{{TennisEventInfo|1981|Cuore Cup| | date=23–29 March | edition= 4th | category=[[Grand Prix tennis tour|Grand Prix]] (WCT) | prize_money=[[USD|$]]175,000 | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Milan]], Italy | venue=[[Palasport di San Siro|Palazzo dello Sport]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]]<ref name=ms>{{cite web|title=1981 Milan – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/milan/408/1981/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) }}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] / {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramirez]]<ref name=md>{{cite web|title=1981 Milan – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/milan/408/1981/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) }}</ref> | before_name=Milan Indoor | main_name=Milan Indoor }}
The '''1981 Cuore Cup''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Palasport di San Siro|Palazzo dello Sport]] in [[Milan]], Italy. The event was part [[World Championship Tennis|WCT Tour]] which was incorporated into the [[1981 Volvo Grand Prix]] circuit. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 23 March through 29 March 1981. Second-seeded [[John McEnroe]] won his third consecutive singles title at the event and earned $35,000 first-prize money.<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=26–27, 182|edition=14th|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=McEnroe defeats Borg in Milan|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-CsdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6867%2C8588908|work=[[The Tuscaloosa News]]|agency=AP|date=30 March 1981|page=15|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=McEnroe Tops Borg, 7-6, 6-4, in Milan Final|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/30/sports/mcenroe-tops-borg-7-6-6-4-in-milan-final.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 March 1981}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1981 Cuore Cup – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] defeated {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Borg]] 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–4 * It was McEnroe's 2nd singles title of the year and the 26th of his [[John McEnroe career statistics|career]].
===Doubles=== {{main|1981 Cuore Cup – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA|}} [[Brian Gottfried]] / {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramirez]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Rennert]] 7–6, 6–3
==See also== * [[Borg–McEnroe rivalry]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/milan/ita/1981/m-gp-ita-01a-1981/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Milan Indoor tournaments}} {{1981 Volvo Grand Prix}}
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