# 1981 Robinson's Tennis Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Robinson's_Tennis_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Robinson's_Tennis_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Robinson's_Tennis_Open > Source revision: 1353291762 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1981 Robinson's Tennis Open Date March 9–15 Edition 2nd Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $75,000 Surface Hard / outdoor Location Oldsmar, Florida, U.S. Venue East Lake Woodlands Golf and Racquet Club Attendance 16,400[1] Champions Singles Mel Purcell[2] Doubles Butch Walts / Bernard Mitton[3] ← 1980 · Tampa Open · 1982 → The **1981 Robinson's Tennis Open**, also known as the **Tampa Open**, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court) at the East Lake Woodlands Golf and Racquet Club in [Oldsmar, Florida](/source/Oldsmar%2C_Florida) in the United States that was part of the [1981 Grand Prix circuit](/source/1981_Grand_Prix_(tennis)). It was the second edition of the [tournament](/source/Tampa_Open) and took place from March 9 through March 15, 1981. Second-seeded [Mel Purcell](/source/Mel_Purcell) won the singles title and earned $15,000 first-prize money.[4][5] ## Finals ### Singles [Mel Purcell](/source/Mel_Purcell) defeated [Jeff Borowiak](/source/Jeff_Borowiak) 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 - It was Purcell's 1st singles title of his career. ### Doubles [Butch Walts](/source/Butch_Walts) / [Bernard Mitton](/source/Bernard_Mitton) defeated [David Carter](/source/David_Carter_(tennis)) / [Paul Kronk](/source/Paul_Kronk) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 - It was Walts' 2nd doubles title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Mitton's 2nd doubles title of the year and the 5th of his career. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Greg Gordon (March 19, 1981). ["Open needs economic support"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/335318339/). *The Tampa Tribune*. p. 11-C. Attendance at the Robinson's Men's Tennis Open suffered miserably last week, drawing only 2,000 more people than last April's first edition. This year's field was twice as good as the first bu attracted only 16,400 for the week (...). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_2-0)** ["1981 Tampa– Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tampa/346/1981/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_3-0)** ["1981 Tampa – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tampa/346/1981/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Ralph Diaz (March 16, 1981). ["No. 2 blues are finished for Purcell"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/334131175/). *The Tampa Times*. p. 1-C. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1982_5-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1982). [*Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/119) (14th ed.). London: [Queen Anne Press](/source/Queen_Anne_Press). p. [119](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/119). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780356085968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780356085968). ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/tampa/usa/1981/m-gp-usa-10a-1981/draws-and-results/) v t e Tampa tournaments 1980 1981 1982 1983 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 Robinson's Tennis Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Robinson's_Tennis_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Robinson's_Tennis_Open?action=history)). 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