Monica Seles #2 def. Martina Navratilova #5

7-6(1) 6-1

Monica Seles defeated Martina Navratilova 7-6(1) 6-1 in the 1991 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 1991*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1991
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Martina Navratilova
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Oct 18, 1956
Age	17	34
Height	178 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	236	137
Elo (entering)	2,378	2,321
Current career W-L	586–123	1,419–228
Current career earnings	$14,891,762	$21,626,089

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles #2 3 – 4 Martina Navratilova #5

Path

Monica Seles's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jennifer Capriati #7	6-3 3-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1991	SF
Gigi Fernandez #23	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1991	QF
Regina Rajchrtova #45	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1991	R16
Sara Gomer #105	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1991	R32
Emanuela Zardo #35	6-0 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1991	R64
Nicole Arendt #209	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1991	R128

Monica Seles's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Martina Navratilova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Steffi Graf #1	7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1991	SF
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #4	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 1991	QF
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #10	7-6(5) 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1991	R16
Pam Shriver #30	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 1, 1991	R32
Debbie Graham #47	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1991	R64
Patricia Tarabini #81	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1991	R128