1981 Australian Open
| 1981 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 December 1981 – 3 January 1982 |
| Edition | 70th |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Venue | Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| South Africa Johan Kriek | |
| Women's singles | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Martina Navratilova | |
| Men's doubles | |
| Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Kathy Jordan / Error creating thumbnail: 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
[edit | edit source]Men's singles
[edit | edit source]South Africa Johan Kriek defeated Error creating thumbnail: 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
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: Martina Navratilova defeated Error creating thumbnail: 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
[edit | edit source]Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick defeated Error creating thumbnail: Hank Pfister / Error creating thumbnail: 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
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: Kathy Jordan / Error creating thumbnail: Anne Smith defeated Error creating thumbnail: Martina Navratilova / Error creating thumbnail: 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
[edit | edit source]- The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.
Juniors
[edit | edit source]Boys' singles
[edit | edit source]Sweden Jörgen Windahl defeated Australia Pat Cash 6–4, 6–4
Girls' singles
[edit | edit source]Australia Anne Minter defeated France Corinne Vanier 6–4, 6–2
Boys' doubles
[edit | edit source]New Zealand David Lewis and Australia Tony Withers won the title
Girls' doubles
[edit | edit source]Australia Maree Booth and Australia Sharon Hodgkin won the title