1981 Paris Open - Singles
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Brian Gottfried
Brian Gottfried
Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No....

 was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stan Smith
Stan Smith
Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...

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Mark Vines
Mark Vines
Mark Vines is an American former tennis player. During his career he had a 8-24 win-loss record and reached a career high singles ranking of number 110 in April 1982. He won one singles title, the Paris Indoors tournament in 1981-Wins :-External links:**...

 won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 against Pascal Portes
Pascal Portes
Pascal Portes , is a former professional tennis player from France. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in 1981 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 118 in 1984.-Singles Runner-ups :-Doubles titles :-External links:...

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Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
  1.   Yannick Noah
    Yannick Noah
    Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...

     (Semifinals)
  2.   Brian Gottfried
    Brian Gottfried
    Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No....

     
    (Quarterfinals)
  3.   Johan Kriek
    Johan Kriek
    Johan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...

     (Second Round)
  4.   Harold Solomon
    Harold Solomon
    Harold Solomon was an American professional tennis player during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world in 1980.- Tennis career :...

     
    (First Round)



  1.   Adriano Panatta
    Adriano Panatta
    Adriano Panatta is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1976, and for being the only player to ever defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, which he did on two occasions.-Career:...

     (First Round)

  2.   Stan Smith
    Stan Smith
    Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...

     
    (Semifinals)

  3.   Pascal Portes
    Pascal Portes
    Pascal Portes , is a former professional tennis player from France. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 44 in 1981 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 118 in 1984.-Singles Runner-ups :-Doubles titles :-External links:...

     (Final)

  4.   Ilie Năstase
    Ilie Nastase
    Ilie Nastase is a Romanian former professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 tennis player between 1973 and 1974 . He is one of the five players in history to win more than 100 ATP professional titles . He was inducted into the...

     
    (Quarterfinals)



Draw

  • NB
    Nota Bene
    Nota bene is an Italian and Latin phrase meaning "note well". The phrase first appeared in writing circa 1721.Often abbreviated as "N. B.", nota bene comes from the Latin roots notāre and bene . It is in the singular imperative mood, instructing one individual to note well the matter at hand...

    : The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

Section 1

Section 2

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