1991 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

Singles
1991 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Champion Gabriela Sabatini
Runner-up Steffi Graf
Score7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Draw56 (2WC/8Q/2LL)
Seeds16

Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Gabriela Sabatini. The score was 7–5, 7–6(7–3).[1][2]

Seeds

The first eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Steffi Graf (final)
  2. Gabriela Sabatini (champion)
  3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
  4. Zina Garrison (quarterfinals)
  5. Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
  6. Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
  7. Leila Meskhi (quarterfinals)
  8. Sandra Cecchini (second round)
  9. Isabel Cueto (third round)
  10. Susan Sloane (first round)
  11. Mercedes Paz (first round)
  12. Sabine Hack (first round, retired)
  13. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (second round)
  14. Veronika Martinek (third round)
  15. Stephanie Rehe (first round)
  16. Patricia Hy (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Steffi Graf 6 6
6 Natasha Zvereva 0 2
1 Steffi Graf 6 6
Patty Fendick 0 1
4 Zina Garrison 1 4
Patty Fendick 6 6
1 Steffi Graf 5 63
2 Gabriela Sabatini 7 77
7 Leila Meskhi 1 61
3 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 77
3 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2 6 4
2 Gabriela Sabatini 6 2 6
5 Helena Suková 2 1
2 Gabriela Sabatini 6 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 S Graf 6 6
Q A Kerek 3 1 LL R Simpson-Alter 4 0
LL R Simpson-Alter 6 6 1 S Graf 6 6
E Brioukhovets 2 1 9 I Cueto 1 1
Q M de Swardt 6 6 Q M de Swardt 77 2 4
C Toleafoa 3 2 9 I Cueto 63 6 6
9 I Cueto 6 6 1 S Graf 6 6
14 V Martinek 4 77 6 6 N Zvereva 0 2
A Keller 6 62 3 14 V Martinek 6 6
P Langrová 5 P Langrová 3 3
C Benjamin 4r 14 V Martinek 6 2 1
Q J Emmons 64 6 6 6 N Zvereva 1 6 6
S Smith 77 4 3 Q J Emmons 1 2
6 N Zvereva 6 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Z Garrison 77 6
L Garrone 6 6 L Garrone 65 3
S Meier 3 3 4 Z Garrison 6 6
LL S Frankl 6 6 A Kanellopoulou 2 4
Q S Cacic 2 3 LL S Frankl 0 2
A Kanellopoulou 6 2 6 A Kanellopoulou 6 6
10 S Sloane 1 6 1 4 Z Garrison 1 4
12 S Hack 2r P Fendick 6 6
P Tarabini 3 P Tarabini 3 6 1
D Faber 2 1 P Fendick 6 0 6
P Fendick 6 6 P Fendick 6 6
F Labat 62 3 B Schultz 3 4
B Schultz 77 6 B Schultz 6 6
8 S Cecchini 3 0

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 L Meskhi 6 6
WC Julie Exum 5 3 A Temesvári 0 0
A Temesvári 7 6 7 L Meskhi 6 6
B Fulco 6 6 T Whitlinger 0 1
R Baranski 1 1 B Fulco 6 2 3
T Whitlinger 3 6 6 T Whitlinger 2 6 6
11 M Paz 6 3 2 7 L Meskhi 1 61
16 P Hy 2 6 4 3 A Sánchez Vicario 6 77
H Cioffi 6 4 6 H Cioffi 6 6
C Tessi 5 7 3 R Zrubáková 2 4
R Zrubáková 7 5 6 H Cioffi 3 1
L Harvey Wild 7 6 3 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6
Q S Farina 5 3 L Harvey Wild 3 0
3 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 H Suková 67 7 6
S Wasserman 6 65 3 WC C Rubin 79 5 2
WC C Rubin 3 77 6 5 H Suková 6 63 6
G Helgeson 6 65 6 G Helgeson 4 77 2
L Corsato 4 77 2 G Helgeson 6 65 6
Q M Lindström 0 2 13 C Kohde-Kilsch 3 77 4
13 C Kohde-Kilsch 6 6 5 H Suková 2 1
15 S Rehe 67 1 2 G Sabatini 6 6
Q C Kuhlman 79 6 Q C Kuhlman 4 6 4
Ca MacGregor 3 4 Q L Spadea 6 1 6
Q L Spadea 6 6 Q L Spadea 0 1
L Lapi 0 1 2 G Sabatini 6 6
F Bonsignori 6 6 F Bonsignori 1 0
2 G Sabatini 6 6

References

  1. ^ "Sabatini defeats Graf for 5th straight time". The Washington Post. 15 April 1991. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Sabatini battles back to edge Graf in Bausch & Lomb final". Deseret News. Associated Press. 15 April 1991. Retrieved 2 June 2025.