ATP Australian Open 1991 Draw, Results & Schedule

Boris Becker won the 1991 Australian Open, defeating Ivan Lendl 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 14 to January 28, 1991. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.

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Champion
Boris Becker
def. Ivan Lendl , 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Dates
Jan 14 — Jan 28
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

Australian Open 1991 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Boris Becker #1 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× H2H Match data Jan 28, 1991* F
SF (2)
Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× 6-4 5-7 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 Stefan Edberg #12× CH H2H Match data Jan 27, 1991* SF
Boris Becker #2 6-7(2) 6-4 6-1 6-4 Patrick McEnroe #114 H2H Match data Jan 27, 1991* SF
QF (4)
Boris Becker #2 6-2 7-6 6-3 Guy Forget #13 H2H Match data Jan 25, 1991* QF
Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× 6-0 7-6 7-6 Goran Prpic #56 H2H Match data Jan 25, 1991* QF
Stefan Edberg #12× CH 6-2 6-3 6-2 Jaime Yzaga #86 H2H Match data Jan 25, 1991* QF
Patrick McEnroe #114 7-6 6-3 4-6 4-6 6-2 Cristiano Caratti #101 H2H Match data Jan 25, 1991* QF
R16 (8)
Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× 6-2 6-2 6-1 Aaron Krickstein #22 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Cristiano Caratti #101 6-3 6-4 6-7(4) 3-6 6-4 Richard Krajicek #113 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Goran Prpic #56 7-6(3) 6-7(3) 6-0 7-6(7) Jan Siemerink #132 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Stefan Edberg #12× CH 4-6 6-0 6-4 5-7 6-2 Jim Courier #23 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Jaime Yzaga #86 7-5 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-1 Mats Wilander #473× CH H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Guy Forget #13 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 Todd Woodbridge #48 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Patrick McEnroe #114 6-2 6-4 6-1 Mark Woodforde #94 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
Boris Becker #2 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4 Wayne Ferreira #173 H2H Match data Jan 23, 1991* R16
R32 (16)
Guy Forget #13 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 Michael Stich #33 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Mats Wilander #473× CH 7-6(6) 6-1 6-4 Brad Gilbert #10 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Todd Woodbridge #48 7-5 6-2 6-1 Jonas Svensson #11 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Goran Prpic #56 6-3 6-4 6-3 Goran Ivanisevic #8 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Patrick McEnroe #114 6-1 7-5 7-5 Jay Berger #18 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Cristiano Caratti #101 6-4 6-4 5-7 4-6 7-5 Glenn Layendecker #146 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Richard Krajicek #113 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 7-6(4) Darren Cahill #52 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Aaron Krickstein #22 6-4 6-4 6-1 Patrik Kuhnen #75 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Stefan Edberg #12× CH 7-6(6) 7-5 6-2 Pat Cash #84 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Mark Woodforde #94 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3 Grant Connell #97 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Jaime Yzaga #86 3-6 7-6(6) 6-1 6-3 Jimmy Arias #76 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 Magnus Gustafsson #26 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Boris Becker #2 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 0-6 4-6 14-12 Omar Camporese #45 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Wayne Ferreira #173 6-2 6-4 6-2 Jacco Eltingh #125 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Jim Courier #23 6-3 6-1 6-1 Jaime Oncins #110 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
Jan Siemerink #132 4-6 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-1 Mark Koevermans #51 H2H Match data Jan 20, 1991* R32
R64 (32)
Mark Woodforde #94 7-6(3) 6-3 6-3 Bryan Shelton H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jonas Svensson #11 6-2 7-5 3-6 6-1 Francisco Clavet #91 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Todd Woodbridge #48 6-1 0-6 6-2 7-6(4) Christian Bergstrom #63 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Guy Forget #13 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-2 Alexander Mronz #87 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Goran Ivanisevic #8 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 Ramesh Krishnan H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Darren Cahill #52 4-6 2-6 6-3 7-5 7-5 Andrei Cherkasov #20 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jimmy Arias #76 6-3 6-1 6-2 Bart Wuyts #143 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Glenn Layendecker #146 3-6 1-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 Peter Lundgren #65 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jan Siemerink #132 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-4 6-2 