1991 Australian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1991 Australian Open
Champion	Boris Becker
Runner-up	Ivan Lendl
Score	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	128
Seeds	16

Boris Becker defeated the two-time defending champion Ivan Lendl in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1991 Australian Open.[1][2]

Seeds

01.

Stefan Edberg (semifinals)

02.

Boris Becker (champion)

03.

Ivan Lendl (final)

04.

Pete Sampras (withdrew because of shin splints)[3]

05.

Goran Ivanišević (third round)

06.

Emilio Sánchez (first round)

07.

Brad Gilbert (third round)

08.

Jonas Svensson (third round)

09.

Andrei Chesnokov (first round)

10.

Guy Forget (quarterfinals)

11.

Jakob Hlasek (first round)

12.

Jay Berger (third round)

13.

Aaron Krickstein (fourth round)

14.

Andrei Cherkasov (second round)

15.

Marc Rosset (first round)

16.

Jim Courier (fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.^[a]

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Stefan Edberg	6	6	6

	Jaime Yzaga	2	3	2
							1	Stefan Edberg	4	7	6	6³	4

							3	Ivan Lendl	6	5	3	7⁷	6
3	Ivan Lendl	6	7⁷	7⁷

	Goran Prpić	0	6¹	6²
														3	Ivan Lendl	6	4	4	4

														2	Boris Becker	1	6	6	6
	Patrick McEnroe	7⁷	6	4	4	6

	Cristiano Caratti	6²	3	6	6	2
								Patrick McEnroe	7⁷	4	1	4

							2	Boris Becker	6²	6	6	6
10	Guy Forget	2	6²	3

2	Boris Becker	6	7⁷	6

Section 1

First round							Second round					Third round					Fourth round

1	S Edberg	6	7⁸	6
Q	D Poliakov	1	6⁶	2			1	S Edberg	6	6	6
	B Pearce	7⁷	1	7⁸	3	6		E Masso	1	2	3
	E Masso	6⁴	6	6⁶	6	8						1	S Edberg	7⁸	7	6
	K Nováček	2	4	1									P Cash	6⁶	5	2
	P Cash	6	6	6				P Cash	7⁸	6	6
	C van Rensburg	6	6	7				C van Rensburg	6⁶	4	4
	M Kratzmann	3	1	5													1	S Edberg	4	6	6	5	6
	N Marques	4	6	1	6	6											16	J Courier	6	0	4	7	2
	J Cunha e Silva	6	4	6	3	4		N Marques	3	0	2
Q	J Arbanas	3	3	5				J Oncins	6	6	6
	J Oncins	6	6	7									J Oncins	3	1	1
LL	D Pérez	5	2	3								16	J Courier	6	6	6
	G Bloom	7	6	6				G Bloom	2	3	2
	J Gunnarsson	3	4	2			16	J Courier	6	6	6
16	J Courier	6	6	6

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

9	A Chesnokov	0	3	6	6	4
	J Arias	6	6	4	2	6		J Arias	6	6	6
Q	B Wuyts	5	5	6	7⁷	9	Q	B Wuyts	3	1	2
	L Jönsson	7	7	4	6³	7									J Arias	6	6⁶	1	3
	J Yzaga	6	6	6											J Yzaga	3	7⁸	6	6
Q	D Vacek	4	4	2				J Yzaga	7⁷	6	6
LL	M Schapers	6	6	2	6		LL	M Schapers	6²	4	2
	M Sinner	3	2	6	2																J Yzaga	7	2	6	3	6
Q	C Saceanu	2	6	6	3	7															M Wilander	5	6	1	6	1
	J Tarango	6	3	2	6	5	Q	C Saceanu	6	4	6	6	4
	M Wilander	7⁷	6	6				M Wilander	7	6	3	4	6
WC	H Denman	6⁵	3	4											M Wilander	7⁸	6	6
WC	P Doohan	4	6⁵	5										7	B Gilbert	6⁶	1	4
	R Fromberg	6	7⁷	7				R Fromberg	6	4	4	6	0
	D Wheaton	4	6	3	6⁵		7	B Gilbert	4	6	6	4	6
7	B Gilbert	6	4	6	7⁷

Section 3

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

3	I Lendl	6	6	6
	T Benhabiles	1	1	3		3	I Lendl	7⁷	6	6
	S Davis	3	6	6	6		S Davis	6³	3	2
	A Antonitsch	6	2	4	3							3	I Lendl	4	6	6	6
WC	J Morgan	1	0	3									M Gustafsson	6	2	3	2
	M Gustafsson	6	6	6			M Gustafsson	7	3	7⁷	6
WC	S Stolle	1	2	2			W Masur	5	6	6⁴	0
	W Masur	6	6	6														3	I Lendl	6	6	6
	P Kühnen	7	6	7⁷														13	A Krickstein	2	2	1
	G Raoux	5	4	6⁴			P Kühnen	6	6	6
Q	J Frana	5	6	3	3	Q	S Doseděl	2	4	4
Q	S Doseděl	7	2	6	6								P Kühnen	4	4	1
	A Sznajder	0	3	3								13	A Krickstein	6	6	6
	A Mansdorf	6	6	6			A Mansdorf	5	6	6⁴	2
	S Youl	4	4	4		13	A Krickstein	7	3	7⁷	6
13	A Krickstein	6	6	6

