonsignori 1 1 USA R White 6 6 LUX K Kschwendt 63 4 14 USA A Frazier 77 6 1 GER S Graf 6 6 USA M Louie Harper 0 1 FRA N Herreman 4 4 INA Y Basuki 6 6 FRA J Halard 2 4 USA M Werdel 6 6 USA R White 5 4 14 USA A Frazier 7 6 1 GER S Graf 6 6 INA Y Basuki 2 3 USA M Werdel 2 1 14 USA A Frazier 6 6 1 GER S Graf 6 6 14 USA A Frazier 2 1 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 GER A Huber 6 6 GER V Martinek 1 2 USA T Whitlinger 6 6 BUL M Maleeva 1 3 NED M Bollegraf 6 6 WC GBR V Humphreys-Davies 4 4 GBR J Durie 6 6 CAN H Kelesi 3 2 JPN 1947 N Miyagi 0 3 SUI E Zardo 6 6 SWE M Strandlund 6 77 JPN 1947 R Hiraki 2 65 BUL E Pampoulova 2 6 6 WC GBR B Borneo 6 3 4 GBR S Gomer 3 3 7 USA Z Garrison 6 6 13 GER A Huber 6 6 USA T Whitlinger 2 1 NED M Bollegraf 6 5 6 GBR J Durie 3 7 3 SUI E Zardo 4 4 SWE M Strandlund 6 6 BUL E Pampoulova 3 1 7 USA Z Garrison 6 6 13 GER A Huber 6 65 6 NED M Bollegraf 3 77 0 SWE M Strandlund 3 3 7 USA Z Garrison 6 6 13 GER A Huber 6 3 0 7 USA Z Garrison 4 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 GER B Rittner 1 2 ITA F Romano 65 2 RSA 1928 A Coetzer 77 6 TCH P Langrová 4 5 USA L McNeil 6 7 SUI C Bartos-Cserepy 2 2 JPN 1947 N Sawamatsu 6 6 LL AUS J-A Faull 6 6 AUS K Godridge 0 2 AUS A Minter 6 6 USA S Martin 4 0 USA D Faber 6 64 6 SUI C Caverzasio 3 77 2 PUR 1952 G Fernández 4 6 6 10 TCH H Suková 6 1 4 4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 RSA 1928 A Coetzer 4 1 USA L McNeil 3 6 6 JPN 1947 N Sawamatsu 6 2 2 LL AUS J-A Faull 3 2 AUS A Minter 6 6 USA D Faber 5 5 PUR 1952 G Fernández 7 7 4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 USA L McNeil 2 4 AUS A Minter 6 6 PUR 1952 G Fernández 3 3 4 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 3 6 AUS A Minter 5 6 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 AUT J Wiesner 6 6 USA N Cioffi 1 2 URS L Savchenko 6 65 8 HUN A Temesvári 2 77 6 WC GBR B Griffiths 1 3 GER C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6 Q NED N Jagerman 7 6 Q NED M Oremans 5 4 USA P Shriver 6 7 USA A Leand 0 5 USA E deLone 6 2 4 ARG B Fulco 3 6 6 USA A Keller 7 6 ITA L Golarsa 5 3 Q NED P Kamstra 2 4 5 USA MJ Fernández 6 6 16 AUT J Wiesner 6 6 URS L Savchenko 3 0 GER C Kohde-Kilsch 77 6 Q NED N Jagerman 62 2 USA P Shriver 6 6 ARG B Fulco 0 3 USA A Keller 65 1 5 USA MJ Fernández 77 6 16 AUT J Wiesner 3 7 6 GER C Kohde-Kilsch 6 5 1 USA P Shriver 3 5 5 USA MJ Fernández 6 7 16 AUT J Wiesner 0 5 5 USA MJ Fernández 6 7 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 TCH J Novotná 6 6 LL AUS N Pratt 3 0 NED B Schultz 6 6 AUT B Reinstadler 3 0 USA E Nagelsen 2 1 URS E Brioukhovets 6 6 GBR S Smith 6 4 2 AUS N Provis 3 6 6 GER W Probst 78 7 TCH E Švíglerová 66 5 Q BEL E