1981 WCT Tournament of Champions
1981 WCT Tournament of Champions | |
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Date | May 4 – May 10 |
Edition | 5th |
Category | Grand Prix (WCT) |
Draw | 64S/32D |
Prize money | $592,000 |
Surface | Clay / Outdoor |
Location | Forest Hills, Queens, New York |
Venue | West Side Tennis Club |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Eddie Dibbs [1] | |
Doubles | |
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe [2] |
The 1981 WCT Tournament of Champions was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City in the United States and part of the 1981 Grand Prix circuit. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from May 4 through May 10, 1981. The event was open to players who had won a tournament worth at least $25,000 during the previous 12 months. Tenth-seeded Eddie Dibbs won the singles title and the accompanying first prize of $100,000 plus $3,050 in bonus money.[3][4]
Champions
Men's Singles
Eddie Dibbs defeated Carlos Kirmayr 6–3, 6–2
Men's Doubles
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated John Fitzgerald / Andy Kohlberg 6–4, 6–4
References
- ↑ "ATP – 1981 Forest Hills WCT Men's Singles draw". ATP.
- ↑ "ATP – 1981 Forest Hills WCT Men's Doubles draw". ATP.
- ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780356085968.
- ↑ William N. Wallace (May 11, 1981). "Dibbs Triumphs In Final". The New York Times.
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