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

11	J Hlasek	6	4	5	4
	J Stoltenberg	0	6	7	6			J Stoltenberg	3	3	3
	M Koevermans	6	6	3	2	6		M Koevermans	6	6	6
	D Pate	4	2	6	6	0									M Koevermans	6	2	4	6	1
Q	J Siemerink	6	6	6										Q	J Siemerink	4	6	6	3	6
	JF Altur	3	3	3			Q	J Siemerink	6	5	4	6	6
	C-U Steeb	6	6	6				C-U Steeb	2	7	6	4	2
	C Pistolesi	2	2	3																	Q	J Siemerink	6³	7⁷	0	6⁷
	G Prpić	6	6	3	6																	G Prpić	7⁷	6³	6	7⁹
	J Pugh	3	2	6	2			G Prpić	6	6	6
	L Mattar	6	7	6³	6			L Mattar	3	1	1
	N Kulti	4	5	7⁷	3										G Prpić	6	6	6
	R Krishnan	7⁸												5	G Ivanišević	3	4	3
	E Jelen	6⁶	r					R Krishnan	4	6	6	1	2
	S Bruguera	4	6	1	4		5	G Ivanišević	6	3	4	6	6
5	G Ivanišević	6	0	6	6

Section 5

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

6	E Sánchez	6	5	6⁵	2
	M Woodforde	0	7	7⁷	6			M Woodforde	7⁷	6	6
	P Canè	6³	6	3	4			B Shelton	6³	3	3
	B Shelton	7⁷	4	6	6									M Woodforde	6	3	7	6
	G Muller	4	3	1										G Connell	4	6	5	3
	A Järryd	6	6	6				A Järryd	1	5	2
	N Kroon	1	4	2				G Connell	6	7	6
	G Connell	6	6	6																M Woodforde	2	4	1
	P McEnroe	4	4	6	6	6														P McEnroe	6	6	6
	T Högstedt	6	6	3	1	3		P McEnroe	6	6	5	6
WC	J Anderson	6	6	6			WC	J Anderson	3	3	7	1
	A Rahunen	2	4	3										P McEnroe	6	7	7
Q	K Jones	0	0	0									12	J Berger	1	5	5
	T Witsken	6	6	6				T Witsken	1	3	0
	M Larsson	3	4	0			12	J Berger	6	6	6
12	J Berger	6	6	6

Section 6

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

14	A Cherkasov	3	6	6	4	10
	D Rostagno	6	4	1	6	8	14	A Cherkasov	6	6	3	5	5
	D Cahill	6	6	6				D Cahill	4	2	6	7	7
Q	J Canter	1	4	3											D Cahill	7⁷	3	3	6⁴
	A Volkov	1	6	6	4	5									R Krajicek	6⁵	6	6	7⁷
	P Korda	6	1	1	6	7		P Korda	6	6³	3	4
	R Krajicek	2	6	6	6			R Krajicek	4	7⁷	6	6
	F Santoro	6	1	2	3																	R Krajicek	3	4	7⁷	6	4
	C Caratti	6	3	6	6																	C Caratti	6	6	6⁴	3	6
WC	B Dyke	2	6	4	3			C Caratti	3	6	6	6
	D Engel	6	2	6	6			D Engel	6	2	3	4
	K Evernden	3	6	1	0										C Caratti	6	6	5	4	7
	U Riglewski	3	3	6	7⁹	2								LL	G Layendecker	4	4	7	6	5
LL	G Layendecker	6	6	4	6⁷	6	LL	G Layendecker	3	1	7	6	6
	P Lundgren	7⁷	3	7⁷	6			P Lundgren	6	6	5	3	4
Q	L Lavalle	6³	6	6²	1

Section 7

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

8	J Svensson	6	6	6
	T Champion	3	4	1			8	J Svensson	6	7	3	6
Q	A Castle	7⁹	2	1	2			F Clavet	2	5	6	1
	F Clavet	6⁷	6	6	6								8	J Svensson	5	2	1
Q	M Kaplan	6	3	3	1									T Woodbridge	7	6	6
	T Woodbridge	1	6	6	6			T Woodbridge	6	0	6	7⁷
	C Pioline	4	2	6	6⁴			C Bergström	1	6	2	6⁴
	C Bergström	6	6	1	7⁷															T Woodbridge	4	6	3	4
	L Herrera	3	1	6	7⁷	4													10	G Forget	6	3	6	6
	M Jaite	6	6	3	6⁴	6		M Jaite	3	6⁴	6²
	M Stich	4	5	7⁷	6	6		M Stich	6	7⁷	7⁷
	M Washington	6	7	6⁵	1	4								M Stich	6⁵	6⁶	6	3
WC	J Fitzgerald	4	4	4									10	G Forget	7⁷	7⁸	4	6
	A Mronz	6	6	6				A Mronz	7⁷	4	4	2
	H Skoff	6⁵	2	4			10	G Forget	6⁴	6	6	6
10	G Forget	7⁷	6	6

Section 8

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

15	M Rosset	6	6	6⁴	3	7
Q	L-A Wahlgren	4	2	7⁷	6	9	Q	L-A Wahlgren	2	4	6⁸
	F Luna	1	3	2			Q	W Ferreira	6	6	7¹⁰
Q	W Ferreira	6	6	6										Q	W Ferreira	6	6	6
	R Weiss	6	2	3	5										J Eltingh	2	4	2
	J Eltingh	3	6	6	7			J Eltingh	6	3	7⁷	3	6
	J-P Fleurian	6	6	6				J-P Fleurian	1	6	6⁴	6	1
	R Furlan	1	0	0																	Q	W Ferreira	4	6⁵	4
	O Camporese	3	6	7⁷	6																2	B Becker	6	7⁷	6
Q	M Zoecke	6	2	6⁵	4			O Camporese	7	7	3	6
	P Haarhuis	2	6	6	7⁷			P Haarhuis	5	5	6	3
	J Sánchez	6	1	2	6³										O Camporese	6⁴	6⁵	6	6	12
	M Vajda	2	6	7	6									2	B Becker	7⁷	7⁷	0	4	14
	B Garrow	6	4	5	3			M Vajda	4	1	3
	J Bates	4	2	3			2	B Becker	6	6	6
2	B Becker	6	6	6

Notes

a. ^ Andre Agassi (No. 4), Andrés Gómez (No. 6), Thomas Muster (No. 7), John McEnroe (No. 13), Guillermo Pérez Roldán (No. 14), Michael Chang (No. 15) and Juan Aguilera (No. 19) all withdrew from the tournament prior to the seedings.

References

General

"Men's Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
"Australian Open Australia – Men's singles". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.

Specific

Wilstein, Steve (1991-01-28). "Becker beats Lendl, wins Aussie Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press (AP). Retrieved 2012-01-13.
"Lendl claims Australian title after Edberg injury". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press (AP). 1990-01-28. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
McG. Thomas Jr., Robert (1991-01-13). "Aching In Australia". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-13.

External links

1991 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

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[Becker1991-1] Wilstein, Steve (1991-01-28). "Becker beats Lendl, wins Aussie Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press (AP). Retrieved 2012-01-13.

[Lendl1990-2] "Lendl claims Australian title after Edberg injury". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press (AP). 1990-01-28. Retrieved 2011-12-24.

[SamprasOut-3] McG. Thomas Jr., Robert (1991-01-13). "Aching In Australia". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-13.

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Australian Open (Open Era) singles drawsheets
Men's singles	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Jan Dec 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Women's singles	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Jan Dec 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Australian Open men's singles drawsheets
Pre-Open era	1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916–1918 (WWI) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1945 (WWII) 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
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1991 IBM ATP Tour « 1990 1992 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
ATP Championship Series, Single Week	Indian Wells (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Stockholm (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP Championship Series	Brussels (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Stuttgart Indoor (S, D) Tokyo Outdoor (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Stuttgart Outdoor (S, D) Washington (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Sydney Indoor (S, D) Tokyo Indoor (S, D)
ATP World Series	Adelaide (S, D) Wellington (S, D) Sydney Outdoor (S, D) Auckland (S, D) San Francisco (S, D) Guarujá I (S, D) Milan (S, D) Rotterdam (S, D) Chicago (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Orlando (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Nice (S, D) Singapore (S, D) Munich (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Charlotte (S, D) Umag (S, D) Bologna (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Florence (S, D) London/Queen's Club (S, D) Genoa (S, D) Manchester (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Hilversum (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) San Marino (S, D) Prague (S, D) Long Island (S, D) Schenectady (S, D) Geneva (S, D) Brasília (S, D) Bordeaux (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Brisbane (S, D) Basel (S, D) Athens (S, D) Toulouse (S, D) Tel Aviv (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Vienna (S, D) Guarujá II (S, D) Búzios (S, D) São Paulo (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Qualifying round World Team Cup
ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt (S, D)