1991 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles
Appearance
Doubles | |
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1991 Virginia Slims Championships | |
Champions | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
Runners-up | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
Score | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Draw | 8 |
Seeds | 4 |
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Gigi Fernández and Jana Novotná in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1991 Virginia Slims Championships. It was Navratilova's 13th and last Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's tenth and last.
Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie were the reigning champions, but Jordan did not qualify this year; Smylie partnered Nicole Provis, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Fernández and Novotná.
Seeds
[edit]- Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná (final)
- Larisa Savchenko / Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková (semifinals)
- Mary Joe Fernández / Zina Garrison (semifinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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
Draw
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Nicole Provis Elizabeth Smylie | 3 | 4 | 1 | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
4 | Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison | 6 | 6 | 4 | Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gretchen Rush Robin White | 3 | 2 | 1 | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná | 6 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi | 3 | 7 | 0r | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
3 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6 | 7 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 5 |