1991 French Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1991 French Open
Champion	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná
Runner-up	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva
Final score	6–4, 6–0

Jana Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions. Novotná and Suková entered the tournament with different partners, meeting in the semifinals were Novotná and Gigi Fernández eliminated Suková and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. Novotná then repeated as doubles champion with Fernández after defeating Larisa Neiland and Natasha Zvereva in the final.

Seeds

1. Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná (Champions)
2. Larisa Neiland / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková (Semifinals)
4. Mary Joe Fernández / Zina Garrison-Jackson (Quarterfinals)
5. Kathy Jordan / Meredith McGrath (Quarterfinals)
6. Nicole Provis / Elizabeth Smylie (Second round)
7. Elise Burgin / Patty Fendick (Quarterfinals)
8. Mercedes Paz / Gabriela Sabatini (Semifinals)
9. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (Third round)
10. Helen Kelesi / Kathy Rinaldi (First round)
11. Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer / Elna Reinach (Second round)
12. Nathalie Tauziat / Judith Wiesner (Third round)
13. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Leila Meskhi (Third round)
14. Rachel McQuillan / Catherine Tanvier (Third round)
15. Brenda Schultz / Caroline Vis (First round)
16. Sabine Appelmans / Sandra Cecchini (First round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández   Jana Novotná	6	6
	7	Elise Burgin   Patty Fendick	3	4
								1	Gigi Fernández   Jana Novotná	7	5	6
								3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Helena Suková	5	7	4
	3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Helena Suková	6	6
		Sandy Collins   Mary Pierce	3	2
															1	Gigi Fernández   Jana Novotná	6	6
															2	Larisa Neiland   Natasha Zvereva	4	0
	8	Mercedes Paz   Gabriela Sabatini	6	6
	4	Mary Joe Fernández   Zina Garrison-Jackson	1	2
								8	Mercedes Paz   Gabriela Sabatini	3	7	7
								2	Larisa Neiland   Natasha Zvereva	6	5	9
	5	Kathy Jordan   Meredith McGrath	3	7	0
	2	Larisa Neiland   Natasha Zvereva	6	5	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	G Fernández J Novotná	6	6
		C Bakkum N Jagerman	3	3				1	G Fernández J Novotná	6	6
		I Driehuis M Kidowaki	6	4	2				G Coorengel A van Buuren	2	2
		G Coorengel A van Buuren	4	6	6										1	G Fernández J Novotná	6	7
		J Pospíšilová A Scott	1	3												J Halard A Huber	4	6
		L Harvey-Wild S Stafford	6	6					L Harvey-Wild S Stafford	1	2
		J Halard A Huber	6	6					J Halard A Huber	6	6
	10	H Kelesi K Rinaldi	1	1																		1	G Fernández J Novotná	6	6
	13	C Kohde-Kilsch L Meskhi	6	6																		7	E Burgin P Fendick	3	4
		S Amiach K Quentrec	0	3				13	C Kohde-Kilsch L Meskhi	6	6
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	6	6					P Langrová R Zrubáková	2	3
		C Suire S Testud	3	1											13	C Kohde-Kilsch L Meskhi	4	3
		C Cunningham A Temesvári	6	3	4										7	E Burgin P Fendick	6	6
		L Novelo B Somerville	1	6	6				L Novelo B Somerville	2	6	4
		J-A Faull M Jaggard	4	4				7	E Burgin P Fendick	6	3	6
	7	E Burgin P Fendick	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	A Sánchez Vicario H Suková	6	6
		R Baranski B Fulco	1	2				3	A Sánchez Vicario H Suková	6	6
		N Housset S Niox-Chateau	6	7^7					N Housset S Niox-Chateau	0	0
		L Laskova A Nohacova	3	6^5											3	A Sánchez Vicario H Suková	6	6
		C Chabalgoity S Smith	2	4												G Helgeson W Probst	2	3
		E Pampoulova E Švíglerová	6	6					E Pampoulova E Švíglerová	3	2
		G Helgeson W Probst	3	6	6				G Helgeson W Probst	6	6
	15	B Schultz C Vis	6	3	4																	3	A Sánchez Vicario H Suková	6	6
	11	R Fairbank-Nideffer E Reinach	6	6																			S Collins M Pierce	3	2
		L Field M Strandlund	2	2				11	R Fairbank-Nideffer E Reinach	3	2
		E Pfaff R Stubbs	6	1	4				S Collins M Pierce	6	6
		S Collins M Pierce	4	6	6											S Collins M Pierce	6	6
		L Gregory P Mager	6^3	3												T Morton C Wood	2	4
		T Morton C Wood	7^7	6					T Morton C Wood	6	7
		R Rajchrtová A Strnadová	7	3	4			6	N Provis E Smylie	3	5
	6	N Provis E Smylie	5	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	8	G Sabatini M Paz	6	6
		T Whitlinger T Whittington	0	1				8	G Sabatini M Paz	6	6
		A Dechaume F Labat	6	6					A Dechaume F Labat	2	3
		I Budařová S Meier	1	1											8	G Sabatini M Paz	6	6
		Y Basuki J Fuchs	6	3	6										9	K Adams M Bollegraf	2	2
		A Grossman N Kijimuta	0	6	2				Y Basuki J Fuchs	2	4
		K Maleeva M Maleeva	2	4				9	K Adams M Bollegraf	6	6
	9	K Adams M Bollegraf	6	6																		8	G Sabatini M Paz	6	6
	14	R McQuillan C Tanvier	6	7																		4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	1	2
		A Fusai O Graveraux	2	5				14	R McQuillan C Tanvier	6	7
		L Ferrando L Golarsa	6	6					L Ferrando L Golarsa	1	5
		C Benjamin A Coetzer	2	2											14	R McQuillan C Tanvier	2	^r
		A Blumberga Caroline Schneider	6	0	6										4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	6
		L Gildemeister T Scheuer-Larsen	3	6	3				A Blumberga Caroline Schneider	1	2
		R Alter H ter Riet	4	1				4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6
	4	MJ Fernández Z Garrison-Jackson	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	5	K Jordan M McGrath	4	6	6
		L McNeil S Rehe	6	4	3			5	K Jordan M McGrath	6	6
		M Maleeva-Fragniere M Strebel	2	6	6				M Maleeva-Fragniere M Strebel	1	3
		C Caverzasio N Herreman	6	2	4										5	K Jordan M McGrath	4	6	8
		L Garrone K Kschwendt	6	6											12	N Tauziat J Wiesner	6	2	6
		B Nagelsen J Smoller	4	4					L Garrone K Kschwendt	2	3
		V Milvidskaia S Sabas	5	6^1				12	N Tauziat J Wiesner	6	6
	12	N Tauziat J Wiesner	7	7^7																		5	K Jordan M McGrath	3	7	0
	16	S Appelmans S Cecchini	3	6	2																	2	L Neiland N Zvereva	6	5	6
		E Brioukhovets E Maniokova	6	2	6				E Brioukhovets E Maniokova	3	6	4
		A Devries K Zakopalová	2	6^2					I Jankovská E Melicharová	6	1	6
		I Jankovská E Melicharová	6	7^7												I Jankovská E Melicharová	2	4
		S Hack H Sprung	4	5											2	L Neiland N Zvereva	6	6
		S Farina K Godridge	6	7					S Farina K Godridge	2	3
		N Miyagi S Wibowo	7	1	5			2	L Neiland N Zvereva	6	6
	2	L Neiland N Zvereva	5	6	7

References

• Main Draw