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Roland Garros 1981

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ATP Grand Slam Clay Start: May 25, 1981 Draw: 128 127 matches
Champion: Bjorn Borg

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 6
Terry Moor 0 0 1
15 Balazs Taroczy 7 6 5 6
Thierry Tulasne 5 3 7 3
Victor Pecci 6 6 6
14 Wojtek Fibak 2 3 3
11 Yannick Noah 6 6 5 6
6 Guillermo Vilas 2 3 7 4
5 Ivan Lendl 6 4 7 7
13 Peter Mcnamara 2 6 6 6
3 John McEnroe 6 6 6
Ricardo Ycaza 3 4 4
7 Jose Luis Clerc 6 3 7 7
Carlos Kirmayr 4 6 5 5
2 Jimmy Connors 6 6 7
Mel Purcell 2 4 6
Quarterfinal
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 6
15 Balazs Taroczy 3 3 2
Victor Pecci 3 6 6 6
11 Yannick Noah 6 4 4 4
5 Ivan Lendl 6 6 7
3 John McEnroe 4 4 5
7 Jose Luis Clerc 4 6 4 7 6
2 Jimmy Connors 6 2 6 5 0
Semifinal
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 7
Victor Pecci 4 4 5
5 Ivan Lendl 3 6 4 7 6
7 Jose Luis Clerc 6 4 6 6 2
Final
1 Bjorn Borg 6 4 6 3 6
5 Ivan Lendl 1 6 2 6 1

Early rounds

Round of 128 64 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Bjorn Borg Jose Lopez Maeso 6-2 6-2 6-2 · ·
Cassio Motta Wolfgang Popp 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6 ·
Angel Gimenez Mario Martinez 6-4 7-5 6-2 · ·
Paul Torre Paul Mcnamee 6-1 6-7 3-6 6-0 7-5
Terry Moor Anders Jarryd 6-2 6-4 6-2 · ·
Jose Luis Damiani Rolf Gehring 6-2 · · · ·
Patrick Proisy Paul Kronk 6-1 6-3 6-1 · ·
Ilie Nastase Eliot Teltscher 6-2 6-4 7-5 · ·
Balazs Taroczy Hank Pfister 6-3 6-0 6-1 · ·
Tomas Smid Zeljko Franulovic 6-1 7-6 6-2 · ·
Marcos Hocevar Javier Restrepo 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 ·
Ben Testerman Pavel Hutka 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-4 ·
Tony Giammalva Ferdi Taygan 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-1 ·
Roberto Vizcaino Antonio Zugarelli 6-3 6-1 6-0 · ·
Thierry Tulasne Jose Higueras 6-3 6-0 6-3 · ·
Adriano Panatta Harold Solomon 6-3 7-5 6-2 · ·
Sandy Mayer Dominique Bedel 6-1 6-4 6-3 · ·
Raymond Moore Patrice Dominguez 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-3 9-7
Shlomo Glickstein Richard Meyer 7-5 6-3 6-0 · ·
Victor Pecci Vittorio Magnelli 6-2 7-5 6-1 · ·
Haroon Ismail Francisco Gonzalez 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 ·
Eric Deblicker Fernando Maynetto 6-2 7-6 6-4 · ·
Fernando Luna Louk Sanders 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4 ·
Wojtek Fibak Bruce Nichols 6-2 6-2 6-4 · ·
Yannick Noah Ramesh Krishnan 6-1 6-1 6-4 · ·
Hans Gildemeister Christophe Freyss 6-7 2-6 6-3 6-0 12-10
Jan Norback Klaus Eberhard 6-1 6-4 5-7 6-3 ·
Rod Frawley Gustavo Guerrero 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 ·
Trey Waltke Rick Fagel 6-3 6-0 6-0 · ·
Ricardo Cano David Carter 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 ·
Pascal Portes Ross Case 6-3 6-1 6-2 · ·
Guillermo Vilas Paolo Bertolucci 6-2 7-5 6-2 · ·
Ivan Lendl John Fitzgerald 7-5 7-6 6-4 · ·
Andres Gomez Eddie Edwards 4-6 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-3
Eduardo Bengoechea Henri Leconte 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-4 ·
Chris Mayotte Craig Wittus 6-7 6-3 7-5 6-3 ·
