1981 US Open Men's Singles Draw & Results

Complete Open Era tournament bracket and match scores for US Open 1981 (Men's Singles). Champion: John McEnroe. Runner-up: Bjorn Borg.

Round of 128

John McEnroe vs Juan Nunez (Winner: John McEnroe) - 6-7 6-1 6-3 6-2
Bjorn Borg vs Markus Gunthardt (Winner: Bjorn Borg) - 6-2 6-2 6-0
Ivan Lendl vs Hans Simonsson (Winner: Ivan Lendl) - 6-2 6-2 6-2
Jimmy Connors vs John Lloyd (Winner: Jimmy Connors) - 6-0 6-0 6-2
Jose-Luis Clerc vs Brad Drewett (Winner: Jose-Luis Clerc) - 6-4 6-3 6-3
Guillermo Vilas vs Drew Gitlin (Winner: Guillermo Vilas) - 6-3 6-7 6-0 6-4
Gene Mayer vs John Hayes (Winner: Gene Mayer) - 6-4 6-2 6-2
Eliot Teltscher vs Victor Amaya (Winner: Eliot Teltscher) - 6-2 6-2 6-4
Roscoe Tanner vs Craig Edwards (Winner: Roscoe Tanner) - 6-3 6-3 6-4
Brian Teacher vs Bill Scanlon (Winner: Brian Teacher) - 6-3 6-2 7-5
Peter McNamara vs John Fitzgerald (Winner: Peter McNamara) - 7-6 2-6 6-3 6-3
Johan Kriek vs Mike De Palmer (Winner: Johan Kriek) - 6-2 6-3 7-5
Yannick Noah vs Andy Andrews (Winner: Yannick Noah) - 6-3 6-3 6-7 4-6 6-2
Kevin Curren vs Wojtek Fibak (Winner: Kevin Curren) - 7-6 6-4 7-6
Vitas Gerulaitis vs Terry Moor (Winner: Vitas Gerulaitis) - 4-6 6-3 6-0 3-6 6-2
Brian Gottfried vs Vincent Van Patten (Winner: Brian Gottfried) - 6-4 6-4 6-1
Vijay Amritraj vs Scott Davis (Winner: Vijay Amritraj) - 6-3 6-4 6-2
Jimmy Arias vs Syd Ball (Winner: Jimmy Arias) - 6-1 7-6 6-2
John Austin vs Nick Saviano (Winner: John Austin) - 6-2 6-7 6-1 6-4
Jeff Borowiak vs Pascal Portes (Winner: Jeff Borowiak) - 6-2 6-3 6-1
Fritz Buehning vs Craig Wittus (Winner: Fritz Buehning) - 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-3
Mike Cahill vs Steve Meister (Winner: Mike Cahill) - 6-3 6-3 6-4
David Carter vs Jaime Fillol Sr. (Winner: David Carter) - 7-6 2-6 7-6 6-2
Alejandro Cortes vs Jimmy Brown (Winner: Alejandro Cortes) - 6-3 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-5
Marty Davis vs Lloyd Bourne (Winner: Marty Davis) - 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-1
Christofer Delaney vs Ross Case (Winner: Christofer Delaney) - 6-2 7-6 6-2
Matt Doyle vs Jim Gurfein (Winner: Matt Doyle) - 6-2 6-2 5-7 6-2
Pat Dupre vs Jim Delaney (Winner: Pat Dupre) - 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2
Mark Edmondson vs Ivan Dupasquier (Winner: Mark Edmondson) - 6-3 6-2 6-1
Eddie Edwards vs Eric Fromm (Winner: Eddie Edwards) - 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-4
Peter Fleming vs Mike Fishbach (Winner: Peter Fleming) - 6-2 6-4 6-2
Bernard Fritz vs Tony Giammalva (Winner: Bernard Fritz) - 6-2 2-6 6-1 7-5
Sammy Giammalva Jr. vs Heinz Gunthardt (Winner: Sammy Giammalva Jr.) - 6-4 4-6 6-3 1-6 6-1
