1991 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships

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1991 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
DateMarch 28–31
Edition17th
Draw8D
Prize money $200,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Tarpon Springs, Florida, U.S.
  1990  · WTA Doubles Championships ·  1992  
1991 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
1991 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships
1990 Champions Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
Runners-up Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva
Score4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Details
Draw8
Seeds4
Events
Doubles
  1990  · WTA Doubles Championships ·  1992  

The 1991 Light n' Lively Doubles Championships was a women's doubles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Tarpon Springs, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1991 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from March 28 through March 31, 1991.

Contents

Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Gigi Fernández and Helena Suková. The final score was 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3). [1] [2] It was Fernández's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 21st of her career. It was Suková's 2nd doubles title of the year and the 43rd of her career.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková (champions)
  2. Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva (final)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie (semifinals)
  4. Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Flag of the United States.svg Robin White (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
66
Flag of the United States.svg Elise Burgin
Flag of the United States.svg Mary Lou Daniels
3 4
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
4 66
3 Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie
64 1
3 Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Smylie
66
Flag of the United States.svg Meredith McGrath
Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith
3 3
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
4 677
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva
64 63
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Lise Gregory
3 3
4 Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Flag of the United States.svg Robin White
66
4 Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Flag of the United States.svg Robin White
1 3
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva
66
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brenda Schultz
4 4
2 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natasha Zvereva
66

References

  1. "Doubles winners". The Washington Post . Tarpon Springs, Florida. Associated Press. March 31, 1991. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1992). The International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1992. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 152, 174. ISBN   9780002184304.