French Open 1981

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French Open 1981
Date: May 25th - 7th June 1981
Edition: 80th  French Open
Place: Roland Garros, Paris
Covering: sand
Defending champion
Men's singles : SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Victor Amaya Hank Pfister
United StatesUnited States 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
United StatesUnited States 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Anne Smith Billy Martin
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles : CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Men's double : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
Hungary 1957Hungary 
Ladies doubles : South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford
South Africa 1961South Africa 
Mixed : United StatesUnited States Andrea Jaeger Jimmy Arias
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1981

The 80th French Open in 1981 was a Grand Slam tennis clay court tournament hosted by the ITF . It took place from May 25th to June 7th 1981 in Roland Garros , Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Björn Borg for men and Chris Evert-Lloyd for women. In the men's doubles Victor Amaya and Hank Pfister were the defending champions , in the women's doubles Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith and in the mixed Anne Smith and Billy Martin .

Men's singles

Main article: French Open 1981 / men's singles

Seeding list
No. player Round reached

01. SwedenSweden Bjorn Borg victory
02. United StatesUnited States Jimmy Connors Quarter finals
03. United StatesUnited States John McEnroe Quarter finals
04th United StatesUnited States Gene Mayer 3rd round

05. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl final

06th ArgentinaArgentina Guillermo Vilas Round of 16

07th ArgentinaArgentina José Luis Clerc Semifinals

08th. United StatesUnited States Harold Solomon 1 round
No. player Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Vitas gerulaitis 1 round

10. United StatesUnited States Eliot Teltscher 1 round

11. FranceFrance Yannick Noah Quarter finals

12. United StatesUnited States Brian Gottfried 3rd round

13. AustraliaAustralia Peter McNamara Round of 16

14th PolandPoland Wojciech Fibak Round of 16

15th Hungary 1957Hungary Balázs Taróczy Quarter finals

16. United StatesUnited States Eddie Dibbs 3rd round

Ladies singles

Main article: French Open 1981 / women singles

Seeding list
No. Player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Quarter finals
03. United StatesUnited States Andrea Jaeger Semifinals
04th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková victory

05. Romania 1965Romania Virginia Ruzici Quarter finals

06th Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Sylvia Hanika final

07th YugoslaviaYugoslavia Mima Jaušovec Quarter finals

08th. AustraliaAustralia Dianne Fromholtz 3rd round
No. Player Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan 3rd round

10. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Bettina Bunge Round of 16

11. United StatesUnited States Anne Smith Round of 16

12. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Regina Maršíková Round of 16

13. United StatesUnited States Wendy White 2nd round

14th ArgentinaArgentina Ivanna Madruga 3rd round

15th United StatesUnited States Leslie Allen Round of 16

16. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade Round of 16

Men's doubles

Main article: French Open 1981 / men's doubles

Seeding list
No. pairing Round reached

01. AustraliaAustralia Peter McNamara Paul McNamee
AustraliaAustralia 
Quarter finals
02.
03. United StatesUnited States Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
MexicoMexico 
1 round
04th ChileChile Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez
EcuadorEcuador 
2nd round

05. ItalyItaly Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta
ItalyItaly 
1 round

06th AustraliaAustralia David Carter Paul Kronk
AustraliaAustralia 
2nd round

07th United StatesUnited States Bruce Manson Ray Moore
South Africa 1961South Africa 
Quarter finals

08th. United StatesUnited States Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher
United StatesUnited States 
final
No. pairing Round reached
09. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Round of 16

10. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
Hungary 1957Hungary 
victory

11. AustraliaAustralia Mark Edmondson Ferdi Taygan
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

12. United StatesUnited States Craig Edwards Eddie Edwards
South Africa 1961South Africa 
Round of 16

13. United StatesUnited States Fred McNair Hank Pfister
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

14th South Africa 1961South Africa Kevin Curren Steve Denton
United StatesUnited States 
2nd round

15th United StatesUnited States Tracy Delatte Trey Waltke
United StatesUnited States 
1 round

16. ArgentinaArgentina Ricardo Cano Ángel Giménez
Spain 1977Spain 
Round of 16

Ladies doubles

Main article: French Open 1981 / women's doubles

Seeding list
No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
02. United StatesUnited States Candy Reynolds Paula Smith
United StatesUnited States 
final
03. United StatesUnited States Betsy Nagelsen Martina Navrátilová
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
04th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Round of 16

05. United StatesUnited States Rosie Casals Mima Jaušovec
YugoslaviaYugoslavia 
2nd round

06th United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd Virginia Ruzici
Romania 1965Romania 
Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
07th Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Sylvia Hanika Andrea Jaeger
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

08th. South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford
South Africa 1961South Africa 
victory

09. United StatesUnited States Leslie Allen Virginia Wade
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
2nd round

10. United StatesUnited States Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss
South Africa 1961South Africa 
Quarter finals

11. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Regina Maršíková Renáta Tomanová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
Round of 16

12. United StatesUnited States Mary-Lou Piatek Wendy White
United StatesUnited States 
2nd round

Mixed

Main article: French Open 1981 / Mixed

Seeding list
No. pairing Round reached

01. Romania 1965Romania Ilie Năstase Billie Jean King
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16
02. United StatesUnited States Fred McNair Betty Stöve
NetherlandsNetherlands 
final
03. United StatesUnited States Steve Denton Anne Smith
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
04th EcuadorEcuador Ricardo Ycaza Betsy Nagelsen
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals
No. pairing Round reached
05. Paraguay 1954Paraguay Francisco González Pam Teeguarden
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals

06th EcuadorEcuador Andrés Gómez Kathy Horvath
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals

07th Brazil 1968Brazil Carlos Kirmayr Claudia Monteiro
Brazil 1968Brazil 
Round of 16

08th. United StatesUnited States Jimmy Arias Andrea Jaeger
United StatesUnited States 
victory

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