1981_Custom_Credit_Australian_Indoor_Championships

1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

Tennis tournament

The 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney in Australia and was part of the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 12 October through 18 October 1981. Top-seeded John McEnroe won his second successive singles title at the event.[3][4]

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Finals

Singles

Main article: 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles

United States John McEnroe defeated United States Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 7–5, 6–2

  • It was McEnroe's 10th singles title of the year and the 34th of his career.

Doubles

Main article: 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

United States Peter Fleming / United States John McEnroe defeated United States Sherwood Stewart / United States Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 7–6, 6–1

  • It was Fleming's 7th title of the year and the 39th of his career. It was McEnroe's 16th title of the year and the 72nd of his career.

References

  1. [1]
    "1981 Sydney Indoor – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. [2]
    "1981 Sydney Indoor – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. [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. 108–109. ISBN 9780356085968.
  4. [4]
    "McEnroe wins from Tanner". The New York Times. 19 October 1981.


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