1981 Grand Prix (tennis)

1981 Grand Prix circuit

Details
Duration	January 5, 1981 – January 17, 1982
Edition	12th
Tournaments	89
Categories	Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix (74) World Championship Tennis (9) Team Events (2)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	John McEnroe (9)
Most tournament finals	John McEnroe (15)
Prize money leader	John McEnroe ($991,000)
Points leader	Ivan Lendl (1571)
Awards
Player of the year	John McEnroe
Most improved player of the year	Peter McNamara
Newcomer of the year	Tim Mayotte
Comeback player of the year	Jeff Borowiak
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The 1981 Volvo Grand Prix was the only men's professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of the four Grand Slam tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments. The World Championship Tennis (WCT) Tour was incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit. The WCT tour consisted of eight regular tournaments, a season's final, three tournaments categorized as special events and a doubles championship. In total 89 tournaments were held divided over 29 countries. The circuit was administered by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC).

Schedule

The table below shows the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (precursor to the ATP Tour).

January

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
19 January	Monterrey WCT Monterrey, Mexico Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16	Johan Kriek 7–6, 3–6, 7–6	Vitas Gerulaitis	Vijay Amritraj Wojciech Fibak	Bruce Manson Pascal Portes Raúl Ramírez John Sadri
		Steve Denton Kevin Curren 7–6, 6–3	Kevin Curren
	San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–2	Tim Gullikson	Sandy Mayer Francisco González	Sashi Menon Freddie de Jesus Tim Mayotte George Hardie
		Chris Mayotte Tim Mayotte 6–4, 7–6	Tim Gullikson Eliot Teltscher
26 January	U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Carpet – $250,000 – S64/D32	Roscoe Tanner 6–2, 7–6, 7–5	Wojciech Fibak	Yannick Noah Thierry Tulasne	Jimmy Connors Vitas Gerulaitis John Sadri Pascal Portes
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 6–4, 6–4	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Viña del Mar, Chile Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Víctor Pecci 6–4, 6–0	José Higueras	Eddie Dibbs Kjell Johansson	Pedro Rebolledo Alejandro Cortes Jaime Fillol Andrés Gómez
		Paul Kronk David Carter 6–1, 6–2	Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux

February

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 February	Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 6–3, 2-1, ret.	Víctor Pecci	José Higueras José López-Maeso	Carlos Castellan Kjell Johansson Dominique Bedel Eddie Dibbs
		Paul Kronk David Carter 6–7, 6–4, 6–0	Andrés Gómez Jairo Velasco, Sr.
	Richmond WCT Richmond, Virginia, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Yannick Noah 6–1, 3-1, ret.	Ivan Lendl	Roscoe Tanner Terry Moor	Gene Mayer Butch Walts Raúl Ramírez Vijay Amritraj
		Bernard Mitton Tim Gullikson 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
9 February	Pepsi Grand Slam Boca Raton, Florida, USA Clay – $300,000 – S4	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–4, 6–0	Guillermo Vilas	Vitas Gerulaitis Brian Teacher
16 February	Grand Marnier Tennis Games La Quinta, California, USA Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 6–3, 7–6	Ivan Lendl	Eliot Teltscher Harold Solomon	Pat Du Pré Tomáš Šmíd Brian Gottfried Roscoe Tanner
		Brian Teacher Bruce Manson 7–6, 6–2	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher
23 February	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Memphis, Tennessee, USA Carpet – $200,000 – S64/D32	Gene Mayer 6–2, 6–4	Roscoe Tanner	Tom Gullikson Yannick Noah	Terry Moor Harold Solomon Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming
		Sandy Mayer Gene Mayer 7–6, 6–7, 7–6	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson
	Mexico City, Mexico Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Jaime Fillol 6–2, 6–3	David Carter	Steve Krulevitz Adolfo González	Tom Cain John Hayes Klaus Eberhard Ross Case
		Chris Dunk Marty Davis 6–3, 6–4	John Alexander Ross Case

