1981 Australian Open – Men's Singles


Fourth-seeded Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton 6–2, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1981 Australian Open. Brian Teacher was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Johan Kriek is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Guillermo Vilas '
  2. Peter McNamara '
  3. Roscoe Tanner '
  4. Johan Kriek
  5. Kim Warwick '
  6. Mark Edmondson '
  7. Fritz Buehning '
  8. Tim Mayotte '
  9. Shlomo Glickstein '
  10. John Sadri '
  11. Chris Lewis '
  12. Hank Pfister '
  13. Pat DuPré '
  14. Kevin Curren '
  15. Peter Rennert '
  16. John Fitzgerald

    Qualifying

Draw

Key

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4