1981 WCT Tournament of Champions

1981 WCT Tournament of Champions
Date	May 4 – May 10
Edition	5th
Category	Grand Prix (WCT)
Draw	64S/32D
Prize money	$592,000
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Forest Hills, Queens, New York
Venue	West Side Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Eddie Dibbs [1]
Doubles
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe [2]

The 1981 WCT Tournament of Champions was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City in the United States and part of the 1981 Grand Prix circuit. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from May 4 through May 10, 1981. The event was open to players who had won a tournament worth at least $25,000 during the previous 12 months. Tenth-seeded Eddie Dibbs won the singles title and the accompanying first prize of $100,000 plus $3,050 in bonus money.^[3][4]

Champions

Men's Singles

Eddie Dibbs defeated Carlos Kirmayr 6–3, 6–2

Men's Doubles

Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated John Fitzgerald / Andy Kohlberg 6–4, 6–4

References

1. "ATP – 1981 Forest Hills WCT Men's Singles draw". ATP.
2. "ATP – 1981 Forest Hills WCT Men's Doubles draw". ATP.
3. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780356085968.
4. William N. Wallace (May 11, 1981). "Dibbs Triumphs In Final". The New York Times.

External links

• ITF – Tournament details