Michael Stich defeated

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in the final, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1991 Wimbledon Championships.

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was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Stich. Stich won the match 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–2). This match was notable for Edberg holding serve in all 23 of his service games during the match, but still losing the match anyway. The one and only service break of the entire match was in the fifth game of the first set, with Stich serving at 2–2 in that first set and getting broken. Andre Agassi competed in Wimbledon for the first time since 1987, losing in the quarterfinals to

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. Agassi had previously refused to play

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from 1988–1990, due to the All England Club's dress code. This was the first year in Wimbledon history that there was play on the Middle Sunday, due to bad weather in the first week.

Seeds

''(semifinals)''

''(final)'' Ivan Lendl ''(third round)'' Jim Courier ''(quarterfinals)'' Andre Agassi ''(quarterfinals)'' Michael Stich (champion) Guy Forget ''(quarterfinals)''

Pete Sampras Petros "Pete" Sampras ( el, Πέτρος Σάμπρας; born August 12, 1971) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he won, defeating longtime rival Andre ...

''(second round)'' Michael Chang ''(first round)'' Goran Ivanišević ''(second round)''

Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (born 29 May 1965) is a Spanish former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won five Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Sanchez is the older brother of multi ...

''(first round)'' Andrei Cherkasov ''(first round)'' Jakob Hlasek ''(second round)'' Karel Nováček ''(fourth round)''

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''(third round)'' John McEnroe ''(fourth round)''

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

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1991 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1991 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Men's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles