1991 French Open

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1991 French Open
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Date:   27 May - 9 June
Edition:   90th
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface:   Clay
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Venue:   Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Jim Courier
Women's Singles
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Men's Doubles
Australia John Fitzgerald / Sweden Anders Järryd
Women's Doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Mixed Doubles
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková / Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk
French Open
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The 1991 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 90th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1991.

Contents

Seniors

Men's singles[1]

United States Jim Courier def. United States Andre Agassi, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

  • It was Courier's 3rd title of the year, and his 4th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles def. Spain 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

Australia John Fitzgerald / Sweden Anders Järryd def. United States Rick Leach / United States Jim Pugh, 6–0, 7–6

Women's doubles

United States Gigi Fernández / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná def. Latvia Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Belarus Natalia Zvereva, 6–4, 6–0

Mixed doubles

Czechoslovakia Helena Suková / Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk def. Netherlands Caroline Vis / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Juniors

Boys' singles

Soviet Union Andrei Medvedev def. Sweden Thomas Enqvist, 6–4, 7–6

Girls' singles

Israel Anna Smashnova def. Argentina Inés Gorrochategui, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1

Boys' doubles

Sweden Thomas Enqvist / Sweden Magnus Martinelle

Girls' doubles

Spain Eva Bes / Argentina Inés Gorrochategui

Notes

  1. ^ It was the first all-American Men's Singles final since 1954, when Tony Trabert beat Art Larsen.
Preceded by
1990 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
1992 French Open
Preceded by
1991 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1991 Wimbledon Championships

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