1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

The 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a 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.[3][4]

1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Date12–18 October
Edition9th
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$175,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationSydney, Australia
VenueHordern Pavilion
Champions
Singles
John McEnroe [1]
Doubles
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe [2]

Finals

Singles
Main article: 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles

John McEnroe defeated Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 7–5, 6–2

  • It was McEnroe's 17th title of the year and the 73rd of his career.

Doubles
Main article: 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles

Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 7–6, 6–1

  • It was Fleming's 7th title of the year and the 39th of his career. It was McEnroe's 16th title of the year and the 72nd of his career.

References
  1. "1981 Sydney Indoor Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1981 Sydney Indoor Men's 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.


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