{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{TennisEventInfo|1981|South Australian Open| | date=5–11 January | edition=79th | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | prize_money=$50,000 | surface=[[Grass court|Grass]] | draw=32S / 16D | location=[[Adelaide]], Australia | venue=[[Memorial Drive Park|Memorial Drive]] | champs={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web |title=1981 Adelaide – Men's singles |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/adelaide/7308/1981/draws?matchtype=singles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Colin Dibley]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John James (tennis)|John James]]<ref name="md">{{cite web |title=1981 Adelaide – Men's doubles |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/adelaide/7308/1981/draws?matchtype=doubles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | before_year=1979 }}
The '''1981 South Australian Open''' was a men's [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] [[tennis]] tournament held on outdoor [[grass court]]s at [[Memorial Drive Park|Memorial Drive]] in [[Adelaide]], Australia that was part of the [[1981 Grand Prix (tennis)|1981 Volvo Grand Prix circuit]]. It was the 79th edition of the [[South Australian Championships|tournament]] and was held from 5 January until 11 January 1981. Fifth-seeded [[Mark Edmondson]] won the singles title.<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=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/118 118]|edition=14th|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/118}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{main|1981 South Australian Open – Singles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Edmondson]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brad Drewett]] 7–5, 6–2 * It was Edmondson's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1981 South Australian Open – Doubles}} {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Colin Dibley]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John James (tennis)|John James]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Edwards (tennis)|Craig Edwards]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Eddie Edwards (tennis)|Eddie Edwards]] 6–3, 6–4 * It was Dibley's only title of the year and the 21st of his career. It was James's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Brisbane.aspx ATP tournament profile] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/adelaide/aus/1981/m-gp-aus-01a-1981/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{South Australian Championships South Australian Open tournaments|state=collapsed}} {{1981 Volvo Grand Prix}}
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