1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

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1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Date12–18 October
Edition9th
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$175,000
Surface Hard / indoor
Location Sydney, Australia
Venue Hordern Pavilion
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe [2]
  1980  · Australian Indoor Tennis Championships ·  1982  

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]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of the United States.svg Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 7–5, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart / Flag of the United States.svg Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 7–6, 6–1

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References

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