# 1981 Cuore Cup > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Cuore_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Cuore_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Cuore_Cup > Source revision: 1320475534 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1981 Cuore Cup Date 23–29 March Edition 4th Category Grand Prix (WCT) Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $175,000 Surface Carpet / indoor Location Milan, Italy Venue Palazzo dello Sport Champions Singles John McEnroe[1] Doubles Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramirez[2] ← 1980 · Milan Indoor · 1982 → The **1981 Cuore Cup** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [carpet courts](/source/Carpet_court) at the [Palazzo dello Sport](/source/Palasport_di_San_Siro) in [Milan](/source/Milan), Italy. The event was part [WCT Tour](/source/World_Championship_Tennis) which was incorporated into the [1981 Volvo Grand Prix](/source/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](/source/John_McEnroe) won his third consecutive singles title at the event and earned $35,000 first-prize money.[3][4][5] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1981 Cuore Cup – Singles](/source/1981_Cuore_Cup_%E2%80%93_Singles) [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) defeated [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) 7–6(7–2), 6–4 - It was McEnroe's 2nd singles title of the year and the 26th of his [career](/source/John_McEnroe_career_statistics). ### Doubles Main article: [1981 Cuore Cup – Doubles](/source/1981_Cuore_Cup_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Brian Gottfried](/source/Brian_Gottfried) / [Raúl Ramirez](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Ramirez) defeated [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) / [Peter Rennert](/source/Peter_Rennert) 7–6, 6–3 ## See also - [Borg–McEnroe rivalry](/source/Borg%E2%80%93McEnroe_rivalry) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Milan – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/milan/408/1981/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Milan – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/milan/408/1981/draws?matchtype=doubles). 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. 26–27, 182. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780356085968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780356085968). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["McEnroe defeats Borg in Milan"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-CsdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RqUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6867%2C8588908). *[The Tuscaloosa News](/source/The_Tuscaloosa_News)*. AP. 30 March 1981. p. 15 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["McEnroe Tops Borg, 7-6, 6-4, in Milan Final"](https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/30/sports/mcenroe-tops-borg-7-6-6-4-in-milan-final.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. 30 March 1981. ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/milan/ita/1981/m-gp-ita-01a-1981/draws-and-results/) v t e Milan / London tournaments 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 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 Cuore Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Cuore_Cup) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Cuore_Cup?action=history)). 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