1981 Australian Open

1981 Australian Open
Date 24 December 1981 - 3 January 1982
Edition 70th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Grass
Location Melbourne, Australia
Venue Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
South Africa Johan Kriek
Women's Singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Men's Doubles
Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick
Women's Doubles
United States Kathy Jordan / United States Anne Smith
Boys' Singles
Sweden Jörgen Windahl
Girls' Singles
Australia Anne Minter

The 1981 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 70th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 24 December 1981 through 3 January 1982.

Seniors

Men's singles

South Africa Johan Kriek defeated United States Steve Denton, 6–2, 7–6(7–1), 6–7(1–7), 6–4

• It was Kriek's 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

Women's singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Chris Evert, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–5

• It was Navratilova's 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and her 1st title at the Australian Open.

Men's doubles

Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick defeated United States Hank Pfister / United States John Sadri 6–3, 6–7, 6–3

• It was Edmondson's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 2nd title at the Australian Open.
• It was Warwick's 3rd career Grand Slam doubles title and his 3rd and last title at the Australian Open.

Women's doubles

United States Kathy Jordan / United States Anne Smith defeated United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver 6–2, 7–5

• It was Jordan's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st and only title at the Australian Open.
• It was Smith's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st and only title at the Australian Open.

Mixed doubles

The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Sweden Jörgen Windahl defeated Australia Pat Cash 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Australia Anne Minter defeated France Corinne Vanier 6–4, 6–2

Boys' Doubles

The competition began in 1983.

Girls' Doubles

The competition began in 1983.

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Preceded by
1981 US Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1982 French Open
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