Eric Fromm Peter Feigl 6-7 7-5 6-2 6-3 ·
Billy Martin Miguel Mir 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 ·
Gilles Moretton Denis Naegelen 6-3 7-6 6-0 · ·
Peter Mcnamara Georges Goven 6-3 6-1 5-7 6-1 ·
Ricardo Ycaza Vitas Gerulaitis 4-6 6-2 7-5 7-5 ·
Jimmy Arias Carlos Gattiker 6-4 7-6 7-6 · ·
Chris Johnstone Larry Stefanki 6-1 7-5 6-0 · ·
Per Hjertquist Onny Parun 6-4 6-4 6-4 · ·
Diego Perez Jan Kodes 6-2 6-1 6-4 · ·
Jiri Hrebec Robert Vant Hof 6-4 3-6 6-0 6-1 ·
Jaime Fillol Corrado Barazzutti 3-6 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-4
John McEnroe Vincent Van Patten 6-2 6-0 6-4 · ·
Jose Luis Clerc Heinz Gunthardt 7-5 7-5 6-1 · ·
Alvaro Fillol Fernando Dalla Fontana 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4 ·
Steve Krulevitz Joakim Nystrom 2-6 7-6 6-3 7-6 ·
Alejandro Ganzabal Manuel Orantes 7-6 6-4 6-2 · ·
Carlos Kirmayr Raul Ramirez 6-3 7-6 6-2 · ·
Pavel Slozil Gianluca Rinaldini 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3 ·
Hans Simonsson Jerome Potier 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-2 ·
Brian Gottfried Guillermo Aubone 6-7 6-3 6-0 6-4 ·
Eddie Dibbs Bruce Manson 6-0 6-1 6-1 · ·
Chris Lewis Mark Edmondson 6-4 6-2 4-6 2-6 6-4
Mansour Bahrami Jean Louis Haillet 4-6 7-5 6-4 7-6 ·
Mel Purcell Andreas Maurer 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1
Jean Francois Caujolle Ben Mckown 6-3 6-3 6-3 · ·
Patrice Kuchna David Schneider 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2 ·
Gabriel Urpi Christophe Casa 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-0 ·
Jimmy Connors Christophe Roger Vasselin 6-1 7-5 3-6 6-3 ·
Round of 64 32 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Bjorn Borg Cassio Motta 6-1 7-5 6-0 · ·
Paul Torre Angel Gimenez 6-3 6-4 6-3 · ·
Terry Moor Jose Luis Damiani 6-3 7-6 6-1 · ·
Ilie Nastase Patrick Proisy 6-1 6-2 6-0 · ·
Balazs Taroczy Tomas Smid 7-6 7-5 7-6 · ·
Ben Testerman Marcos Hocevar 6-4 6-3 3-6 0-6 6-2
Tony Giammalva Roberto Vizcaino 6-4 7-5 6-4 · ·
Thierry Tulasne Adriano Panatta 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-0 ·
Sandy Mayer Raymond Moore 6-4 6-2 6-1 · ·
Victor Pecci Shlomo Glickstein 4-6 6-3 7-5 7-5 ·
Haroon Ismail Eric Deblicker 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-4
Wojtek Fibak Fernando Luna 7-6 6-0 7-6 · ·
Yannick Noah Hans Gildemeister 7-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 ·
Jan Norback Rod Frawley 7-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 ·
Ricardo Cano Trey Waltke 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-2 ·
Guillermo Vilas Pascal Portes 6-2 6-3 6-0 · ·
Ivan Lendl Andres Gomez 6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6 6-4
Eduardo Bengoechea Chris Mayotte 6-4 6-0 6-4 · ·
Billy Martin Eric Fromm 3-6 6-2 6-0 7-5 ·
Peter Mcnamara Gilles Moretton 6-3 6-3 6-3 · ·
Ricardo Ycaza Jimmy Arias 5-7 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-4
Per Hjertquist Chris Johnstone 6-4 7-5 7-6 · ·
Diego Perez Jiri Hrebec 7-6 6-4 2-6 6-2 ·
John McEnroe Jaime Fillol 6-3 6-0 6-2 · ·
Jose Luis Clerc Alvaro Fillol 6-4 6-1 6-0 · ·
Alejandro Ganzabal Steve Krulevitz 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-3 ·
Carlos Kirmayr Pavel Slozil 6-4 6-4 6-4 · ·
Brian Gottfried Hans Simonsson 6-2 6-3 7-6 · ·
Eddie Dibbs Chris Lewis 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 ·
Mel Purcell Mansour Bahrami 6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3 ·
Jean Francois Caujolle Patrice Kuchna 3-6 3-6 7-6 7-5 6-3
Jimmy Connors Gabriel Urpi 6-3 7-6 6-4 · ·
Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Bjorn Borg Paul Torre 6-2 6-1 6-2 · ·
Terry Moor Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-2 6-1 · ·
Balazs Taroczy Ben Testerman 6-1 5-2 · · ·
Thierry Tulasne Tony Giammalva 6-4 6-0 6-3 · ·
Victor Pecci Sandy Mayer 6-4 2-1 · · ·
Wojtek Fibak Haroon Ismail 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 ·
Yannick Noah Jan Norback 6-0 3-6 6-1 6-4 ·
Guillermo Vilas Ricardo Cano 6-1 6-1 6-0 · ·
Ivan Lendl Eduardo Bengoechea 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-3 ·
Peter Mcnamara Billy Martin 6-0 6-2 6-1 · ·
Ricardo Ycaza Per Hjertquist 6-4 0-6 7-6 6-2 ·
John McEnroe Diego Perez 6-1 2-6 6-0 6-4 ·
Jose Luis Clerc Alejandro Ganzabal 6-4 6-2 6-1 · ·
Carlos Kirmayr Brian Gottfried 6-2 6-4 6-2 · ·
Mel Purcell Eddie Dibbs 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3
Jimmy Connors Jean Francois Caujolle 6-0 6-2 6-0 · ·

Players (128)

PlayerCountryReached
Bjorn Borg Bjorn Borg SWE Winner
Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl USA Final
Jose Luis Clerc Jose Luis Clerc ARG Semifinal
Victor Pecci Victor Pecci PAR Semifinal
Balazs Taroczy Balazs Taroczy HUN Quarterfinal
Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors USA Quarterfinal
John McEnroe John McEnroe USA Quarterfinal
Yannick Noah Yannick Noah FRA Quarterfinal
CK Carlos Kirmayr BRA Round of 16
Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas ARG Round of 16
Mel Purcell Mel Purcell USA Round of 16
PM Peter Mcnamara AUS Round of 16
RY Ricardo Ycaza ECU Round of 16
Terry Moor Terry Moor USA Round of 16
TT Thierry Tulasne FRA Round of 16
Wojtek Fibak Wojtek Fibak POL Round of 16
AG Alejandro Ganzabal ARG Round of 32
BT Ben Testerman USA Round of 32
BM Billy Martin USA Round of 32
BG Brian Gottfried USA Round of 32
DP Diego Perez URU Round of 32
Eddie Dibbs Eddie Dibbs USA Round of 32
EB Eduardo Bengoechea ARG Round of 32
HI Haroon Ismail ZIM Round of 32
Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase ROU Round of 32
JN Jan Norback SWE Round of 32
JC Jean Francois Caujolle FRA Round of 32
PT Paul Torre FRA Round of 32
PH Per Hjertquist SWE Round of 32
RC Ricardo Cano ARG Round of 32
SM Sandy Mayer USA Round of 32
TG Tony Giammalva USA Round of 32
Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta ITA Round of 64
AF Alvaro Fillol CHI Round of 64
Andres Gomez Andres Gomez ECU Round of 64
AG Angel Gimenez ESP Round of 64
CM Cassio Motta BRA Round of 64
CJ Chris Johnstone AUS Round of 64
Chris Lewis Chris Lewis NZL Round of 64
CM Chris Mayotte USA Round of 64
ED Eric Deblicker FRA Round of 64
EF Eric Fromm USA Round of 64
FL Fernando Luna ESP Round of 64
GU Gabriel Urpi ESP Round of 64
GM Gilles Moretton FRA Round of 64
Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister CHI Round of 64
