The 1991 Fernleaf Butter Classic was a women's
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the Wellington Renouf Tennis Centre in
Wellington
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, New Zealand and was part of the
Tier V category of the
1991 WTA Tour
The 1991 WTA Tour (officially titled 1991 Kraft General Foods World Tour after its sponsor) was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 1991 tennis season.
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for ...
. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 4 February until 10 February 1991. First-seeded
Leila Meskhi
Leila Meskhi ( ka, ლეილა მესხი, tr, ; born 5 January 1968) is a retired Georgian professional tennis player.
Meskhi has won five singles and doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won one singles and two doubles titles ...
won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Leila Meskhi
Leila Meskhi ( ka, ლეილა მესხი, tr, ; born 5 January 1968) is a retired Georgian professional tennis player.
Meskhi has won five singles and doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won one singles and two doubles titles ...
defeated
Andrea Strnadová
Andrea Strnadová (born on 28 May 1972) is a retired tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is married to Australian former tennis player Jason Stoltenberg.
Strnadová was awarded the WTA Most Impressive Newcomer in 1991.
WTA career final ...
3–6, 7–6
(7–3), 6–2
* It was Meskhi's 1st singles title of the year and the 4th of her career.
Doubles
Jo-Anne Faull /
Julie Richardson
Julie Richardson (born 30 March 1967) is a former professional tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses ...
defeated
Belinda Borneo
Belinda Borneo (born 10 November 1966) is a British former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
A right-handed player, Borneo reached a career best singles ranking of 238 in the world. She featured in the singles main draw at Wimbledon on ...
/
Clare Wood
Clare Jacqueline Wood (born 8 March 1968) is a former British number 1 tennis player from Great Britain who began playing professionally in 1984 and retired in 1998. Over the course of her career, she reached a career-high singles ranking of wo ...
2–6, 7–5, 7–6
(7–4)
See also
*
1991 BP National Championships
The 1991 BP National Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Wellington in New Zealand and was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 31 De ...
– men's tournament
References
External links
ITF tournament edition detailsTournament draws
{{1991 WTA Tour
Fernleaf Classic
Wellington Classic
Fern
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February 1991 sports events in New Zealand