1981 Miracle Indoor Championships

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1981 Miracle Indoor Championships
Date19–25 October
Edition2nd
Category Grand Prix
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$125,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McNamara [1]
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McNamara / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Kronk [2]
  1980  · Melbourne Indoor ·  1982  

The 1981 Miracle Indoor Championships, also known as the Melbourne Indoor Championships, was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tournament played on indoor carpet courts in the Frankston suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the second edition of the tournament, which was part of the 1981 Grand Prix tennis circuit, and was held from 19 October until 25 October 1981. First-seeded Peter McNamara won the singles title after his opponent Vitas Gerulaitis defaulted the match at 5–5 in the final set in a protest against what he viewed as bad umpiring and line judging. [3] [4]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McNamara defeated Flag of the United States.svg Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4, 1–6, 5–5 def.

Doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McNamara / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Kronk defeated Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart / Flag of the United States.svg Ferdi Taygan 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

References

  1. "1981 Melbourne– Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1981 Melbourne– Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "Miracle Indoor tennis – Gererulaitis walk-off: McNamara wins". The Canberra Times . 26 October 1981. p. 18 via National Library of Australia.
  4. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 124. ISBN   9780356085968.