1991 U.S. Pro Indoor - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1991 U.S. Pro Indoor 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 indoor carpet courts that was part of the Championship Series of the 1991 ATP Tour

1991 ATP Tour

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. It was played at the Wachovia Spectrum

Wachovia Spectrum

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in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

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in the United States

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from February 11 to February 18, 1991.

Men's 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...

defeated

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

It was Lendl's 1st title of the year and the 95th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Rick Leach
Rick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...

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Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No...

defeated

Udo Riglewski

Udo Riglewski , is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 10 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

Michael Stich

Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...

3–6, 7–6, 6–3

It was Leach's 1st title of the year and the 19th of his career. It was Pugh's 1st title of the year and the 20th of his career.

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