Carl Uwe Steeb #77 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jacco Eltingh #125 6-1 3-6 7-6(4) 3-6 6-1 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #53 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jaime Yzaga #86 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2 Michiel Schapers #172 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Boris Becker #2 6-4 6-1 6-3 Marian Vajda #68 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jim Courier #23 6-2 6-3 6-2 Gilad Bloom #72 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Brad Gilbert #10 4-6 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-0 Richard Fromberg #28 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jay Berger #18 6-1 6-3 6-0 Todd Witsken #57 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Goran Prpic #56 6-3 6-1 6-1 Luiz Mattar #43 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Michael Stich #33 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(2) Martin Jaite #35 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Mark Koevermans #51 6-3 6-3 6-3 Jason Stoltenberg #107 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Mats Wilander #473× CH 7-6 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-4 Christian Saceanu #151 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Patrik Kuhnen #75 6-2 6-4 6-4 Slava Dosedel #144 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× 7-6(3) 6-3 6-2 Scott Davis #62 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Richard Krajicek #113 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4 Petr Korda #39 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Grant Connell #97 6-1 7-5 6-2 Anders Jarryd #71 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Jaime Oncins #110 6-3 6-0 6-2 Nuno Marques #104 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Stefan Edberg #12× CH 6-1 6-2 6-3 Eduardo Masso #124 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Omar Camporese #45 7-5 7-5 3-6 6-3 Paul Haarhuis #55 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Magnus Gustafsson #26 7-5 3-6 7-6(4) 6-0 Wally Masur #50 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Cristiano Caratti #101 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 David Engel #118 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Aaron Krickstein #22 7-5 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 Amos Mansdorf #37 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Pat Cash #84 7-6(6) 6-4 6-4 Christo Van Rensburg H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Wayne Ferreira #173 6-2 6-4 7-6(8) Lars Anders Wahlgren #250 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
Patrick McEnroe #114 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-1 Johan Anderson #161 H2H Match data Jan 18, 1991* R64
R128 (64)
Johan Anderson #161 6-2 6-4 6-3 Aki Rahunen #73 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Darren Cahill #52 6-1 6-4 6-3 Jonathan Canter #190 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Brad Gilbert #10 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) David Wheaton #34 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Amos Mansdorf #37 6-0 6-3 6-3 Andrew Sznajder #98 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Christian Bergstrom #63 6-4 6-2 1-6 7-6(4) Cedric Pioline #119 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Anders Jarryd #71 6-4 6-3 6-1 Gary Muller — Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Eduardo Masso #124 6-7(4) 6-1 6-7(6) 6-3 8-6 Brad Pearce #81 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Magnus Gustafsson #26 6-1 6-0 6-3 Jamie Morgan #180 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Richard Fromberg #28 6-4 7-6(5) 7-5 Peter Doohan #331 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
David Engel #118 6-3 2-6 6-1 6-0 Kelly Evernden #100 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jaime Oncins #110 6-3 6-3 7-5 John Arbanas #862 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Mark Koevermans #51 6-4 6-2 3-6 2-6 6-0 David Pate #95 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Stefan Edberg #12× CH 6-1 7-6(6) 6-2 Dimitri Poliakov #162 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Martin Jaite #35 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-7(4) 6-4 Luis Herrera #105 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Glenn Layendecker #146 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-7(7) 6-2 Udo Riglewski #93 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jan Siemerink #132 6-3 6-3 6-3 Jose Francisco Altur #112 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Michiel Schapers #172 6-3 6-2 2-6 6-2 Martin Sinner #102 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Carl Uwe Steeb #77 6-2 6-2 6-3 Claudio Pistolesi #115 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Todd Woodbridge #48 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-1 Mark Kaplan #181 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Francisco Clavet #91 6-7(7) 6-2 6-1 6-2 Andrew Castle #234 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Alexander Mronz #87 6-4 6-4 6-4 John Fitzgerald #196 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Pat