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Martina Navratilova#5 def. Steffi Graf#1

7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 1991*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4
Loser	Steffi Graf

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Jun 14, 1969
Age	34	22
Height	173	176
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	1
Ranking points (entering)	137	239
Elo (entering)	2,290	2,450
Career W-L	1,427–227	866–109
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$21,895,277

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 7 – 7 Steffi Graf

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	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

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1991	F	Monica Seles	7-6(1) 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1991	QF	Conchita Martínez	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1991	R16	Judith Wiesner	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1991	R32	Eva Sviglerova	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1991	R64	Catherine Mothes Jobkel	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1991	R128	Andrea Temesvari	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data