1981 WCT Tournament of Champions

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1981 WCT Tournament of Champions
DateMay 4–10
Edition5th
Category Grand Prix (WCT)
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$592,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States
Venue West Side Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Dibbs [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe [2]
  1980  · WCT Tournament of Champions ·  1982  

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]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Dibbs defeated Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Kirmayr 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Fitzgerald / Flag of the United States.svg Andy Kohlberg 6–4, 6–4

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References

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  2. "1981 Forest Hills WCT – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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