HS Hans Simonsson SWE Round of 64
Jaime Fillol Jaime Fillol CHI Round of 64
Jimmy Arias Jimmy Arias USA Round of 64
Jiri Hrebec Jiri Hrebec CZE Round of 64
JD Jose Luis Damiani URU Round of 64
MB Mansour Bahrami IRI Round of 64
MH Marcos Hocevar BRA Round of 64
PP Pascal Portes FRA Round of 64
PK Patrice Kuchna FRA Round of 64
Patrick Proisy Patrick Proisy FRA Round of 64
PS Pavel Slozil CZE Round of 64
Raymond Moore Raymond Moore RSA Round of 64
RV Roberto Vizcaino ESP Round of 64
RF Rod Frawley AUS Round of 64
Shlomo Glickstein Shlomo Glickstein ISR Round of 64
SK Steve Krulevitz USA Round of 64
TS Tomas Smid CZE Round of 64
TW Trey Waltke USA Round of 64
Anders Jarryd Anders Jarryd SWE Round of 128
AM Andreas Maurer GER Round of 128
AZ Antonio Zugarelli ITA Round of 128
BM Ben Mckown USA Round of 128
BM Bruce Manson USA Round of 128
BN Bruce Nichols USA Round of 128
CG Carlos Gattiker ARG Round of 128
CC Christophe Casa FRA Round of 128
CF Christophe Freyss FRA Round of 128
CV Christophe Roger Vasselin FRA Round of 128
Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti ITA Round of 128
CW Craig Wittus USA Round of 128
DC David Carter AUS Round of 128
DS David Schneider USA Round of 128
DN Denis Naegelen FRA Round of 128
DB Dominique Bedel FRA Round of 128
EE Eddie Edwards RSA Round of 128
ET Eliot Teltscher USA Round of 128
FT Ferdi Taygan USA Round of 128
FF Fernando Dalla Fontana ARG Round of 128
FM Fernando Maynetto PER Round of 128
FG Francisco Gonzalez PAR Round of 128
GG Georges Goven FRA Round of 128
GR Gianluca Rinaldini ITA Round of 128
GA Guillermo Aubone ARG Round of 128
GG Gustavo Guerrero ARG Round of 128
Hank Pfister Hank Pfister USA Round of 128
HS Harold Solomon USA Round of 128
Heinz Gunthardt Heinz Gunthardt SUI Round of 128
Henri Leconte Henri Leconte FRA Round of 128
Jan Kodes Jan Kodes CZE Round of 128
JR Javier Restrepo COL Round of 128
JH Jean Louis Haillet FRA Round of 128
JP Jerome Potier FRA Round of 128
JN Joakim Nystrom SWE Round of 128
JF John Fitzgerald AUS Round of 128
Jose Higueras Jose Higueras ESP Round of 128
JM Jose Lopez Maeso ESP Round of 128
KE Klaus Eberhard GER Round of 128
LS Larry Stefanki USA Round of 128
LS Louk Sanders NED Round of 128
Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes ESP Round of 128
MM Mario Martinez BOL Round of 128
ME Mark Edmondson AUS Round of 128
MM Miguel Mir ESP Round of 128
Onny Parun Onny Parun NZL Round of 128
Paolo Bertolucci Paolo Bertolucci ITA Round of 128
Patrice Dominguez Patrice Dominguez FRA Round of 128
PK Paul Kronk AUS Round of 128
PM Paul Mcnamee AUS Round of 128
PH Pavel Hutka CZE Round of 128
PF Peter Feigl AUT Round of 128
Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan IND Round of 128
Raul Ramirez Raul Ramirez MEX Round of 128
RM Richard Meyer USA Round of 128
RF Rick Fagel USA Round of 128
RH Robert Vant Hof USA Round of 128
RG Rolf Gehring GER Round of 128
RC Ross Case AUS Round of 128
VP Vincent Van Patten USA Round of 128
Vitas Gerulaitis Vitas Gerulaitis USA Round of 128
VM Vittorio Magnelli ITA Round of 128
WP Wolfgang Popp GER Round of 128
Zeljko Franulovic Zeljko Franulovic CRO Round of 128