Johan KriekJohan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...
defeated
Steve DentonSteve Denton is a former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University....
6–2 7–6 6–7 6–4 in the final to win the
Men's Singles title at the
1981 Australian OpenThe 1981 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 70th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 24 December 1981 through 3 January 1982.-Men's Singles:...
.
See also:
- 1981 Australian Open - Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert 6–7 6–4 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1981 Australian Open.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Martina Navratilova is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card*...
- 1981 Australian Open - Men's Doubles
- 1981 Australian Open - Women's Doubles
- 1981 Australian Open - Mixed Doubles
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Johan KriekJohan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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 Guillermo VilasGuillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...
, (Third Round)
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 Peter McNamaraPeter McNamara is a retired Australian tennis player.He won five singles and nineteen doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March 1983 when he became World number 7...
, (Quarterfinals)
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 Roscoe TannerRoscoe Tanner is an American former professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1972 and reached a career high world singles ranking of World No...
, (Second Round)
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 Johan KriekJohan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...
, (Champion)
- Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...
, (Quarterfinals)
- Mark Edmondson
Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....
, (Semifinals)
- Fritz Buehning
Fritz Buehning is a former American tennis player from Short Hills, New Jersey.Buehning attended Millburn High School, where he won the New Jersey state individual tennis championship in 1977 as a junior, his final year in high school...
, (First Round)
- Tim Mayotte
Timothy "Tim" Mayotte is a former professional tennis player from the United States.- Career :...
, (Quarterfinals) |
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 Shlomo GlicksteinShlomo Glickstein is an Israeli former professional tennis player.He reached his career-high singles ranking of World # 22 in November 1982, and his career-high doubles ranking of World # 28 in February 1986....
, (Quarterfinals)
- John Sadri
John Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States.Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No...
, (First Round)
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 Chris Lewis, (Third Round)
- Hank Pfister
Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career...
, (Semifinals)
- Pat Dupre
Patrick Du Pré is a former professional male tennis player from the United States.Du Pré won one ATP Tour singles title and four doubles titles. He grew up in Mountain Brook, Alabama, graduating from Mountain Brook High School...
, (Third Round)
- Kevin Curren
----Kevin Melvyn Curren is a former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles.-Career:...
, (Second Round)
- Peter Rennert
Peter Rennert , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Rennert enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 18 in 1983...
, (Second Round)
- John Fitzgerald, (First Round)
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Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- L = Loser
- r. = retired
Final Eight
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