1981 Australian Open

Tennis tournament
1981 Australian Open
Date21 December 1981 – 3 January 1982
Edition70th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceGrass
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueKooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's singles
South Africa Johan Kriek
Women's singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Men's doubles
Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick
Women's doubles
United States Kathy Jordan / United States Anne Smith
Boys' singles
Sweden Jörgen Windahl
Girls' singles
Australia Anne Minter
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The 1981 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 70th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 30 November through 6 December 1981 for the women and from 24 December 1981 through 3 January 1982 for the men.

Seniors

Men's singles

South Africa Johan Kriek defeated United States Steve Denton, 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4

• It was Kriek's 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

Women's singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Chris Evert, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5

• It was Navratilova's 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st title at the Australian Open.

Men's doubles

Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick defeated United States Hank Pfister / United States John Sadri 6–3, 6–7, 6–3

• It was Edmondson's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 2nd title at the Australian Open.
• It was Warwick's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 3rd and last title at the Australian Open.

Women's doubles

United States Kathy Jordan / United States Anne Smith defeated United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver 6–2, 7–5

• It was Jordan's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st and only title at the Australian Open.
• It was Smith's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st and only title at the Australian Open.

Mixed doubles

The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Sweden Jörgen Windahl defeated Australia Pat Cash 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Australia Anne Minter defeated France Corinne Vanier 6–4, 6–2

Boys' doubles

New Zealand David Lewis and Australia Tony Withers won the title

Girls' doubles

Australia Maree Booth and Australia Sharon Hodgkin won the title

External links

  • Official website Australian Open
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1981 US Open
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