1991 Wimbledon Championships


The 1991 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 105th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 24 June to 7 July 1991.
Due to heavy rain during the first week of the Championships, play was held on the "Middle Sunday", in this case 30 June, for the first time in the tournament's history.
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Prize money

The total prize money for 1991 championships was £4,010,970. The winner of the men's title earned £240,000 while the women's singles champion earned £216,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles£240,000£120,000£60,000£31,200£16,800£9,715£5,880£3,600
Women's singles£216,000£108,000£52,500£26,520£13,440£7,530£4,560£2,790
Men's doubles *£98,330£49,160£25,230£13,100£6,980£3,790£2,220
Women's doubles *£85,060£45,520£20,190£10,480£5,230£2,840£1,610
Mixed doubles *£41,720£20,860£10,430£4,800£2,400£1,200£540

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Michael Stich defeated Boris Becker, 6–4, 7–6, 6–4

Women's singles

Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6
  • It was Graf's 11th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd defeated Javier Frana / Leonardo Lavalle, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1
  • It was Fitzgerald's 7th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Wimbledon title. It was Järryd's 7th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd and last Wimbledon title.

Women's doubles

Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva defeated Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná 6–4, 3–6, 8–6
  • It was Savchenko's 2nd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title. It was Zvereva's 3rd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Mixed doubles

John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Smylie defeated Jim Pugh / Natasha Zvereva, 7–6, 6–2
  • It was Smylie's 4th and last career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Wimbledon title. It was Fitzgerald's 8th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd and last Wimbledon title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Thomas Enqvist defeated Michael Joyce, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' singles

Barbara Rittner defeated Elena Makarova, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Karim Alami / Greg Rusedski defeated John-Laffnie de Jager / Andriy Medvedev, 1–6, 7–6, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Catherine Barclay / Limor Zaltz defeated Joanne Limmer / Angie Woolcock, 6–4, 6–4

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Stefan Edberg '
  2. Boris Becker '
  3. Ivan Lendl '
  4. Jim Courier '
  5. Andre Agassi '
  6. Michael Stich
  7. Guy Forget '
  8. Pete Sampras '
  9. Michael Chang '
  10. Goran Ivanišević '
  11. Emilio Sánchez '
  12. Andrei Cherkasov '
  13. Jakob Hlasek '
  14. Karel Nováček '
  15. Brad Gilbert '
  16. John McEnroe ''''

Women's singles

  1. Steffi Graf
  2. Gabriela Sabatini '
  3. Martina Navratilova '
  4. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  5. Mary Joe Fernández '
  6. Jana Novotná '
  7. Zina Garrison '
  8. Katerina Maleeva '
  9. Jennifer Capriati '
  10. Helena Suková '
  11. Nathalie Tauziat '
  12. Natasha Zvereva '
  13. Anke Huber '
  14. Amy Frazier '
  15. Sandra Cecchini '
  16. Judith Wiesner ''''