# 1981 South Australian Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_South_Australian_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_South_Australian_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_South_Australian_Open > Source revision: 1342418354 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1981 South Australian Open Date 5–11 January Edition 79th Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $50,000 Surface Grass Location Adelaide, Australia Venue Memorial Drive Champions Singles Mark Edmondson[1] Doubles Colin Dibley / John James[2] ← 1979 · South Australian Open · 1982 → The **1981 South Australian Open** was a men's [Association of Tennis Professionals](/source/Association_of_Tennis_Professionals) [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament held on outdoor [grass courts](/source/Grass_court) at [Memorial Drive](/source/Memorial_Drive_Park) in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), Australia that was part of the [1981 Volvo Grand Prix circuit](/source/1981_Grand_Prix_(tennis)). It was the 79th edition of the [tournament](/source/South_Australian_Championships) and was held from 5 January until 11 January 1981. Fifth-seeded [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1981 South Australian Open – Singles](/source/1981_South_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) defeated [Brad Drewett](/source/Brad_Drewett) 7–5, 6–2 - It was Edmondson's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career. ### Doubles Main article: [1981 South Australian Open – Doubles](/source/1981_South_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Colin Dibley](/source/Colin_Dibley) / [John James](/source/John_James_(tennis)) defeated [Craig Edwards](/source/Craig_Edwards_(tennis)) / [Eddie Edwards](/source/Eddie_Edwards_(tennis)) 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Adelaide – Men's singles"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/adelaide/7308/1981/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Adelaide – Men's doubles"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/adelaide/7308/1981/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*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/118) (14th ed.). London: [Queen Anne Press](/source/Queen_Anne_Press). p. [118](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/118). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780356085968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780356085968). ## External links - [ATP tournament profile](http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Brisbane.aspx) - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/adelaide/aus/1981/m-gp-aus-01a-1981/draws-and-results/) v t e South Australian Championships / Open tournaments 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 NH NH NH 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 NH NH NH NH 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 NT 1970 NT 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 NT 1979 NH 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 NH 1987 1988 1989 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 South Australian Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_South_Australian_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_South_Australian_Open?action=history)). 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