# 1981 Volvo Masters

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1981 Volvo Masters Date January 13–17, 1982 Edition 12th Category Masters Draw 8S / 4D Prize money $400,000 Surface Carpet / indoor Location New York City, US Venue Madison Square Garden Champions Singles Ivan Lendl[1] Doubles Peter Fleming / John McEnroe[2] ← 1980 · ATP Finals · 1982 →

The **1981 Masters** (also known as the **1981 Volvo Masters** for sponsorship reasons)[3] was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [carpet courts](/source/Carpet_court) in [Madison Square Garden](/source/Madison_Square_Garden), [New York City](/source/New_York_City), United States from January 13 through January 17, 1982. It was the year-end championship of the [1981 Volvo Grand Prix](/source/1981_Volvo_Grand_Prix) tour. [Ivan Lendl](/source/Ivan_Lendl) won the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

Main article: [1981 Volvo Masters – Singles](/source/1981_Volvo_Masters_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[Ivan Lendl](/source/Ivan_Lendl) defeated [Vitas Gerulaitis](/source/Vitas_Gerulaitis), 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4.

### Doubles

Main article: [1981 Volvo Masters – Doubles](/source/1981_Volvo_Masters_%E2%80%93_Doubles)

[Peter Fleming](/source/Peter_Fleming_(tennis)) and [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) defeated [Kevin Curren](/source/Kevin_Curren) and [Steve Denton](/source/Steve_Denton) 6–3, 6–3.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1981 Masters – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/masters/605/1980/results). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1981 Masters – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/masters/605/1981/results?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Collins, Bud](/source/Bud_Collins) (October 2010). "Year-End Championships". *The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book*. New York: New Chapter Press. p. 746. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-942257-70-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-942257-70-0).

## External links

- [ATP tournament profile](https://www.nittoatpfinals.com/en)

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