{{short description|Men's tennis tournament of 1981, Melbourne Indoor}} {{TennisEventInfo|1981|Miracle Indoor Championships| | date=19–25 October | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$125,000 | edition=2nd | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia | champs={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter McNamara]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1981 Melbourne– Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/melbourne/9342/1981/draws?matchtype=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter McNamara]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Kronk]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1981 Melbourne– Doubles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/melbourne/9342/1981/draws?matchtype=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | before_name=Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships | after_name=Gloweave Indoor Championships | main_name=Melbourne Indoor }}
The '''1981 Miracle Indoor Championships''', also known as the '''Melbourne Indoor Championships''', was an [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] men's tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s in the [[Frankston, Victoria|Frankston suburb]] of [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia. It was the second edition of the [[Melbourne Indoor|tournament]], which was part of the [[1981 Grand Prix (tennis)|1981 Grand Prix tennis circuit]], and was held from 19 October until 25 October 1981. First-seeded [[Peter McNamara]] won the singles title after his opponent [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] defaulted the match at 5–5 in the final set in a protest against what he viewed as bad umpiring and line judging.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126854048 |title=Miracle Indoor tennis – Gererulaitis walk-off: McNamara wins |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=26 October 1981 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><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|page=124|edition=14th|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter McNamara]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] 6–4, 1–6, 5–5 def. * It was McNamara's 2nd singles title of the year and the 4th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter McNamara]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Kronk]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ferdi Taygan]] 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/melbourne-indoor/aus/1981/m-gp-aus-04a-1981/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Melbourne Indoor tournaments}} {{1981 Volvo Grand Prix}}
[[Category:1981 Grand Prix (tennis)|Miracle Indoor Championships]] [[Category:1980s in sport in Melbourne|Miracle Indoor Championships, 1981]] [[Category:1981 in Australian tennis|Miracle Indoor Championships]] [[Category:October 1981 sports events in Australia|Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships]]