1981 Monte Carlo Open

1981 Monte Carlo Open
Date 13 – 20 April
Edition 75th
Category Grand Prix circuit
Draw 32S/16D
Prize money $250,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Monte Carlo, Monaco
Venue Monte Carlo Country Club
Champions
Singles
Argentina Guillermo Vilas [1]
Doubles
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt / Hungary Balázs Taróczy [2]

The 1981 Monte Carlo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco that was part of the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the 75th edition of the tournament and was held from 13 April through 20 April 1981. Jimmy Connors and Guillermo Vilas were considered runners-up since the final was abandoned due to rain at 5–5 in the first set.[3]

Champions

Singles

United States Jimmy Connors and Argentina Guillermo Vilas 5–5 (match abandoned due to rain)

Doubles

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt / Hungary Balázs Taróczy defeated Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil / Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–3

References

  1. "1981 Monte Carlo Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "ATP – 1981 Monte Carlo Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 83, 84. ISBN 9780356085968.

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