March

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 March	Denver, USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	Gene Mayer 6–4, 6–4	John Sadri	Mel Purcell Fritz Buehning	Bruce Manson Terry Moor Tony Giammalva Ilie Năstase
		Butch Walts Andrew Pattison 6–3, 6–4	Mel Purcell Dick Stockton
	Salisbury WCT Salisbury, Maryland, USA Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16	Bill Scanlon	Vijay Amritraj
	Davis Cup First Round Munich, West Germany – Carpet (i) Timişoara, Romania – Hard (i) Brighton, England – Carpet (i) Seoul, South Korea – Clay Yokohama, Japan – Carpet (i) Lyon, France – Carpet (i) Zürich, Switzerland – Hard (i) Carlsbad, CA, United States – Hard	First Round Winners  Argentina 3–2  Romania 3–2  Great Britain 3–2  New Zealand 5–0  Sweden 5–0  Australia 3–2  Czechoslovakia 3–2  United States 3–2	First Round Losers  West Germany  Brazil  Italy  South Korea  Japan  France   Switzerland  Mexico
9 March	Belgian Indoor Championships WCT Brussels, Belgium Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Brian Gottfried	Rolf Gehring Sandy Mayer	Vijay Amritraj Peter Rennert Kim Warwick Fritz Buehning
		Frew McMillan Sandy Mayer 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Kevin Curren Steve Denton
	Cairo, Egypt Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 6–3	Peter Elter	Ricardo Cano Balázs Taróczy	Christophe Freyss Ismail El Shafei Corrado Barazzutti Ángel Giménez
		Balázs Taróczy Ismail El Shafei 6–7, 6–3, 6–1	Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo
	Tampa, Florida, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Mel Purcell 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	Jeff Borowiak	Butch Walts Tom Gullikson	Robert Van't Hof Sammy Giammalva Jaime Fillol Chris Mayotte
		Butch Walts Bernard Mitton 6–3, 3–6, 6–1	David Carter Paul Kronk
16 March	Lorraine Open Nancy, France Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Pavel Složil 6–2, 7–5	Ilie Năstase	Mario Martínez José López-Maeso	Shlomo Glickstein Patrice Dominguez Thierry Tulasne Mark Edmondson
		Adriano Panatta Ilie Năstase 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	John Feaver Jiří Hřebec
	ABN World Tennis Tournament WCT Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard – $175,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–1, 2–6, 6–2	Gene Mayer	Brian Gottfried Wojciech Fibak	Sandy Mayer Yannick Noah Raúl Ramírez Buster Mottram
		Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan 7–6, 1–6, 6–4	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer
23 March	Cuore Cup WCT Milan, Italy Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 7–6, 6–4	Björn Borg	Gianni Ocleppo Sandy Mayer	Stan Smith Gene Mayer Butch Walts Vijay Amritraj
		Raúl Ramírez Brian Gottfried 7–6, 6–3	John McEnroe Peter Rennert
	Napa, California, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Sammy Giammalva 6–3, 5–7, 6–1	Scott Davis	Hank Pfister Bruce Manson	Roscoe Tanner John Hayes Bernard Mitton Tim Mayotte
		Chris Mayotte Richard Meyer 6–3, 3–6, 7–6	Tracy Delatte John Hayes
	Stuttgart Indoor Stuttgart, Germany Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–0, 6–7, 6–3	Chris Lewis	Wojciech Fibak Shlomo Glickstein	John Fitzgerald Paul Torre Pat Du Pré
		Nick Saviano Buster Mottram 3–6, 6–1, 6–2	Eddie Edwards Craig Edwards
30 March	Frankfurt, Germany Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–2, 6–3	Tomáš Šmíd	Stan Smith Heinz Günthardt	Brian Teacher Raúl Ramírez Ilie Năstase Robert Lutz
		Butch Walts Brian Teacher 7–5, 6–7, 7–5	Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe
	Linz, Austria Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Gianni Ocleppo 7–5, 6–1	Mark Edmondson	Nick Saviano Russell Simpson	Louk Sanders Chris Lewis Bernard Boileau Robert Reininger
		Hans Simonsson Anders Järryd 6–4, 7–6	Brad Drewett Pavel Složil

April

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 April	Houston, Texas, USA Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 6–4	Sammy Giammalva	Víctor Pecci Bruce Manson	José Higueras Harold Solomon Eddie Dibbs Mel Purcell
		Sherwood Stewart Mark Edmondson 6–4, 6–3	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair
	Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Kevin Curren 6–4, 6–4	Bernard Mitton	Peter Feigl Shlomo Glickstein	Tian Viljoen Deon Joubert Tony Graham Raymond Moore
		Raymond Moore Bernard Mitton 7–5, 3–6, 6–1	Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider
	Nice, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Yannick Noah 6–4, 6–2	Mario Martínez	Manuel Orantes Balázs Taróczy	Paul Torre Željko Franulović Ricardo Cano Ángel Giménez
		Pascal Portes Yannick Noah 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Chris Lewis Pavel Složil
13 April	Jack Kramer Open Los Angeles, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–3, 6–3	Sandy Mayer	Bill Scanlon Nick Saviano	Stan Smith Walter Redondo Brian Teacher John Lloyd
		Butch Walts Tom Gullikson 6–4, 6–4	John McEnroe Ferdi Taygan
	Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 5–5 WEA	Jimmy Connors	Adriano Panatta Balázs Taróczy	José Higueras Tomáš Šmíd Ricardo Cano Yannick Noah
		Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt 6–3, 6–3	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
20 April	Bournemouth, England Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–4	Balázs Taróczy	Manuel Orantes Tomáš Šmíd	Buster Mottram Guillermo Aubone Thierry Tulasne Dominique Bedel
		Víctor Pecci Ricardo Cano 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Buster Mottram Tomáš Šmíd
	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Hard – $300,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–4, 6–2	Harold Solomon	Brian Teacher Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith Vitas Gerulaitis Brian Gottfried John Austin
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–3, 7–6	Tracy Delatte Trey Waltke
28 April	Dallas WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet – $250,000 – S8	John McEnroe 6–1, 6–2, 6–4	Johan Kriek	Brian Gottfried Roscoe Tanner	Sandy Mayer Sammy Giammalva Wojciech Fibak Vijay Amritraj

