1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{TennisEventInfo|1981|Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships| | date=12–18 October | edition=9th | prize_money=$175,000 | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Hard court|Hard]] / indoor | location=[[Sydney]], Australia | venue=[[Hordern Pavilion]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1981 Sydney Indoor – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/sydney/427/1981/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1981 Sydney Indoor – Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/sydney/427/1981/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | main_name=Australian Indoor Tennis Championships }}

The '''1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|indoor hard courts]] at the [[Hordern Pavilion]] in [[Sydney]] in [[Australia]] and was part of the [[1981 Volvo Grand Prix]]. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 12 October through 18 October 1981. Top-seeded [[John McEnroe]] won his second successive singles title at the event.<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=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/108 108–109]|edition=14th|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=McEnroe wins from Tanner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/19/sports/mcenroe-wins-from-tanner.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 October 1981}}</ref>

==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]] 6–4, 7–5, 6–2 * It was McEnroe's 10th singles title of the year and the 34th of his [[John McEnroe career statistics|career]].

===Doubles=== {{main|1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ferdi Taygan]] 6–7, 7–6, 6–1 * It was Fleming's 7th title of the year and the 39th of his career. It was McEnroe's 16th title of the year and the 72nd of his career.

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==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/sydney-indoor/aus/1981/m-gp-aus-03a-1981/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]

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