# 1981 German Open Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_German_Open_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_German_Open_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_German_Open_Championships > Source revision: 1104560171 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1981 German Open Championships Date 11–17 May Edition 73rd Category Grand Prix (Super Series) Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $200,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Hamburg, West Germany Venue Am Rothenbaum Champions Singles Peter McNamara[1] Doubles Andrés Gómez / Hans Gildemeister[2] ← 1980 · Grand Prix German Open · 1982 → The **1981 German Open Championships** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at [Am Rothenbaum](/source/Am_Rothenbaum) in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), West Germany that was part of the [Super Series](/source/Grand_Prix_Super_Series) of the [1981 Grand Prix circuit](/source/1981_Grand_Prix_(tennis)). It was the 73rd edition of the [event](/source/Grand_Prix_German_Open) and took place from 11 May until 17 May 1981. Sixth-seeded [Peter McNamara](/source/Peter_McNamara) won the singles title after a win against first-seeded [Jimmy Connors](/source/Jimmy_Connors) in a rain-interrupted final that was played over two days. ## Finals ### Singles [Peter McNamara](/source/Peter_McNamara) defeated [Jimmy Connors](/source/Jimmy_Connors), 7–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 - It was McNamara' 1st singles title of the year and the 3rd of his career. ### Doubles [Andrés Gómez](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_G%C3%B3mez) / [Hans Gildemeister](/source/Hans_Gildemeister) defeated [Peter McNamara](/source/Peter_McNamara) / [Paul McNamee](/source/Paul_McNamee), 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Hamburg – Singles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/hamburg/414/1981/draws?matchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Hamburg – Doubles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/hamburg/414/1981/draws?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ## External links - [Official website](http://hamburg-open.com/) - [ATP tournament profile](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hamburg/414/overview) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010002454) v t e International German Open 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 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 German Open Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_German_Open_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_German_Open_Championships?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.