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 May	WCT Tournament of Champions Forest Hills, New York, USA Clay – $592,000 – S64/D32	Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 6–2	Carlos Kirmayr	Wojciech Fibak Víctor Pecci	Balázs Taróczy Eliot Teltscher Mel Purcell José Luis Clerc
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–4	John Fitzgerald Andy Kohlberg
	Nations Cup Germany Clay – 430,000 – S16/D8	Czechoslovakia 2–1	Australia
11 May	Florence, Italy Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–2	Raúl Ramírez	Pavel Složil Gilles Moretton	Fernando Dalla-Fontana Diego Pérez Paolo Bertolucci Patrick Proisy
		Pavel Složil Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta
	Hamburg, Germany Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	Peter McNamara 7–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4	Balázs Taróczy	Tomáš Šmíd Tony Giammalva	Klaus Eberhard Rolf Gehring Eliot Teltscher José Higueras
		Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee
18 May	Bavarian Tennis Championships Munich, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Chris Lewis 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–1	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	Ulrich Pinner Rolf Gehring	Fernando Luna Pavel Složil Shlomo Glickstein Butch Walts
		Paul Kronk David Carter 6–3, 6–4	Eric Fromm Shlomo Glickstein
	Italian Open Rome, Italy Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	José Luis Clerc 6–3, 6–4, 6–0	Víctor Pecci	Guillermo Vilas Ivan Lendl	Balázs Taróczy Peter McNamara Adriano Panatta Eddie Dibbs
		Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister 7–5, 6–2	Bruce Manson Tomáš Šmíd
25 May 1 June	French Open, Paris, France Clay	Björn Borg 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1	Ivan Lendl	Víctor Pecci José Luis Clerc	Balázs Taróczy Yannick Noah John McEnroe Jimmy Connors
		Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–2, 7–6, 6–3	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher
		Andrea Jaeger Jimmy Arias 7–6, 6–4	Betty Stöve Frederick McNair

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 June	Brussels, Belgium Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Marko Ostoja 4–6, 6–4, 7–5	Ricardo Ycaza	Steve Krulevitz Diego Pérez	Adriano Panatta Per Hjertquist Mario Martínez Andrés Gómez
		Andrés Gómez Ricardo Cano 6–2, 6–2	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta
	Queen's Club London, England Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 7–6, 7–5	Brian Gottfried	Brian Teacher John Sadri	Hank Pfister Peter Rennert Eddie Edwards Kevin Curren
		Brian Teacher Pat Du Pré 3–6, 7–6, 11–9	Kevin Curren Steve Denton
15 June	Bristol Open Bristol, England Grass – $75,000 – S32/D16	Mark Edmondson 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Roscoe Tanner	Paul McNamee Johan Kriek	Phil Dent Tim Mayotte Russell Simpson Tim Gullikson
		Russell Simpson Billy Martin 3–6, 6–3, 12-10	John Austin Johan Kriek
	Venice, Italy Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Mario Martínez 6–4, 6–4	Paolo Bertolucci	Pedro Rebolledo Marcos Hocevar	Adriano Panatta Diego Pérez Ulrich Pinner José Higueras
22 June 29 June	Wimbledon London, England Grass	John McEnroe 4–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(4), 6–4	Björn Borg	Jimmy Connors Rod Frawley	Peter McNamara Vijay Amritraj Tim Mayotte Johan Kriek
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–4, 6–4, 6–4	Bob Lutz Stan Smith
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–3	Tracy Austin John Austin

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 July	Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – $125,000 – S32/D16	Wojciech Fibak 6–1, 7–6	Yannick Noah	Carlos Kirmayr Heinz Günthardt	José Luis Damiani Marcos Hocevar Fernando Dalla-Fontana Víctor Pecci
		Markus Günthardt Heinz Günthardt 6–4, 6–1	David Carter Paul Kronk
	Newport, Rhode Island, USA Grass – $100,000 – S32/D16	Johan Kriek 3–6, 6–3, 7–5	Hank Pfister	Craig Wittus Erik Van Dillen	Anand Amritraj Brad Drewett Tim Wilkison Jim Delaney
		Erik Van Dillen Brad Drewett 6–2 6–4	Kevin Curren Billy Martin
	Davis Cup Quarterfinals Timişoara, Romania – Hard Christchurch, New Zealand – Grass Båstad, Sweden – Clay New York City, NY, United States – Hard	Quarterfinal Winners  Argentina 3–2  Great Britain 4–1  Australia 3–1  United States 4–1	Quarterfinal Losers  Romania  New Zealand  Sweden  Czechoslovakia
13 July	Boston, Massachusetts, USA Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 0–6, 6–2, 6–2	Hans Gildemeister	Eliot Teltscher Bernard Fritz	Manuel Orantes Ricardo Cano José Luis Damiani Ángel Giménez
		Pavel Složil Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 7–6	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
	Kitzbühel, Austria Clay – $75,000 – S64/D32	John Fitzgerald 3–6, 6–3, 7–5	Guillermo Vilas	Vitas Gerulaitis Klaus Eberhard	Per Hjertquist Fernando Luna Wojciech Fibak Víctor Pecci
		Paul Kronk David Carter 7–6, 6–1	Marko Ostoja Louk Sanders
	Stuttgart Outdoor Stuttgart, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 1–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4	Ivan Lendl	Andreas Maurer Peter McNamara	Paul McNamee Haroon Ismail Tomáš Šmíd Mark Edmondson
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 2–6, 6–4 7–6	Mark Edmondson Mike Estep
20 July	Swedish Open Championships Båstad, Sweden Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Thierry Tulasne 6–2, 6–3	Anders Järryd	Joakim Nyström Fernando Luna	Peter McNamara Mark Edmondson John Fitzgerald Paul McNamee
		John Fitzgerald Mark Edmondson 2–6, 7–5, 6–0	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson
	Dutch Open Hilversum, Netherlands Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–7, 6–4	Heinz Günthardt	Wojciech Fibak Roland Stadler	Erick Iskersky Tomáš Šmíd Shlomo Glickstein Balázs Taróczy
		Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt 6–0, 6–2	Raymond Moore Andrew Pattison
	Washington, D.C., USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	José Luis Clerc 7–5, 6–2	Guillermo Vilas	Andrés Gómez Stanislav Birner	Ivan Lendl Mario Martínez Raúl Ramírez Mel Purcell
		Van Winitsky Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 7–6, 7–6	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan
27 July	Volvo International North Conway, New Hampshire, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	José Luis Clerc 6–3, 6–2	Guillermo Vilas	Eliot Teltscher Ivan Lendl	José Higueras Pavel Složil Eddie Dibbs Pedro Rebolledo
		Peter McNamara Heinz Günthardt 7–5, 6–4	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan
	South Orange, New Jersey, USA Clay – $75,000 – S64/D32	Shlomo Glickstein 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Dick Stockton	Manuel Orantes Nick Saviano	Gene Mayer Brad Drewett Jimmy Arias Grégoire Rafaitin
		Andrew Pattison Fritz Buehning 6–1, 6–4	Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 August	Columbus, Ohio, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Brian Teacher 6–3, 6–2	John Austin	Nick Saviano Hank Pfister	Stan Smith Peter Fleming Tim Gullikson Phil Dent
		Brian Teacher Bruce Manson 6–1, 6–1	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj
	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	José Luis Clerc 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Ivan Lendl	Guillermo Vilas John Alexander	José Luis Damiani Ricardo Cano Gilles Moretton Mel Purcell
		Steve Denton Kevin Curren 6–3, 5–7, 7–5	Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky
10 August	Cleveland, Ohio, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Gene Mayer 6–1, 6–4	Dave Siegler	Rodney Harmon Hank Pfister	Ben Testerman Ernie Fernandez Chris Dunk Colin Dibley
		Van Winitsky Erik Van Dillen 6–4, 5–7, 7–5	Syd Ball Ross Case
	Montreal, Canada Hard – $200,000 – S64/D32	Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2	Eliot Teltscher	Vijay Amritraj Shlomo Glickstein	Steve Denton Heinz Günthardt Brian Teacher Ramesh Krishnan
		Ferdi Taygan Raúl Ramírez 2–6, 7–6, 6–4	Peter Fleming John McEnroe
	Stowe, Vermont, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Brian Gottfried 6–3, 6–3	Tony Graham	Jimmy Arias Marko Ostoja	Johan Kriek Fritz Buehning Larry Stefanki Gilles Moretton
		Larry Stefanki Johan Kriek 2–6, 6–1, 6–2	Brian Gottfried Robert Lutz
17 August	Atlanta, Georgia, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Mel Purcell 6–4, 6–2	Gilles Moretton	Eliot Teltscher Fritz Buehning	Terry Moor Tim Mayotte Phil Dent Tony Giammalva
		Peter Fleming Fritz Buehning 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva
	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Hard – $200,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 6–3, 6–4	Chris Lewis	Raúl Ramírez Stan Smith	Robert Lutz Thierry Tulasne Bill Scanlon Vitas Gerulaitis
		Ferdi Taygan John McEnroe 7–6, 6–3	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
31 August 7 September	US Open, Flushing Meadow, New York, USA Hard	John McEnroe 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis Jimmy Connors	Ramesh Krishnan Bruce Manson Eliot Teltscher Roscoe Tanner
		Andrés Gómez Ricardo Cano Walkover	Heinz Günthardt Peter McNamara
		Anne Smith Kevin Curren 6–4, 7–6(4)	JoAnne Russell Steve Denton

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 September	Palermo, Sicily, Italy Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–0, 6–0	Pedro Rebolledo	José Higueras Corrado Barazzutti	Alejandro Pierola Mario Martínez Jaime Fillol Wojciech Fibak
		Diego Pérez José Luis Damiani	Jaime Fillol Belus Prajoux
	Sawgrass Doubles, Florida, USA Clay – $175,000 – D32	Peter McNamara Heinz Günthardt 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	John Alexander / Phil Dent Mike Cahill / Tom Gullikson	Fritz Buehning / Ferdi Taygan Anand Amritraj / Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart / Marty Riessen Andrés Gómez / Hans Gildemeister
21 September	Bordeaux, France Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Andrés Gómez 7–6, 7–6, 6–1	Thierry Tulasne	Pascal Portes Fernando Luna	Yannick Noah Jim Gurfein Gabriel Urpi Erick Iskersky
		Belus Prajoux Andrés Gómez 7–5, 6–3	Jim Gurfein Anders Järryd
	Geneva, Switzerland Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–4, 6–3	Tomáš Šmíd	Manuel Orantes Joakim Nyström	Heinz Günthardt José Luis Damiani Ricardo Ycaza Ricardo Cano
		Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt 6–4, 3–6, 6–2	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
	San Francisco, California, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S64/D32	Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 7–6	Brian Teacher	Bill Scanlon Vijay Amritraj	John McEnroe Tim Mayotte Pat Du Pré Jimmy Connors
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 7–6, 6–4	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart
28 September	Madrid, Spain Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–2, 6–2	Pablo Arraya	Andrés Gómez José López-Maeso	Joakim Nyström Jaime Fillol Tomáš Šmíd Pedro Rebolledo
		Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Heinz Günthardt Tomáš Šmíd
	Maui, Hawaii, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Hank Pfister 6–4, 6–4	Tim Mayotte	Bill Scanlon John Alexander	Brad Gilbert Nick Saviano Tom Gullikson Tom Leonard
		Matt Mitchell Tony Graham 6–3, 3–6, 7–6	John Alexander James Delaney
	Davis Cup Semifinals Buenos Aires, Argentina – Clay Portland, OR, United States – Carpet (i)	Semifinal Winners  Argentina 5–0  United States 5–0	Semifinal Losers  Great Britain  Australia

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 October	Barcelona, Spain Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Ivan Lendl 6–0, 6–3, 6–3	Guillermo Vilas	Yannick Noah Eddie Dibbs	Adriano Panatta Tomáš Šmíd Pedro Rebolledo Balázs Taróczy
		Hans Simonsson Anders Järryd 6–1, 6–4	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
	Brisbane, Australia Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	Mark Edmondson 7–6, 3–6, 6–4	Chris Lewis	Phil Dent Rod Frawley	Syd Ball John Alexander Charlie Fancutt Brad Guan
		Chris Lewis Rod Frawley 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(4)	Mark Edmondson Mike Estep
	Tel Aviv Open Tel Aviv, Israel Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Mel Purcell 6–1, 6–1	Per Hjertquist	Steve Krulevitz Klaus Eberhard	Eric Wilborts Vince Van Patten Dick Stockton Shlomo Glickstein
		Van Winitsky Steve Meister 3–6, 6–3, 6–3	John Feaver Steve Krulevitz
12 October	Basel, Switzerland Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–3, 6–0	José Luis Clerc	Heinz Günthardt Trey Waltke	Eddie Dibbs Andrés Gómez Sammy Giammalva Steve Krulevitz
		Ilie Năstase José Luis Clerc 7–6, 6–7, 7–6	Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil
	Sydney Indoor Sydney, Australia Hard – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–4, 7–5, 6–2	Roscoe Tanner	Eliot Teltscher John Fitzgerald	Tom Gullikson Vitas Gerulaitis Peter McNamara Víctor Pecci
		John McEnroe Peter Felming 6–7, 7–6, 6–1	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan
19 October	Melbourne Indoor Melbourne, Australia Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	Peter McNamara 6–4, 1–6, 5-5, ret.	Vitas Gerulaitis	Chris Johnstone Chris Lewis	Phil Dent Víctor Pecci John Fitzgerald Mark Edmondson
		Peter McNamara Paul Kronk 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan
	Tokyo Outdoor Tokyo, Japan Clay – $125,000 – S64/D32	Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 1–6, 7–6	Eliot Teltscher	Van Winitsky Pat Du Pré	Terry Moor Mel Purcell Wojciech Fibak Ricardo Cano
		Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt 3–6, 6–2, 6–1	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof
	Vienna Indoor Vienna, Austria Hard – $125,000 – S64/D32	Ivan Lendl 1–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–2	Brian Gottfried	Tomáš Šmíd Stan Smith	Sandy Mayer Jérôme Potier Rolf Gehring Carlos Kirmayr
		Tim Wilkison Steve Denton 7–5, 6–4	Sammy Giammalva Fred McNair
26 October	Cologne, Germany Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–3	Sandy Mayer	Sammy Giammalva Tomáš Šmíd	Andrew Pattison Eddie Edwards Tim Wilkison Kevin Curren
	Bercy Paris, France Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Mark Vines 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Pascal Portes	Yannick Noah Stan Smith	Ilie Năstase Richard Lewis Jérôme Potier Brian Gottfried
		Yannick Noah Ilie Năstase 6–4, 6–4	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith
	Tokyo Indoor Tokyo, Japan Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16	Vincent Van Patten 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Mark Edmondson	John McEnroe Heinz Günthardt	Bill Scanlon Vitas Gerulaitis Wojciech Fibak Tim Gullikson
		Hank Pfister Victor Amaya 6–4, 6–2	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy

November

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 November	Hong Kong Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Van Winitsky 6–4, 6–7, 6–4	Mark Edmondson	Marty Davis Tim Gullikson	Lloyd Bourne Bruce Manson Chris Lewis John Sadri
		Chris Mayotte Chris Dunk 6–4, 7–6	Marty Davis Brad Drewett
	Quito, Ecuador Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Eddie Dibbs 3–6, 6–0, 7–5	David Carter	Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister	José Luis Clerc Manuel Orantes Ricardo Ycaza Víctor Pecci
		Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister 7–5, 6–3	David Carter Ricardo Ycaza
	Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	Gene Mayer 6–4, 6–2	Sandy Mayer	Jimmy Connors Hank Pfister	Nick Saviano Peter Elter Mats Wilander Matt Doyle
		Steve Denton Kevin Curren 6–7, 6–4, 6–0	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan
9 November	Taipei, Taiwan Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Robert Van't Hof 7–5, 6–2	Pat Du Pré	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	Ivan Dupasquier Tim Gullikson Mike Estep Rod Frawley
		John Benson Mike Bauer 6–4, 6–3	John Austin Mike Cahill
	Benson & Hedges Championships Wembley London, England Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	John McEnroe	Sandy Mayer Yannick Noah	Brian Gottfried Roscoe Tanner Richard Lewis Shlomo Glickstein
		Ferdi Taygan Sherwood Stewart 7–5, 6–7, 6–4	John McEnroe Peter Fleming
16 November	Bangkok, Thailand Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Bill Scanlon 6–2, 6–3	Mats Wilander	Anders Järryd Ramesh Krishnan	Vijay Amritraj John Austin Chris Dunk Van Winitsky
		Mike Cahill John Austin 6–3, 7–6	Lloyd Bourne Van Winitsky
	South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–2	Guillermo Vilas	Pedro Rebolledo Andreas Maurer	Diego Pérez Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister Rolf Gehring
		João Soares Marcos Hocevar 7–6, 6–7, 6–4	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol
23 November	Bologna, Italy Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Sandy Mayer 7–5, 6–3	Ilie Năstase	Corrado Barazzutti Tomáš Šmíd	Yannick Noah Tim Mayotte Jiří Granát Balázs Taróczy
		Henri Leconte Sammy Giammalva 7–6, 6–4	Tomáš Šmíd Balázs Taróczy
	South African Open Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $300,000 – S32/D16	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4, 7–6, 6–1	Jeff Borowiak	Steve Denton Shlomo Glickstein	Andrew Pattison Freddie Sauer Tom Gullikson Buster Mottram
		John Yuill Terry Moor 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–7, 12-10	Fritz Buehning Russell Simpson
	Manila, Philippines Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Ramesh Krishnan 6–4, 6–4	Ivan Dupasquier	Hans Kary Drew Gitlin	Mike Bauer Jim Gurfein Charlie Fancutt Brad Gilbert
		John Benson Mike Bauer 6–4, 6–4	Drew Gitlin Jim Gurfein
	Chilean Open Santiago, Chile Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Hans Gildemeister 6–4, 7–5	Andrés Gómez	José López-Maeso José Higueras	Carlos Castellan Pedro Rebolledo Sergio Casal Ricardo Cano
		Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister 6–2, 7–6	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux

December

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 December	Davis Cup Final Cincinnati, Ohio, United States – Carpet (i)	United States 3–1	Argentina
14 December	Sofia Open Sofia, Bulgaria Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Richard Meyer 6–4, 7–6, 7–6	Leo Palin	Hans-Dieter Beutel Florin Segărceanu	Christoph Zipf Paul Torre Bojidar Pampoulov Karl Meiler
		Jiří Granát Thomas Emmrich 7–6, 2–6, 6–4	Ismail El Shafei Richard Meyer
	Sydney Outdoor Sydney, Australia Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32	Tim Wilkison 6–4, 7–6, 6–3	Chris Lewis	Steve Denton Mark Edmondson	Tim Wilkison Hank Pfister John Alexander Chris Johnstone
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6–7, 7–6, 7–6	Hank Pfister John Sadri
24 December	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grass	Johan Kriek 6–2, 7–6(1), 6–7(1), 6–4	Steve Denton	Hank Pfister Mark Edmondson	Kim Warwick Shlomo Glickstein Tim Mayotte Peter McNamara
		Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 7–6, 6–3	Hank Pfister John Sadri

January 1982

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 January	Adelaide-2 Adelaide, Australia Grass – $75,000 – S32/D16	Rod Frawley 2–6, 6–3, 6–2	Lloyd Bourne	Steve Krulevitz John James	Pat Cash Tim Mayotte David Carter Kim Warwick
		Kim Warwick Mark Edmondson 7–5, 4–6, 7–6	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith
11 January	Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Tim Wilkison 6–4, 6–4, 6–4	Russell Simpson	Robert Van't Hof Chris Mayotte	Chris Lewis Matt Mitchell Lloyd Bourne Larry Stefanki
		Jonathan Smith Andrew Jarrett 7–5, 7–6	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof
	Volvo Masters Masters New York, USA Carpet – $400,000 – S12/D6	Ivan Lendl 6–7(5), 2–6, 7–6(6), 6–2, 6–4.	Vitas Gerulaitis	Eliot Teltscher John McEnroe	Round Robin Roscoe Tanner Jimmy Connors Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–3, 6–3	Kevin Curren Steve Denton

Points system

The tournaments listed above were divided into twelve point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round.^[1] The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:

	Grand Slam	$300,000+	$275,000+	$250,000+	$225,000+	$200,000+	$175,000+	$150,000+	$125,000+	$100,000+	$75,000+	$50,000+
Winner	350 (70)	300 (60)	275 (55)	250 (50)	225 (45)	200 (40)	175 (35)	150 (30)	125 (25)	100 (20)	75 (15)	50 (10)
Runner-up	245 (49)	210 (42)	192 (38)	175 (35)	157 (31)	140 (28)	122 (24)	104 (20)	87 (17)	70 (14)	52 (10)	35 (7)
Semifinalist	140 (28)	120 (24)	110 (22)	100 (20)	90 (18)	80 (16)	70 (14)	60 (12)	50 (10)	40 (8)	30 (6)	20 (4)
Quarterfinalist	70 (14)	60 (12)	55 (11)	50 (10)	45 (9)	40 (8)	35 (7)	30 (6)	25 (5)	20 (4)	15 (3)	10 (2)
Fourth round	35 (7)	30 (6)	27 (6)	25 (5)	22 (5)	20 (4)	17 (3)	14 (3)	12 (2)	10 (2)	7 (–)	5 (–)
Third round	17 (3)	15 (–)	13 (–)	12 (–)	11 (–)	10 (–)	9 (–)	7 (–)	6 (–)	5 (–)	– (–)	– (–)
Second round	9 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Grand Prix rankings

As of 1 January 1981 Rk Name Nation 1 Björn Borg 2 John McEnroe 3 Jimmy Connors 4 Gene Mayer 5 Guillermo Vilas 6 Ivan Lendl 7 Harold Solomon 8 José Luis Clerc 9 Vitas Gerulaitis 10 Eliot Teltscher 11 Brian Gottfried 12 Brian Teacher 13 Eddie Dibbs 14 Roscoe Tanner 15 Wojciech Fibak 16 John Sadri 17 Victor Amaya 18 Johan Kriek 19 Balázs Taróczy 20 Vijay Amritraj

