# 1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

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1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships Date 12–18 October Edition 9th Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $175,000 Surface Hard / indoor Location Sydney, Australia Venue Hordern Pavilion Champions Singles John McEnroe[1] Doubles Peter Fleming / John McEnroe[2] ← 1980 · Australian Indoor Tennis Championships · 1982 →

The **1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [indoor hard courts](/source/Tennis_court#Indoor_courts) at the [Hordern Pavilion](/source/Hordern_Pavilion) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) in [Australia](/source/Australia) and was part of the [1981 Volvo Grand Prix](/source/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](/source/John_McEnroe) won his second successive singles title at the event.[3][4]

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles](/source/1981_Custom_Credit_Australian_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) defeated [Roscoe Tanner](/source/Roscoe_Tanner) 6–4, 7–5, 6–2

- It was McEnroe's 10th singles title of the year and the 34th of his [career](/source/John_McEnroe_career_statistics).

### Doubles

Main article: [1981 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles](/source/1981_Custom_Credit_Australian_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

[Peter Fleming](/source/Peter_Fleming_(tennis)) / [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) defeated [Sherwood Stewart](/source/Sherwood_Stewart) / [Ferdi Taygan](/source/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.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Sydney Indoor – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/sydney/427/1981/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Sydney Indoor – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/sydney/427/1981/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](/source/International_Tennis_Federation)* (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. [108–109](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/108). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780356085968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780356085968).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["McEnroe wins from Tanner"](https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/19/sports/mcenroe-wins-from-tanner.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. 19 October 1981.

## External links

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

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