Callens 77 2 7 FRA N van Lottum 61 6 5 TCH R Zrubáková 77 6 AUS R McQuillan 64 2 USA S Stafford 0 5 9 USA J Capriati 6 7 6 TCH J Novotná 6 65 4 NED B Schultz 4 77 6 URS E Brioukhovets 77 6 AUS N Provis 63 4 GER W Probst 77 6 Q BEL E Callens 65 3 TCH R Zrubáková 2 3 9 USA J Capriati 6 6 NED B Schultz 5 6 7 URS E Brioukhovets 7 4 5 GER W Probst 3 6 3 9 USA J Capriati 6 1 6 NED B Schultz 6 1 1 9 USA J Capriati 3 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 ITA A-M Cecchini 3 6 1 AUS E Smylie 6 3 6 USA S Sloane 2 2 Q FRA C Suire 6 6 Q FRA I Demongeot 1 0 SWE C Lindqvist 6 6 TCH K Habšudová 6 6 SWE C Dahlman 3 2 WC GBR S Bentley 6 5 1 JPN 1947 M Kidowaki 1 7 6 ITA L Garrone 6 77 USA G Magers 4 65 FRA A Dechaume 4 4 WC GBR A Grunfeld 6 6 RSA 1928 E Reinach 6 2 4 3 USA M Navratilova 4 6 6 AUS E Smylie 6 6 Q FRA C Suire 3 4 SWE C Lindqvist 6 6 TCH K Habšudová 3 2 JPN 1947 M Kidowaki 4 3 ITA L Garrone 6 6 WC GBR A Grunfeld 3 1 3 USA M Navratilova 6 6 AUS E Smylie 1 65 SWE C Lindqvist 6 77 ITA L Garrone 2 2 3 USA Navratilova 6 6 SWE C Lindqvist 1 3 3 USA M Navratilova 6 6 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 BUL K Maleeva 7 6 WC GBR J Salmon 5 3 WC GBR K Hand 0 4 USA A Grossman 6 6 RSA 1928 R Fairbank-Nideffer 2 6 0 CAN P Hy 6 3 6 FRA P Paradis-Mangon 6 6 Q AUS K Radford 3 2 USA S Rehe 3 6 4 RSA 1928 M de Swardt 6 3 6 GBR C Wood 4 4 PER L Gildemeister 6 6 USA L Harvey-Wild 6 6 USA L Bonder-Kreiss 4 2 ARG C Tessi 63 4 12 URS N Zvereva 77 6 8 BUL K Maleeva 6 6 USA A Grossman 4 4 CAN P Hy 4 6 6 FRA P Paradis-Mangon 6 4 2 RSA 1928 M de Swardt 4 1 PER L Gildemeister 6 6 USA L Harvey-Wild 6 6 12 URS N Zvereva 4 1 8 BUL K Maleeva 6 6 CAN P Hy 3 4 PER L Gildemeister 2 USA L Harvey-Wild 2r 8 BUL K Maleeva 6 2 3 PER L Gildemeister 3 6 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 FRA N Tauziat 6 7 TCH R Rajchrtová 4 5 JPN 1947 A Kijimuta 6 6 ARG M Paz 1 3 LL CAN J Hetherington 65 6 1 USA P Fendick 77 4 6 ITA L Ferrando 6 3 6 LL JPN 1947 K Date 4 6 2 USA G Helgeson 612 4 USA C Cunningham 714 6 TCH A Strnadová 6 7 WC GBR S Loosemore 4 5 Q AUS R Stubbs 2 2 FRA K Quentrec 6 6 GBR M Javer 4 0 2 ARG G Sabatini 6 6 11 FRA N Tauziat 3 6 6 JPN 1947 A Kijimuta 6 2 2 USA P Fendick 6 1 5 ITA L Ferrando 4 6 7 USA C Cunningham 1 3 TCH A Strnadová 6 6 FRA K Quentrec 4 2 2 ARG G Sabatini 6 6 11 FRA N Tauziat 6 6 ITA L Ferrando 1 1 TCH A Strnadová 1 3 2 ARG G Sabatini 6 6 11 FRA N Tauziat 63 3 2 ARG G Sabatini 77 6 References External links 1991 LS 1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 1991 French Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1991 US Open – Women's singles Women's Singles Women's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships