Canadian Open 1991 / Women (tennis)

WTA tour
Canadian Open 1991
date	5.8.1991 - 11.8.1991
Edition	90
navigation	1990 ◄ 1991 ► 1992
venue	Toronto Canada Canada
Tournament number	806
category	WTA Tier I
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 32Q / 28D
Prize money	US $ 500,000

Last year's winner (individual)	Germany Federal Republic Steffi Graf
Last year's winner (double)	United States Betsy Nagelsen Gabriela Sabatini Argentina

Winner (singles)	United States Jennifer Capriati
Winner (doubles)	Soviet Union Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava Soviet Union

As of April 9, 2017

The 1991 Canadian Open was a women's tennis tournament in Toronto . The hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1991 and took place from August 5th to 11th, 1991.

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	Argentina Gabriela Sabatini	Semifinals
02.	Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	Semifinals
03.	United States Jennifer Capriati	victory
04th	Bulgaria Katerina Maleewa	final
05.	France Nathalie Tauziat	Round of 16
06th	Czechoslovakia Helena Suková	Quarter finals
07th	Austria Barbara Paulus	retreat
08th.	United States Amy Frazier	Quarter finals

No.	Player	Round reached
09.	Soviet Union Natallja Sverava	Quarter finals
10.	Peru Laura Gildemeister	Quarter finals
11.	Canada Helen Kelesi	Round of 16
12.	Japan Naoko Sawamatsu	Round of 16
13.	United States Marianne Werdel	2nd round
14th	Italy Katia Piccolini	1 round
15th	Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	1 round
16.	Czechoslovakia Regina Rajchrtová	Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Gabriela Sabatini

4th

3

r

3

United States Jennifer Capriati

6th

2

3

United States Jennifer Capriati

6th

4th

Katerina Maleewa

2

3

4th

Bulgaria Katerina Maleewa

6th

1

2

Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière

4th

0

r

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Argentina G. Sabatini

6th

Q

M. Lindström

4th

6th

3

S. Farina

0

Italy S. Farina

6th

4th

6th

1

Argentina G. Sabatini

7th

6th

S. Jeyaseelan

4th

6th

3

11

H. Kelesi

6th

2

Japan K. Date

6th

4th

6th

K. Date

4th

M. Bernard

3

6th

3

11

Canada H. Kelesi

6th

11

Canada H. Kelesi

6th

4th

6th

1

Argentina G. Sabatini

6th

15th

C. Kohde-Kilsch

6th

4th

6th

H. Suková

3

2

Soviet Union L. Savchenko

4th

6th

7th

L. Savchenko

1

B. Cordwell

3

6th

3

Japan M. Endo

6th

Japan M. Endo

6th

4th

6th

M. Endo

1

0

J. Durie

6th

2

6th

Czechoslovakia H. Suková

6th

Sweden M. Strandlund

3

6th

M. Strandlund

6th

4th

6th

Czechoslovakia H. Suková

7th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3

United States J. Capriati

6th

United States E. de Lone

6th

6th

6th

E. de Lone

4th

0

Q

H. Nagano

4th

7th

0

3

United States J. Capriati

6th

United Kingdom S. Gomer

6th

S. Gomer

2

3

Q

S. Italiano

3

2

United Kingdom S. Gomer

6th

7th

A. Keller

2

7th

6th

13

M. Werdel

3

5

13

United States M. Werdel

6th

6th

7th

3

United States J. Capriati

6th

9

Soviet Union N. Sverava

6th

9

N. Sverava

1

LL

Y. Segal

1

3

9

Soviet Union N. Sverava

5

6th

7th

S. Dopfer

6th

0

1

P. Hy

7th

1

5

Canada P. Hy

1

6th

9

Soviet Union N. Sverava

7th

6th

Q

C. Benjamin

1

2

Q

J. Watanabe

6th

0

Q

United States J. Watanabe

6th

Q

United States J. Watanabe

6th

LL

J. Salmon

0

1

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

France N. Tauziat

6th

Australia A. Minter

7th

A. Minter

1

0

R. Baranski

5

N. Tauziat

3

6th

4th

L. Field

4th

2

10

Peru L. Gildemeister

6th

4th

6th

United States K. Rinaldi

6th

K. Rinaldi

2

6th

A. Henricksson

5

7th

4th

10

Peru L. Gildemeister

6th

7th

10

Peru L. Gildemeister

7th

5

6th

10

L. Gildemeister

2

12

Japan N. Sawamatsu

6th

4th

Bulgaria K. Maleewa

6th

C. Dahlman

2

4th

12

Japan N. Sawamatsu

6th

5

6th

Finland P. Thoren

6th

P. Thoren

4th

7th

2

Q

S. Loosemore

2

3

12

N. Sawamatsu

1

3

A. Leand

1

r

4th

Bulgaria K. Maleewa

6th

Bulgaria M. Maleewa

6th

M. Maleewa

3

4th

Bulgaria K. Maleewa

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

United States A. Frazier

7th

6th

Q

M. Drake

1

0

N. Provis

5

3

Australia N. Provis

6th

8th

United States A. Frazier

6th

1

6th

E. Smylie

0

1

D. Graham

3

6th

1

United States D. Graham

6th

United States D. Graham

6th

United States J. Emmons

1

6th

J. Emmons

2

3

14th

K. Piccolini

6th

2

3

8th

A. Frazier

2

6th

16

Czechoslovakia R. Rajchrtová

6th

7th

2

Switzerland M. Maleeva-Fragnière

6th

7th

E. Pfaff

2

5

16

Czechoslovakia R. Rajchrtová

6th

A. Kijimuta

6th

6th

1

R. Age

3

4th

Canada R. Age

1

7th

6th

16

R. Rajchrtová

1

2

Japan R. Hiraki

7th

6th

2

Switzerland M. Maleeva-Fragnière

6th

Q

S. Amiach

5

3

R. Hiraki

5

0

2

Switzerland M. Maleeva-Fragnière

7th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Soviet Union Laryssa Savchenko Natallja Swerava Soviet Union	victory
02.	Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková Czechoslovakia	final
03.	Australia Nicole Provis Elizabeth Smylie Australia	Semifinals
04th	Canada Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi United States	Semifinals

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	Bulgaria Magdalena Maleewa Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière Switzerland	Quarter finals
06th	United Kingdom Jo Durie Katerina Maleewa Bulgaria	1 round
07th	Peru Laura Gildemeister Nathalie Tauziat France	Round of 16
08th.	Canada Helen Kelesi Regina Rajchrtová Czechoslovakia	Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Soviet Union L. Savchenko, N. Sverava
Soviet Union

6th

A. Frazier L. Spadea

1

5

R. Alter P. Hy

2

1

Canada R. Alter P. Hy
Canada

6th

7th

1

Soviet Union L. Savchenko, N. Sverava
Soviet Union

6th

6th

7th

United States C. Benjamin B. Paulus
Austria

6th

5

M. Maleewa, M. Maleeva-Fragnière

4th

7th

5

J. Alexander C. Delisle

1

4th

C. Benjamin B. Paulus

Y. Segal H. ter Riet

3

0

5

Bulgaria M. Maleewa, M. Maleeva-Fragnière
Switzerland

w.

O.

5

Bulgaria M. Maleewa, M. Maleeva-Fragnière
Switzerland

6th

1

Soviet Union L. Savchenko, N. Sverava
Soviet Union

6th

3

N. Provis E. Smylie

4th

2

3

Australia N. Provis E. Smylie
Australia

6th

Italy S. Farina K. Piccolini
Italy

6th

7th

S. Farina K. Piccolini

2

0

L. Glitz J. Goodling

3

5

3

Australia N. Provis E. Smylie
Australia

6th

J. Emmons M. Strandlund

4th

7th

5

A. Grunfeld, R. Hiraki

4th

1

United Kingdom A. Grunfeld, R. Hiraki
Japan

6th

6th

7th

United Kingdom A. Grunfeld, R. Hiraki
Japan

3

6th

7th

R. Baranski S. Gomer

1

4th

8th

H. Kelesi R. Rajchrtová

6th

3

5

8th

Canada H. Kelesi R. Rajchrtová
Czechoslovakia

6th

1

Soviet Union L. Savchenko, N. Sverava
Soviet Union

1

7th

6th

7th

Peru L. Gildemeister N. Tauziat
France

6th

2

C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková

6th

5

2

Q

M. Drake S. Italiano

1

7th

L. Gildemeister N. Tauziat

5

2

M. Bernard S. Jeyaseelan

3

2

United States J. Smoller M. Werdel
United States

7th

6th

United States J. Smoller M. Werdel
United States

6th

J. Smoller M. Werdel

4th

1

S. Amiach A. Minter

3

2

4th

Canada J. Hetherington K. Rinaldi
United States

6th

Japan K. Date A. Kijimuta
Japan

6th

K. Date A. Kijimuta

4th

5

4th

Canada J. Hetherington K. Rinaldi
United States

6th

7th

4th

J. Hetherington K. Rinaldi

5

1

6th

J. Durie K. Maleewa

4th

7th

3

2

Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková
Czechoslovakia

7th

6th

New Zealand B. Cordwell M. Lindström
Sweden

6th

5

6th

New Zealand B. Cordwell M. Lindström
Sweden

6th

7th

J. Salmon B. Thompson

3

7th

2

E. Pfaff P. Thoren

4th

5

Germany E. Pfaff P. Thoren
Finland

6th

6th

6th

B. Cordwell M. Lindström

1

4th

United States A. Henricksson E. Iida
Japan

6th

7th

2

Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková
Czechoslovakia

6th

E. de Lone A. Keller

3

6th

A. Henricksson E. Iida

2

3

2

Germany C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková
Czechoslovakia

6th

Web links

Canadian Open 1991 (women) as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
Canadian Open 1991 (women) (English) on the ITF website