1981 Paris Open – Singles

Brian Gottfried was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stan Smith.

Singles
1981 Paris Open
Final
ChampionUnited States Mark Vines
Runner-upFrance Pascal Portes
Score6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Mark Vines won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 against Pascal Portes.

Seeds edit

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1.   Yannick Noah (semifinals)
  2.   Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
  3.   Johan Kriek (second round)
  4.   Harold Solomon (first round)
  5.   Adriano Panatta (first round)
  6.   Stan Smith (semifinals)
  7.   Pascal Portes (final)
  8.   Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

  • NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final edit

Final
    Mark Vines 6 6 6    
7   Pascal Portes 2 4 3    

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Y Noah 6 5 6
    M Cox 2 7 2 1   Y Noah 6 6 6
    C Mayotte 1 5       E Deblicker 7 4 2
    E Deblicker 6 7   1   Y Noah 2 7 7
    J-L Haillet 1 6 4 8   I Năstase 6 6 5
    C Zipf 6 4 6     C Zipf 1 2  
    M Ostoja 5 4   8   I Năstase 6 6  
8   I Năstase 7 6   1   Y Noah 4 6  
4   H Solomon 1 3       M Vines 6 7  
    M Vines 6 6       M Vines 6 3 6
    J-F Caujolle 1 3       P Bertolucci 4 6 2
    P Bertolucci 6 6       M Vines 4 6 6
    C Freyss 6 4       R Lewis 6 3 2
    S Meister 7 6       S Meister 6 6 3
    R Lewis 6 6       R Lewis 4 7 6
5   A Panatta 3 3  

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7   P Portes 6 6  
    J Smith 3 4   7   P Portes 6 6  
    P Proisy 1 4       L Courteau 1 1  
    L Courteau 6 6   7   P Portes 6 6  
    J Vanlangendonck 2 2       J Potier 1 0  
    J Potier 6 6       J Potier 7 6  
    H Ismail 6 2   3   J Kriek 6 3  
3   J Kriek 7 6   7   P Portes 3 7 6
6   S Smith 6 6   6   S Smith 6 5 3
    H Leconte 3 4   6   S Smith 7 7  
    P Torre 3 2       J Feaver 6 5  
    J Feaver 6 6   6   S Smith 7 2 15
    D Siegler 6 6   2   B Gottfried 6 6 13
    B Fritz 3 1       D Siegler 2 6 3
    E Fromm 6 3   2   B Gottfried 6 4 6
2   B Gottfried 7 6  

External links edit