1981 Paris Open – Singles

1981 Paris Open USA Mark Vines FRA Pascal Portes 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 32 8 singles doubles Brian Gottfried was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stan Smith. 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. FRA Yannick Noah (semifinals) USA Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals) RSA 1928 Johan Kriek (second round) USA Harold Solomon (first round) ITA Adriano Panatta (first round) USA Stan Smith (semifinals) FRA Pascal Portes (final) ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals) Draw NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets. Final y 5 Final   USA Mark Vines 6 6 6     7 FRA Pascal Portes 2 4 3     Section 1 y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 FRA Y Noah 6 5 6   GBR M Cox 2 7 2   USA C Mayotte 1 5     FRA E Deblicker 6 7     FRA J-L Haillet 1 6 4   FRG C Zipf 6 4 6   SFR Yugoslavia M Ostoja 5 4   8 ROM 1965 I Năstase 7 6   4 USA H Solomon 1 3     USA M Vines 6 6     FRA J-F Caujolle 1 3     ITA P Bertolucci 6 6     FRA C Freyss 6 4     USA S Meister 7 6     GBR R Lewis 6 6   5 ITA A Panatta 3 3   1 FRA Y Noah 6 6 6   FRA E Deblicker 7 4 2   FRG C Zipf 1 2   8 ROM 1965 I Năstase 6 6     USA M Vines 6 3 6   ITA P Bertolucci 4 6 2   USA S Meister 6 6 3   GBR R Lewis 4 7 6 1 FRA Y Noah 2 7 7 8 ROM 1965 I Năstase 6 6 5   USA M Vines 4 6 6   GBR R Lewis 6 3 2 1 FRA Y Noah 4 6     USA M Vines 6 7   Section 2 y 3 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 FRA P Portes 6 6     GBR J Smith 3 4     FRA P Proisy 1 4     FRA L Courteau 6 6     BEL J Vanlangendonck 2 2     FRA J Potier 6 6     ZIM H Ismail 6 2   3 RSA 1928 J Kriek 7 6   6 USA S Smith 6 6     FRA H Leconte 3 4     FRA P Torre 3 2     GBR J Feaver 6 6     USA D Siegler 6 6     FRA B Fritz 3 1     USA E Fromm 6 3   2 USA B Gottfried 7 6   7 FRA P Portes 6 6     FRA L Courteau 1 1     FRA J Potier 7 6   3 RSA 1928 J Kriek 6 3   6 USA S Smith 7 7     GBR J Feaver 6 5     USA D Siegler 2 6 3 2 USA B Gottfried 6 4 6 7 FRA P Portes 6 6     FRA J Potier 1 0   6 USA S Smith 7 2 15 2 USA B Gottfried 6 6 13 7 FRA P Portes 3 7 6 6 USA S Smith 6 5 3 External links 1981 Paris Open draw Singles