world no. 2 monica seles won her third major of the year with this title, defeating four-time champion martina navratilova in the final 7–6, 6–1, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1991 u.s. open. following this win, monica recaptured the world no. 1 ranking from her rival steffi graf, and would end up holding it until her 1993 stabbing.