Defending champion Monica Seles defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles title at the 1991 French Open. The tournament marked the most decisive defeat suffered by

Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, ...

at a

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: she won just two games in her semifinal against Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Monica Seles is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Monica Seles (champion) #

''(semifinals)'' #

Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 ...

''(semifinals)'' # Mary Joe Fernández ''(quarterfinals)'' # Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(finalist)'' # Jana Novotná ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Conchita Martínez "Conchita" Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, doing so in 1994 Wimbledon Championships � ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze m ...

''(first round)'' #

Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began re ...

''(second round)'' # Jennifer Capriati ''(fourth round)'' #

Katerina Maleeva Katerina Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Катерина Георгиева Малеева; born 7 May 1969) is a former top 10 Bulgarian tennis player. She won eleven singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles. Her best position in the WTA rankings was ...

''(third round)'' #

Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...

''(second round)'' #

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

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 ...

''(fourth round)'' # Natasha Zvereva ''(second round)'' # Anke Huber ''(third round)''

Qualifying

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired

Finals

Earlier rounds

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

External links

1991 French Open – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1991 French Open - Women's Singles Women's Singles French Open by year – Women's singles French Open - Women's Singles 1991 in women's tennis 1991 in French women's sport