Cash #84 6-2 6-4 6-1 Karel Novacek #32 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Cristiano Caratti #101 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-3 Broderick Dyke #178 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Grant Connell #97 6-1 6-4 6-2 Nicklas Kroon #129 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Petr Korda #39 6-1 1-6 1-6 6-4 7-5 Alexander Volkov #24 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jay Berger #18 6-3 6-4 6-0 Magnus Larsson #44 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Richard Krajicek #113 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 Fabrice Santoro #46 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Nuno Marques #104 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4 Joao Cunha Silva — Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Bryan Shelton 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 6-4 Paolo Cane #131 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jacco Eltingh #125 3-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 Robbie Weiss #90 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Guy Forget #13 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4 Horst Skoff #25 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Marian Vajda #68 2-6 6-4 7-5 6-3 Brian Garrow #96 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jimmy Arias #76 6-0 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-4 Andrei Chesnokov #12 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Goran Prpic #56 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-2 Jim Pugh #120 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Slava Dosedel #144 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-3 Javier Frana #184 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Ivan Lendl #3DEF · 2× 6-1 6-1 6-3 Tarik Benhabiles #109 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Christo Van Rensburg 6-3 6-1 7-5 Mark Kratzmann #82 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Luiz Mattar #43 6-4 7-5 6-7(3) 6-3 Nicklas Kulti #40 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Boris Becker #2 6-4 6-2 6-3 Jeremy Bates #142 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Mark Woodforde #94 0-6 7-5 7-6(5) 6-2 Emilio Sanchez #9 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Paul Haarhuis #55 2-6 6-1 6-2 7-6(3) Javier Sanchez #66 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Wally Masur #50 6-1 6-2 6-2 Sandon Stolle #216 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Scott Davis #62 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 Alex Antonitsch #60 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Ramesh Krishnan 7-6(6) (ret.) Eric Jelen #64 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Peter Lundgren #65 7-6(3) 3-6 7-6(2) 6-1 Leonardo Lavalle #188 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Omar Camporese #45 3-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4 Markus Zoecke #166 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Lars Anders Wahlgren #250 4-6 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3 9-7 Marc Rosset #21 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Gilad Bloom #72 7-5 6-2 6-3 Diego Perez #130 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Christian Saceanu #151 2-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 7-5 Jeff Tarango #128 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Mats Wilander #473× CH 7-6(5) 6-3 6-4 Heath Denman #430 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Andrei Cherkasov #20 3-6 6-4 6-1 4-6 10-8 Derrick Rostagno #41 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Patrick McEnroe #114 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3 Thomas Hogstedt #89 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Todd Witsken #57 6-0 6-1 6-0 Kelly Jones #135 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Bart Wuyts #143 5-7 5-7 6-4 7-6(3) 9-7 Lars Jonsson #79 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jaime Yzaga #86 6-4 6-4 6-2 Daniel Vacek #518 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #53 6-1 6-0 6-0 Renzo Furlan #80 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Aaron Krickstein #22 6-4 6-4 6-4 Simon Youl #152 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Patrik Kuhnen #75 7-5 6-4 7-6(4) Guillaume Raoux #83 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jim Courier #23 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jan Gunnarsson #103 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Michael Stich #33 4-6 5-7 7-6(5) 6-1 6-4 MaliVai Washington #92 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Goran Ivanisevic #8 6-4 0-6 6-1 6-4 Sergi Bruguera #31 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jonas Svensson #11 6-3 6-4 6-1 Thierry Champion #58 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Wayne Ferreira #173 6-1 6-3 6-2 Fernando Luna #111 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128
Jason Stoltenberg #107 0-6 6-4 7-5 6-4 Jakob Hlasek #17 H2H Match data Jan 16, 1991* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.

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