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Monica Seles#2 def. Martina Navratilova#5

7-6(1) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Monica Seles
Score	7-6(1) 6-1
Loser	Martina Navratilova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Martina Navratilova
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Oct 18, 1956
Age	17	34
Height	178	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	5
Ranking points (entering)	236	137
Elo (entering)	2,377	2,313
Career W-L	578–121	1,427–227
Career earnings	$14,891,762	$21,626,089

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles 3 – 4 Martina Navratilova

Path

Monica Seles's path

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

Monica Seles's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Martina Navratilova's path

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