1991 Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup

The 1991 Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known that year as the Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup

Pilot Pen Tennis

This article is about the former New Haven joint tennis event. It is now a women's-only event. For the New Haven men's tennis event known as Volvo International , click here....

, and was part of the World Series

ATP International Series

The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....

of the 1991 ATP Tour

1991 ATP Tour

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. It took place at the Hamlet Golf and Country Club in Commack

Commack, New York

Commack is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the towns of Huntington and Smithtown in Suffolk County, New York, United States on Long Island...

, Long Island

Long Island

Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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, from August 19 through August 25, 1991.

The singles featured ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

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No. 2, Australian Open and Wimbledon semifinalist, Stuttgart, Tokyo indoor and Queen's Club

1991 Queen's Club Championships

The 1991 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom and was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour...

winner, Long Island defending champion

1990 Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup

The 1990 Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the event known that year as the Norstar Bank Hamlet Challenge Cup, and was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour...

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

, Australian Open

1991 Australian Open

The 1991 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 79th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 14 through 27 January 1991.-Men's Singles:...

runner-up, Philadelphia and Memphis champion Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...

, and Wimbledon semfinalist, Miami

1991 Lipton International Players Championships

The 1991 Lipton International Players Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Miami tournament, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1991 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1991 WTA Tour...

finalist David Wheaton

David Wheaton

David Wheaton is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Born in Minneapolis, Wheaton played in his first tournament at age eight, and won the Minnesota State High School tennis title in 1984, as a ninth grader. In 1987, he won the US Open junior title and was ranked the No. 1...

. Also present were Chicago titlist John McEnroe

John McEnroe

John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

, Manchester

1991 Manchester Open

The 1991 Manchester Open was the 3rd edition of the Manchester Open tennis tournament. The tournament was held from June 17 to June 24.Goran Ivanišević won his 2nd career title and his only title of the year by defeating Pete Sampras in the final.-Singles:...

winner Goran Ivanišević

Goran Ivaniševic

Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

, Jonas Svensson

Jonas Svensson

Jonas Svensson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice both times as unseeded player....

, Alberto Mancini

Alberto Mancini

Alberto César Mancini is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He turned professional in 1987. In 1988, he won his first top-level singles title at Bologna, and his first tour doubles title at St. Vincent....

and Omar Camporese

Omar Camporese

Omar Camporese is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Born in Bologna, Camporese turned professional in 1987. He reached his first top-level singles final in 1990 at San Marino, where he lost to Guillermo Pérez Roldán 6–3, 6–3....

Singles

Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...

def.

Stefan Edberg

, 6–3, 6–2

It was Ivan Lendl's 3rd title of the year, and his 91st overall. It was his 5th win at the event (the first with the event as part of the ATP circuit).

Doubles

Eric Jelen
Eric Jelen
Eric Jelen is a former tennis player from Germany, who won one singles and five doubles titles during his professional career....

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Carl-Uwe Steeb
Carl-Uwe Steeb
Carl-Uwe Steeb is a former professional tennis player from Germany.Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad...

def.

Doug Flach

Doug Flach is a former tennis player from the United States.Flach won two doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 21, 1994, when he reached World No. 108. He defeated Andre Agassi in the first round at Wimbledon in...

Diego Nargiso

Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte...

, 0–6, 6–4, 7–6

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