{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{TennisEventInfo|1981|ATP Championship|| | date=August 17–23 | edition=80th | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix circuit]] | draw=64S / 32D | prize_money=$200,000 | surface=Hard / outdoor | location=[[Mason, Ohio|Mason]], [[Ohio]], U.S. | venue=[[Lindner Family Tennis Center]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1981 Cincinnati – Singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1981/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ferdi Taygan]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1981 Cincinnati – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cincinnati/422/1981/draws?matchType=doubkes|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | main_name=Cincinnati Masters }}
The '''1981 ATP Championship''', also known as the '''Cincinnati Open''', was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]] at the [[Lindner Family Tennis Center]] in [[Mason, Ohio|Mason]], [[Ohio]] in the United States that was part of the [[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]] won the singles title.<ref name="wot1982">{{cite book|title=Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation|year=1982|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London|isbn=9780356085968|pages=101–102|edition=14th|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] defeated {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Lewis (tennis)|Chris Lewis]] 6–3, 6–4 * It was McEnroe's 8th singles title of the year and the 32nd of his [[John McEnroe career statistics|career]].
===Doubles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ferdi Taygan]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Lutz (tennis)|Bob Lutz]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stan Smith]] 7–6, 6–3
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website}} * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview ATP tournament profile] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/cincinnati/usa/1981/m-gp-usa-26a-1981/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Cincinnati Masters tournaments}} {{1981 Volvo Grand Prix}}
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