1991 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
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Women's doubles | |
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1991 Wimbledon Championships | |
Champions | Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva |
Runners-up | Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná |
Score | 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 |
Draw | 64 (4 Q / 4 WC ) |
Seeds | 16 |
Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva defeated the defending champion Jana Novotná and her partner Gigi Fernández in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but did not play together. Suková partnered Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
Seeds
- 1. Puerto Rico Gigi Fernández / Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná (final)
- 2. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva (champions)
- 3. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
- 4. United States Mary Joe Fernández / United States Zina Garrison (semifinals)
- 5. United States Kathy Jordan / United States Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
- 6. Australia Nicole Provis / Australia Elizabeth Smylie (third round)
- 7. United States Gretchen Magers / United States Robin White (quarterfinals)
- 8. United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver (semifinals)
- 9. United States Elise Burgin / United States Patty Fendick (first round)
- 10. United States Katrina Adams / Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
- 11. United States Jennifer Capriati / Argentina Mercedes Paz (third round)
- 12. Canada Jill Hetherington / United States Kathy Rinaldi (third round)
- 13. Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / South Africa Elna Reinach (third round)
- 14. France Nathalie Tauziat / Austria Judith Wiesner (third round)
- 15. South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer / Netherlands Brenda Schultz (second round)
- 16. South Africa Lise Gregory / United States Alysia May (second round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
- ↑ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.