Shlomo Glickstein vs Jonathan Smith (Winner: Shlomo Glickstein) - 6-4 6-4 6-2
Andres Gomez vs Van Winitsky (Winner: Andres Gomez) - 7-6 6-3 6-2
Tom Gullikson vs Dominique Bedel (Winner: Tom Gullikson) - 6-1 6-4 6-4
Chip Hooper vs Tim Gullikson (Winner: Chip Hooper) - 7-6 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-1
John James vs Bruce Nichols (Winner: John James) - 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4
Ramesh Krishnan vs Per Hjertquist (Winner: Ramesh Krishnan) - 6-1 6-1 6-3
Steve Krulevitz vs Francisco Gonzalez (Winner: Steve Krulevitz) - 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-5
Jay Lapidus vs Mario Martinez (Winner: Jay Lapidus) - 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-2
Chris Lewis vs Henry Pfister (Winner: Chris Lewis) - 7-5 7-6 6-2
Bruce Manson vs Danny Saltz (Winner: Bruce Manson) - 6-0 6-0 6-2
Tim Mayotte vs Steve Denton (Winner: Tim Mayotte) - 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-3
Chris Mayotte vs Derek Segal (Winner: Chris Mayotte) - 6-1 6-4 6-4
Scott McCain vs Bill Cowan (Winner: Scott McCain) - 7-5 6-4 6-2
Rick Meyer vs Bernard Mitton (Winner: Rick Meyer) - 6-3 6-4 7-6
Gilles Moretton vs Ernie Fernandez (Winner: Gilles Moretton) - 6-3 3-6 4-6 7-6 6-3
Marko Ostoja vs Pedro Rebolledo (Winner: Marko Ostoja) - 6-1 6-2 6-2
Adriano Panatta vs Ferdi Taygan (Winner: Adriano Panatta) - 7-6 4-6 6-3 6-2
Andrew Pattison vs Marcel Freeman (Winner: Andrew Pattison) - 7-6 7-5 7-6
Mel Purcell vs Ilie Nastase (Winner: Mel Purcell) - 3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3
Raul Ramirez vs Haroon Ismail (Winner: Raul Ramirez) - 6-3 6-2 6-4
Christophe Roger-Vasselin vs Andy Kohlberg (Winner: Christophe Roger-Vasselin) - 7-5 6-4 6-4
Stan Smith vs John Sadri (Winner: Stan Smith) - 5-7 6-7 7-5 6-4 7-6
Harold Solomon vs Derek Tarr (Winner: Harold Solomon) - 6-0 6-1 6-7 6-1
Roland Stadler vs Steve Docherty (Winner: Roland Stadler) - 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-2
Larry Stefanki vs Phil Dent (Winner: Larry Stefanki) - 6-7 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3
Dick Stockton vs Thierry Tulasne (Winner: Dick Stockton) - 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Erik Van Dillen vs John Benson (Winner: Erik Van Dillen) - 4-6 6-0 4-6 6-1 6-4
Mark Vines vs Russell Simpson (Winner: Mark Vines) - 6-3 2-6 6-2 4-3 RET
Trey Waltke vs Sherwood Stewart (Winner: Trey Waltke) - 7-6 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-5
Butch Walts vs Rick Fagel (Winner: Butch Walts) - 7-6 6-4 6-7 2-6 6-1
Tim Wilkison vs John Alexander (Winner: Tim Wilkison) - 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-4

