# Houston 1981

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/239/houston?season=1981
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: clay
- Location: Indianapolis, United States
- Start date: 1981-04-06
- End date: 1981-04-12

## Champion
- Winner: Jose Luis Clerc
- Runner-up: Ivan Lendl
- Final score: 4-6 6-4 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Ivan Lendl 4-6 6-4 6-2

### SF
- Ivan Lendl d. Guillermo Vilas 6-3 7-5
- Jose Luis Clerc d. John Alexander 3-6 6-3 6-1

### QF
- Guillermo Vilas d. Ricardo Cano 6-3 6-1
- John Alexander d. Gilles Moretton 3-6 7-5 6-4
- Ivan Lendl d. Jose Luis Damiani 6-2 6-4
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Mel Purcell 6-3 6-3

### R16
- John Alexander d. David Carter 6-4 6-3
- Jose Luis Damiani d. Jose Higueras 6-0 6-4
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Andres Gomez 7-6 6-3
- Ivan Lendl d. Shlomo Glickstein 6-2 6-1
- Mel Purcell d. Gabriel Urpi 6-7 6-1 5-4 RET
- Ricardo Cano d. Mark Edmondson 6-7 7-6 6-0
- Guillermo Vilas d. Hans Simonsson 6-4 6-1
- Gilles Moretton d. Hans Gildemeister 6-4 7-6

### R32
- John Alexander d. Ilie Nastase 6-3 6-2
- Gilles Moretton d. Tomas Smid 6-2 6-4
- Ricardo Cano d. Chris Lewis 6-2 6-2
- Shlomo Glickstein d. Belus Prajoux 5-7 6-4 6-2
- David Carter d. Harold Solomon 6-2 6-4
- Gabriel Urpi d. Heinz Gunthardt 7-5 6-2
- Mark Edmondson d. Deon Joubert 7-6 6-4
- Ivan Lendl d. John Benson 6-3 6-4
- Jose Luis Damiani d. Per Hjertquist 6-1 6-1
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Chris Delaney 6-2 6-1
- Hans Simonsson d. Christophe Freyss 7-5 6-3
- Hans Gildemeister d. Van Winitsky 6-2 6-2
- Guillermo Vilas d. Jonathan Smith 6-3 6-2
- Mel Purcell d. Manuel Orantes 6-1 6-2
- Jose Higueras d. John Hayes 6-1 6-1
- Andres Gomez d. Carlos Castellan 6-4 6-0

### R64
- Heinz Gunthardt d. Charles Buzz Strode 7-6 6-0
- John Hayes d. Alejandro Cortes 5-7 7-5 6-4
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Sherwood Stewart 6-4 6-4
- Ivan Lendl d. Rick Fagel 6-2 6-1
- Gilles Moretton d. Peter Feigl 2-6 7-5 6-2
- Jose Higueras d. Jose Lopez Maeso 6-1 6-1
- Andres Gomez d. Mario Martinez 2-6 6-3 6-3
- Christophe Freyss d. Todd Lundy 5-7 6-4 6-4
- Belus Prajoux d. Mehl Ampon 6-1 6-3
- John Alexander d. Brad Gilbert 6-3 6-3
- Van Winitsky d. Marcos Hocevar 7-5 6-3
- Shlomo Glickstein d. Eduardo Bengoechea 6-4 6-3
- Hans Gildemeister d. Steve Denton 6-3 7-6
- Manuel Orantes d. Stanislav Birner 6-4 6-2
- Mark Edmondson d. Mike Cahill 6-2 6-1
- Chris Delaney d. Billy Nealon 6-3 6-3
- Ricardo Cano d. Alvaro Fillol 6-4 6-4
- Per Hjertquist d. Ramesh Krishnan 7-6 6-2
- Deon Joubert d. Glen Holroyd 6-4 6-1
- Hans Simonsson d. Terry Moor 6-2 6-4
- John Benson d. Juan Nunez 6-4 6-2
- Jose Luis Damiani d. Jim Gurfein 6-4 6-3
- Mel Purcell d. Pavel Slozil 5-0 RET
- Harold Solomon d. Marko Ostoja 6-1 6-1
- Chris Lewis d. Eddie Dibbs 6-4 1-6 6-2
- Gabriel Urpi d. Fernando Maynetto 6-1 7-5
- Ilie Nastase d. Roland Stadler 6-4 6-2
- David Carter d. Jan Norback 4-6 6-3 6-4
- Guillermo Vilas d. Craig Wittus 6-0 6-1
- Carlos Castellan d. Jose Miguel Ayala 6-1 6-1
- Tomas Smid d. Robert Vant Hof 6-2 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 62
- Players: 63

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/239/houston?season=1981
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