1981 French Open#Men's Doubles

{{TennisEventInfo|1981|French Open|

| logo = Roland-garros-1981.jpg

| logo_size = 250px

| date= 25 May – 7 June 1981

| edition=80

| prize_money=$450,000

| draw=128S / 64D / 32X

| location= Paris (XVIe), France

| venue=Stade Roland Garros

| category=51st Grand Slam (ITF)

| surface=Clay / outdoor

| champms={{Flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg{{cite web|title=ATP – 1981 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1981&EventId=520&Draw=ms|publisher=ATP}}

| champws={{Flagicon|TCH}} Hana Mandlíková{{cite web|title=WTA Tournament Archive – 1981 Roland Garros|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1981/903.pdf|publisher=WTA|format=PDF}}

| champmd={{Flagicon|Switzerland}} Heinz Günthardt / {{Flagicon|Hungary}} Balázs Taróczy{{cite web|title=ATP – 1981 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1981&EventId=520&Draw=md|publisher=ATP}}

| champwd={{Flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / {{Flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Tanya Harford

| champxd={{Flagicon|USA}} Andrea Jaeger / {{Flagicon|USA}} James Arias

}}

The 1981 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 25 May until 7 June. It was the 80th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1981.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|pages=390, 397, 400, 402–3}}{{cite book|title=Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire|year=1991|publisher=Fédération Française de Tennis|location=Paris|isbn=2906450510|pages=240–245|author=Gilles Delamarre}}

Finals

=Men's singles=

{{Main|1981 French Open – Men's singles}}

{{Flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg defeated {{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Ivan Lendl, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1

  • It was Borg's 1st title of the year, and his 61st overall. It was his 11th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and his 6th French Open title (at that time, an Open Era record).

=Women's singles=

{{Main|1981 French Open – Women's singles}}

{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Hana Mandlíková defeated {{Flagicon|West Germany}} Sylvia Hanika, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Mandlíková's 2nd title of the year, and her 13th overall. It was her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st French Open title.

=Men's doubles=

{{Main|1981 French Open – Men's doubles}}

{{Flagicon|Switzerland}} Heinz Günthardt / {{Flagicon|Hungary}} Balázs Taróczy defeated {{Flagicon|USA}} Terry Moor / {{Flagicon|USA}} Eliot Teltscher, 6–2, 7–6, 6–3

=Women's doubles=

{{Main|1981 French Open – Women's doubles}}

{{Flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank / {{Flagicon|RSA|1928}} Tanya Harford defeated {{Flagicon|USA}} Candy Reynolds / {{Flagicon|USA}} Paula Smith, 6–1, 6–3

=Mixed doubles=

{{Main|1981 French Open – Mixed doubles}}

{{Flagicon|USA}} Andrea Jaeger / {{Flagicon|USA}} James Arias defeated {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Betty Stöve / {{Flagicon|USA}} Frederick McNair, 7–6, 6–4

Prize money

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width=200 colspan=2 bgcolor=#dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=#D8BFD8|F

|width=85 bgcolor=#FFFF00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|4R

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

rowspan=2 bgcolor=#dfe2e9|Singles {{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1982|year=1983|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=978-0356085968|editor=John Barrett|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/35 35]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/35}}

|bgcolor=#EDEDED|Men

|FF271,100

|FF135,600

|FF67,800

|FF34,400

|FF19,900

|FF10,900

|FF6,300

|FF3,600

bgcolor=#EDEDED|Women

|FF208,000

|FF108,000

|FF54,000

|FF28,000

|FF14,500

|FF7,300

|FF3,650

|FF1,950

Total prize money for the event was FF3,365,445.

References

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