# 1981 ATP Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_ATP_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_ATP_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_ATP_Championship > Source revision: 1176926551 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1981 ATP Championship Date August 17–23 Edition 80th Category Grand Prix circuit Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $200,000 Surface Hard / outdoor Location Mason, Ohio, U.S. Venue Lindner Family Tennis Center Champions Singles John McEnroe[1] Doubles John McEnroe / Ferdi Taygan[2] ← 1980 · Cincinnati Masters · 1982 → The **1981 ATP Championship**, also known as the **Cincinnati Open**, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [outdoor hard courts](/source/Hardcourt) at the [Lindner Family Tennis Center](/source/Lindner_Family_Tennis_Center) in [Mason](/source/Mason%2C_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio) in the United States that was part of the [1981 Volvo Grand Prix](/source/1981_Volvo_Grand_Prix). It was the 80th edition of the tournament and was held from August 17 through August 23, 1981. First-seeded [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) defeated [Chris Lewis](/source/Chris_Lewis_(tennis)) 6–3, 6–4 - It was McEnroe's 8th singles title of the year and the 32nd of his [career](/source/John_McEnroe_career_statistics). ### Doubles [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) / [Ferdi Taygan](/source/Ferdi_Taygan) defeated [Bob Lutz](/source/Bob_Lutz_(tennis)) / [Stan Smith](/source/Stan_Smith) 7–6, 6–3 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Cincinnati – Singles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1981/draws?matchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Cincinnati – Doubles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1981/draws?matchType=doubkes). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1982_3-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1982). *Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation* (14th ed.). London: [Queen Anne Press](/source/Queen_Anne_Press). pp. 101–102. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780356085968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780356085968). ## External links - [Official website](http://www.cincytennis.com) - [ATP tournament profile](http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/cincinnati/usa/1981/m-gp-usa-26a-1981/draws-and-results/) v t e Cincinnati Open 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 v t e 1981 Grand Prix Tour « 1980 1982 » Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Grand Prix circuit Super Series Monterrey WCT Philadelphia WCT Richmond WCT La Quinta Memphis Brussels Indoor WCT Rotterdam WCT Milan WCT Frankfurt WCT Houston WCT Monte Carlo Hamburg Rome Boston Washington North Conway Indianapolis Montreal Cincinnati San Francisco Barcelona Sydney Indoor Tokyo Indoor Stockholm Wembley Buenos Aires Johannesburg Outdoor Regular Series Auckland Adelaide San Juan Vina del Mar Mar del Plata Mexico City Denver Salisbury WCT Tampa Cairo Nancy Napa Stuttgart Indoor Linz Johannesburg Indoor Nice Los Angeles Bournemouth Las Vegas Dallas WCT Forest Hills WCT Florence Munich Brussels Outdoor London/Queen's Bristol Venice Gstaad Newport Kitzbuhel Stuttgart Outdoor Båstad Hilversum South Orange Columbus Stowe Cleveland Palermo Geneva Bordeaux Madrid Manila Maui Brisbane Outdoor Tel Aviv Basel Tokyo Outdoor Melbourne Indoor Vienna Indoor Paris Cologne Hong Kong Quito Taipei Bangkok Bologna Santiago Manila Sydney Outdoor Sofia Team events Davis Cup (World Group) World Team Cup Masters Doubles WCT, London Pepsi Grand Slam, Boca Raton Sawgrass Doubles Volvo Masters, New York --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1981 ATP Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_ATP_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_ATP_Championship?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.