1981 French Open - Women's Singles
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Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

 defeated Sylvia Hanika
Sylvia Hanika
Sylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed.-Career:Hanika turned professional in 1977...

 6-2 6-4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1981 French Open
1981 French Open
List of the 1981 French Open Champions:-Men's Singles: Björn Borg def. Ivan Lendl, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1*It was Borg's 1st title of the year, and his 61st overall. It was his 11th career Grand Slam title, and his 6th French Open title .-Women's Singles: Hana Mandlíková def...

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See also:
1981 French Open - Men's Singles
1981 French Open - Men's Singles
Björn Borg defeated Ivan Lendl 6–1 4–6 6–2 3–6 6–1 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1981 French Open. See also:-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* r. = retired-Final Eight:-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:...


Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Chris Evert
    Chris Evert
    Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

     (Semifinalist)

  2.   Martina Navratilova (Quarterfinalist)

  3.   Andrea Jaeger
    Andrea Jaeger
    Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...

     (Semifinalist)

  4.   Hana Mandlíková
    Hana Mandlíková
    Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

     (Champion)

  5.   Virginia Ruzici
    Virginia Ruzici
    Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....

     (Quarterfinalist)

  6.   Sylvia Hanika
    Sylvia Hanika
    Sylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed.-Career:Hanika turned professional in 1977...

     (Finalist)

  7.   Mima Jaušovec
    Mima Jaušovec
    Mima Jaušovec is a Slovenian female former tennis player. She was born on July 20, 1956, in Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia). In singles she reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982, in doubles she reached a career high of No. 211 in 1986....

     (Quarterfinalist)

  8.   Dianne Fromholtz
    Dianne Fromholtz
    Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments...

     (Third round)



  1.   Kathy Jordan
    Kathy Jordan
    Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...

     (Third round)

  2.   Bettina Bunge
    Bettina Bunge
    Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.-Career:With German nationality as the daughter of a...

     (Fourth round)

  3.   Anne Smith
    Anne Smith
    Anne Smith is a female former professional tennis player from the United States. Smith's highest women's doubles ranking was World No. 1 in 1980 and 1981. Her highest singles ranking was World No. 12 in 1982...

     (Fourth round)

  4.   Regina Maršíková
    Regina Maršíková
    Regina Maršíková is a former Czechoslovakian tennis player.Maršíková's single titles were at Rome, Toronto and Christchurch in 1978, Phoenix in 1980 and Berlin in 1981...

     (Fourth round)

  5.   Wendy White (Second round)

  6.   Ivanna Madruga (Third round)

  7.   Leslie Allen
    Leslie Allen (tennis)
    Leslie Allen is a retired American professional tennis player.Allen was a member of the University of Southern California national championship team and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in speech communications...

     (Fourth round)

  8.   Virginia Wade
    Virginia Wade
    Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...

     (Fourth round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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