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1991 Virginia Slims Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1991 Virginia Slims Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-upUnited States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
Score4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw8
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1990 · Virginia Slims Championships · 1992 →

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

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Draw

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Key

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Draw

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
6 6
Australia Nicole Provis
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
3 4 1 United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
6 3 6
4 United States Mary Joe Fernández
United States Zina Garrison
6 6 4 United States Mary Joe Fernández
United States Zina Garrison
3 6 1
United States Gretchen Rush
United States Robin White
3 2 1 United States Gigi Fernández
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná
6 5 4
Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Kathy Rinaldi
3 7 0r United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
4 7 6
3 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6 5 2 3 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
4 2
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6 7 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6 6
2 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
1 5
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