Year-end rankings (December 1981) Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change 1 John McEnroe +1 2 Ivan Lendl +4 3 Jimmy Connors = 4 Björn Borg –3 5 José Luis Clerc +3 6 Guillermo Vilas –1 7 Gene Mayer –3 8 Eliot Teltscher +2 9 Vitas Gerulaitis = 10 Peter McNamara +10 11 Roscoe Tanner +3 12 Yannick Noah +11 13 Johan Kriek +5 14 Sandy Mayer +38 15 Balázs Taróczy +4 16 Brian Teacher -4 17 Víctor Pecci +18 18 Wojciech Fibak –3 19 Brian Gottfried –8 20 Mark Edmondson +82

WCT Tour standings

Player	Tournaments Played	Tournaments Won	Points
Roscoe Tanner	3	1	2785
Jimmy Connors	3	2	170
Wojciech Fibak	5	0	260
Yannick Noah	3	1	235
John McEnroe	2	2	220
Vijay Amritraj	8	0	150
Brian Gottfried	6	0	140
Vitas Gerulaitis	3	0	130
Corrado Barazzutti	7	1	330
Sandy Mayer	4	0	13
Gene Mayer	3	0	125

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

• Björn Borg (3) French Open, Stuttgart Outdoor, Geneva
• José Luis Clerc (6) Florence, Rome, Boston, Washington, D.C., North Conway, Indianapolis
• Jimmy Connors (4) La Quinta, Brussels, Rotterdam, Wembley
• Kevin Curren (1) Johannesburg
• Eddie Dibbs (2) Forest Hills WCT, Quito
• Mark Edmondson (3) Adelaide, Bristol, Brisbane
• Wojciech Fibak (1) Gstaad
• Jaime Fillol (1) Mexico City
• John Fitzgerald (1) Kitzbühel
• Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Johannesburg
• Sammy Giammalva (1) Napa
• Hans Gildemeister (1) Santiago
• Shlomo Glickstein (1) South Orange
• Andrés Gómez (1) Bordeaux
• Brian Gottfried (1) Stowe
• Johan Kriek (3) Monterrey WCT, Newport, Australian Open
• Ramesh Krishnan (1) Manila
• Ivan Lendl (8) Stuttgart Indoor, Las Vegas, Montreal, Barcelona, Basel, Vienna, Cologne, Buenos Aires
• Chris Lewis (1) Munich
• Mario Martínez (1) Venice
• Gene Mayer (4) Memphis, Denver, Cleveland, Stockholm
• Sandy Mayer (1) Bologna
• John McEnroe (9) Boca Raton, Milan, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Dallas WCT, Wimbledon, Cincinnati, US Open, Sydney Indoor
• Peter McNamara (2) Hamburg, Melbourne Indoor
• Richard Meyer (1) Sofia
• Yannick Noah (2) Richmond WCT, Nice
• Gianni Ocleppo (1) Linz
• Manuel Orantes (1) Palermo
• Marko Ostoja (1) Brussels
• Víctor Pecci (2) Viña del Mar, Bournemouth
• Mel Purcell (3) Tampa, Atlanta, Tel Aviv
• Bill Scanlon (2) Auckland, Bangkok
• Pavel Složil (1) Nancy
• Roscoe Tanner (1) Philadelphia
• Balázs Taróczy (3) Monte Carlo, Hilversum, Tokyo Outdoor
• Brian Teacher (1) Columbus
• Eliot Teltscher (2) Puerto Rico, San Francisco
• Thierry Tulasne (1) Båstad
• Vince Van Patten (1) Tokyo Indoor
• Robert Van't Hof (1) Taiwan
• Guillermo Vilas (3) Mar del Plata, Cairo, Houston
• Mark Vines (1) Bercy
• Tim Wilkison (1) Sydney Outdoor
• Van Winitsky (1) Hong Kong

The following players won their first title in 1981:

• Kevin Curren Johannesburg
• John Fitzgerald Kitzbühel
• Sammy Giammalva Napa
• Andrés Gómez Bordeaux
• Ramesh Krishnan Manila
• Mel Purcell Tampa
• Pavel Složil Nancy
• Thierry Tulasne Båstad

See also

• World Championship Tennis
• 1981 WTA Tour

References

External links

• ATP Archive 1981 Volvo Grand Prix Tournaments:Accessed 03/08/2013.
• History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 03/08/2013.

Further reading

• Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0. 

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