Round of 64

John McEnroe vs Tom Gullikson (Winner: John McEnroe) - 6-3 6-1 6-3
Bjorn Borg vs Larry Stefanki (Winner: Bjorn Borg) - 6-4 6-4 6-4
Ivan Lendl vs Jeff Borowiak (Winner: Ivan Lendl) - 7-6 6-1 7-6
Jimmy Connors vs Marko Ostoja (Winner: Jimmy Connors) - 7-6 6-4 6-3
Jose-Luis Clerc vs Tim Wilkison (Winner: Jose-Luis Clerc) - 6-4 5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6
Guillermo Vilas vs Raul Ramirez (Winner: Guillermo Vilas) - 6-1 6-3 6-2
Gene Mayer vs Fritz Buehning (Winner: Gene Mayer) - 6-4 6-2 6-3
Eliot Teltscher vs John Austin (Winner: Eliot Teltscher) - 6-2 6-2 6-2
Roscoe Tanner vs Christofer Delaney (Winner: Roscoe Tanner) - 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-1
Marty Davis vs Brian Teacher (Winner: Marty Davis) - 2-6 7-6 6-2 6-4
Peter McNamara vs Peter Fleming (Winner: Peter McNamara) - 6-4 6-2 5-7 6-3
Johan Kriek vs Matt Doyle (Winner: Johan Kriek) - 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0
Yannick Noah vs Erik Van Dillen (Winner: Yannick Noah) - 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-5
Vitas Gerulaitis vs Alejandro Cortes (Winner: Vitas Gerulaitis) - 7-5 6-0 6-1
Brian Gottfried vs Butch Walts (Winner: Brian Gottfried) - 7-6 6-4 6-2
Vijay Amritraj vs Gilles Moretton (Winner: Vijay Amritraj) - 7-5 6-3 6-4
Mike Cahill vs Andrew Pattison (Winner: Mike Cahill) - 6-4 6-1 7-6
David Carter vs Sammy Giammalva Jr. (Winner: David Carter) - 4-6 6-2 1-6 6-4 6-0
Kevin Curren vs Jay Lapidus (Winner: Kevin Curren) - 4-6 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-3
Pat Dupre vs Chip Hooper (Winner: Pat Dupre) - 6-4 6-2 6-4
Mark Edmondson vs Christophe Roger-Vasselin (Winner: Mark Edmondson) - 4-6 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2
Andres Gomez vs Chris Lewis (Winner: Andres Gomez) - 6-4 6-3 6-3
Ramesh Krishnan vs Stan Smith (Winner: Ramesh Krishnan) - 6-4 6-3 6-3
Bruce Manson vs Rick Meyer (Winner: Bruce Manson) - 6-0 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-2
Tim Mayotte vs Scott McCain (Winner: Tim Mayotte) - 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2
Chris Mayotte vs John James (Winner: Chris Mayotte) - 6-4 5-7 7-5 4-6 6-0
Adriano Panatta vs Roland Stadler (Winner: Adriano Panatta) - 7-5 6-3 6-1
Mel Purcell vs Shlomo Glickstein (Winner: Mel Purcell) - 6-4 6-4 7-5
Harold Solomon vs Jimmy Arias (Winner: Harold Solomon) - 7-6 7-6 3-3 RET
Dick Stockton vs Steve Krulevitz (Winner: Dick Stockton) - 6-4 6-4 6-2
Mark Vines vs Eddie Edwards (Winner: Mark Vines) - 6-1 5-7 6-1 6-4
Trey Waltke vs Bernard Fritz (Winner: Trey Waltke) - 6-3 6-3 7-6

Round of 32

John McEnroe vs Pat Dupre (Winner: John McEnroe) - 6-3 6-2 6-3
Bjorn Borg vs David Carter (Winner: Bjorn Borg) - 6-2 6-2 6-2
Ivan Lendl vs Mark Vines (Winner: Ivan Lendl) - 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-3
Jimmy Connors vs Andres Gomez (Winner: Jimmy Connors) - 6-7 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-6
Jose-Luis Clerc vs Mel Purcell (Winner: Jose-Luis Clerc) - 6-3 0-6 0-6 6-4 6-3
Guillermo Vilas vs Adriano Panatta (Winner: Guillermo Vilas) - 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-4
Gene Mayer vs Dick Stockton (Winner: Gene Mayer) - 6-4 6-4 6-1
Eliot Teltscher vs Vijay Amritraj (Winner: Eliot Teltscher) - 6-2 6-4 6-0
Roscoe Tanner vs Chris Mayotte (Winner: Roscoe Tanner) - 7-6 6-1 6-2
Bruce Manson vs Peter McNamara (Winner: Bruce Manson) - 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Mike Cahill vs Johan Kriek (Winner: Mike Cahill) - 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-4
Yannick Noah vs Trey Waltke (Winner: Yannick Noah) - 6-3 6-4 6-4
Vitas Gerulaitis vs Harold Solomon (Winner: Vitas Gerulaitis) - 6-3 6-2 6-3
Brian Gottfried vs Tim Mayotte (Winner: Brian Gottfried) - 6-2 6-3 6-7 7-6
Kevin Curren vs Mark Edmondson (Winner: Kevin Curren) - 6-3 7-5 6-2
Ramesh Krishnan vs Marty Davis (Winner: Ramesh Krishnan) - 6-2 7-5 6-7 6-4

Round of 16

John McEnroe vs Kevin Curren (Winner: John McEnroe) - 7-5 6-0 6-1
Bjorn Borg vs Yannick Noah (Winner: Bjorn Borg) - 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-3
Vitas Gerulaitis vs Ivan Lendl (Winner: Vitas Gerulaitis) - 6-3 6-4 3-6 3-6 6-4
Jimmy Connors vs Mike Cahill (Winner: Jimmy Connors) - 6-3 6-3 6-1
Bruce Manson vs Jose-Luis Clerc (Winner: Bruce Manson) - 6-3 7-6 6-3
Roscoe Tanner vs Guillermo Vilas (Winner: Roscoe Tanner) - 6-4 6-2 7-6
Ramesh Krishnan vs Gene Mayer (Winner: Ramesh Krishnan) - 4-6 1-6 7-6 7-5
Eliot Teltscher vs Brian Gottfried (Winner: Eliot Teltscher) - 6-4 6-0 5-7 1-6 6-3