1991 Newsweek Champions Cup – Singles

January 2025 1991 Newsweek Champions Cup USA Jim Courier FRA Guy Forget 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) singles doubles 1991 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Virginia Slims of Palm Springs Jim Courier defeated Guy Forget in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1991 Indian Wells Masters. Stefan Edberg was the defending champion, but lost to Forget in the semifinals. Seeds The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round. 30em SWE Stefan Edberg (semifinals) USA Andre Agassi (third round) FRA Guy Forget (final) USA Pete Sampras (withdrew) YUG Goran Ivanišević (second round) AUT Thomas Muster (second round) ESP Emilio Sánchez (quarterfinals) ECU Andrés Gómez (second round) USA Michael Chang (quarterfinals) URS Andrei Cherkasov (third round) GER Michael Stich (semifinals) USA John McEnroe (second round) URS Alexander Volkov (second round) SUI Marc Rosset (second round) ESP Juan Aguilera (first round) USA Jim Courier (champion) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SWE Stefan Edberg 1 6 7 9 USA Michael Chang 6 2 5 3 FRA Guy Forget 7 6     USA Scott Davis 5 1   11 GER Michael Stich 6 2 6   USA Richey Reneberg 0 6 4 7 ESP Emilio Sánchez 2 2   16 USA Jim Courier 6 6   1 SWE Stefan Edberg 4 4   3 FRA Guy Forget 6 6   11 GER Michael Stich 3 2   16 USA Jim Courier 6 6   3 FRA Guy Forget 6 3 6 3 64 16 USA Jim Courier 4 6 4 6 77 Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ARG M Jaite 7 5 6   USA D Wheaton 5 7 4   AUS D Cahill 6 6     FIN V Paloheimo 3 4   Q USA S Bryan 6 6   15 ESP J Aguilera 3 1   9 USA M Chang 6 6     URU M Filippini 1 1     FRA H Leconte 66 3     USA J Arias 78 6     FRA J Fleurian 4 4   Q RSA 1928 W Ferreira 6 6   1 SWE S Edberg 6 6     ARG M Jaite 3 2     AUS D Cahill 77 6   Q USA S Bryan 61 2   9 USA M Chang 6 4 6   USA J Arias 4 6 1 Q RSA 1928 W Ferreira 6 77   8 ECU Gómez 4 65   1 SWE S Edberg 3 7 6   AUS D Cahill 6 5 2 9 USA M Chang 6 3 6 Q RSA 1928 W Ferreira 3 6 4 1 SWE S Edberg 1 6 7 9 USA M Chang 6 2 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP T Carbonell 6 6     RSA 1928 G Muller 4 1   Q USA D Goldie 4 5     USA D Rostagno 6 7     SWE P Lundgren 68 4   14 SUI M Rosset 710 6   12 USA J McEnroe 77 2 7   AUS W Masur 65 6 5   USA J Grabb 77 2 6   ISR G Bloom 65 6 1   USA S Davis 77 7     ESP J Sánchez 65 5   3 FRA G Forget 6 6     ESP T Carbonell 1 3     USA D Rostagno 7 6   14 SUI M Rosset 5 1   12 USA J McEnroe 67 5     USA J Grabb 79 7     USA S Davis 6 6   6 AUT T Muster 3 2   3 FRA G Forget 6 6     USA D Rostagno 3 1     USA J Grabb 4 4     USA S Davis 6 6   3 FRA G Forget 7 6     USA S Davis 5 1   Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FIN A Rahunen 1 4     FRA F Santoro 6 6   WC USA G Layendecker 4 6 6 Q USA K Jones 6 3 3   USA T Mayotte 3 1   11 GER M Stich 6 6   13 URS A Volkov 65 6 6   FRA T Champion 77 3 4   USA K Curren 77 67 66   USA R Reneberg 62 79 78 WC ITA C Caratti 1 7 62 Q ITA R Furlan 6 5 77 5 YUG G Ivanišević 0 2     FRA F Santoro 6 6   WC USA G Layendecker 3 63   11 GER M Stich 6 77   13 URS A Volkov 77 2 4   USA R Reneberg 64 6 6 Q ITA R Furlan 0 79 2 LL ESP F Clavet 6 67 6   FRA F Santoro 6 3 4 11 GER M Stich 4 6 6   USA R Reneberg 2 6 6 LL ESP F Clavet 6 3 0 11 GER M Stich 6 2 6   USA R Reneberg 0 6 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP S Bruguera 7 7     USA T Witsken 5 5   Q USA B Pearce 4 2     BRA L Mattar 6 6     TCH P Korda 5 1   10 URS A Cherkasov 7 6   16 USA J Courier 6 3 6 WC FRA G Raoux 4 6 2   TCH M Vajda 1 6 3 WC ZIM B Black 6 3 6 Q VEN 1930 M Ruah 3 1     YUG G Prpić 6 6   7 ESP E Sánchez 6 6     ESP S Bruguera 4 4     BRA L Mattar 5 77 4 10 URS A Cherkasov 7 65 6 16 USA J Courier 6 77     ZIM B Black 1 64     YUG G Prpić 3 4   2 USA A Agassi 6 6   7 ESP E Sánchez 6 77   10 URS A Cherkasov 3 62   16 USA J Courier 2 6 6 2 USA A Agassi 6 3 4 7 ESP E Sánchez 2 2   16 USA J Courier 6 6   References Singles Draw Newsweek Champions Cup - Singles