1981 Grand Prix (tennis)


The 1981 Volvo Grand Prix was the only men's professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of the four Grand Slam tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments. The World Championship Tennis Tour was incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit. The WCT tour consisted of eight regular tournaments, a season's final, three tournaments categorized as special events and a doubles championship. In total 89 tournaments were held divided over 29 countries. The circuit was administered by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January 1982

Points system

The tournaments listed above were divided into twelve point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round. The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:
Grand Slam$300,000+$275,000+$250,000+$225,000+$200,000+$175,000+$150,000+$125,000+$100,000+$75,000+$50,000+
Winner350 300 275 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 75 50
Runner-up245 210 192 175 157 140 122 104 87 70 52 35
Semifinalist140 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20
Quarterfinalist70 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10
Fourth round35 30 27 25 22 20 17 14 12 10 7 5
Third round17 15 13 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 – –
Second round9 – – – – – – – – – – –

Grand Prix standings

1. Ivan Lendl
2. John McEnroe
3. Jimmy Connors
4. José Luis Clerc
5. Guillermo Vilas
6. Björn Borg
7. Roscoe Tanner
8. Eliot Teltscher
9. Vitas Gerulaitis
10. Yannick Noah

ATP rankings

WCT Tour standings

PlayerTournaments PlayedTournaments WonPoints
Roscoe Tanner312785
Jimmy Connors32170
Wojciech Fibak50260
Yannick Noah31235
John McEnroe22220
Vijay Amritraj80150
Brian Gottfried60140
Vitas Gerulaitis30130
Corrado Barazzutti71330
Sandy Mayer4013
Gene Mayer30125

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
The following players won their first title in 1981: