1981 Paris Open – Singles

Brian Gottfried was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stan Smith.

Singles
1981 Paris Open
Champion	Mark Vines
Runner-up	Pascal Portes
Score	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Mark Vines won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 against Pascal Portes.

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 (semifinals)
2. Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
3. Johan Kriek (second round)
4. Harold Solomon (first round)
5. Adriano Panatta (first round)
6. Stan Smith (semifinals)
7. Pascal Portes (final)
8. Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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

Final

	Final
		Mark Vines	6	6	6
	7	Pascal Portes	2	4	3

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Y Noah	6	5	6
		M Cox	2	7	2			1	Y Noah	6	6	6
		C Mayotte	1	5					E Deblicker	7	4	2
		E Deblicker	6	7											1	Y Noah	2	7	7
		J-L Haillet	1	6	4										8	I Năstase	6	6	5
		C Zipf	6	4	6				C Zipf	1	2
		M Ostoja	5	4				8	I Năstase	6	6
	8	I Năstase	7	6																		1	Y Noah	4	6
	4	H Solomon	1	3																			M Vines	6	7
		M Vines	6	6					M Vines	6	3	6
		J-F Caujolle	1	3					P Bertolucci	4	6	2
		P Bertolucci	6	6												M Vines	4	6	6
		C Freyss	6	4												R Lewis	6	3	2
		S Meister	7	6					S Meister	6	6	3
		R Lewis	6	6					R Lewis	4	7	6
	5	A Panatta	3	3

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	P Portes	6	6
		J Smith	3	4				7	P Portes	6	6
		P Proisy	1	4					L Courteau	1	1
		L Courteau	6	6											7	P Portes	6	6
		J Vanlangendonck	2	2												J Potier	1	0
		J Potier	6	6					J Potier	7	6
		H Ismail	6	2				3	J Kriek	6	3
	3	J Kriek	7	6																		7	P Portes	3	7	6
	6	S Smith	6	6																		6	S Smith	6	5	3
		H Leconte	3	4				6	S Smith	7	7
		P Torre	3	2					J Feaver	6	5
		J Feaver	6	6											6	S Smith	7	2	15
		D Siegler	6	6											2	B Gottfried	6	6	13
		B Fritz	3	1					D Siegler	2	6	3
		E Fromm	6	3				2	B Gottfried	6	4	6
	2	B Gottfried	7	6

External links

• 1981 Paris Open draw