ATP Hamburg 1981 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Peter Mcnamara won the 1981 Hamburg, defeating Jimmy Connors 7-6 6-1 4-6 6-4 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on clay courts in Hamburg, Germany, from May 11 to May 17, 1981.

Champion
Peter Mcnamara
def. Jimmy Connors , 7-6 6-1 4-6 6-4
Dates
May 11 — May 17
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Category
ATP 250
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
May 17, 1981* F Peter Mcnamara 7-6 6-1 4-6 6-4 Jimmy Connors #3 — Match data
SF (2)
May 16, 1981* SF Jimmy Connors #3 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4 Balazs Taroczy #17 H2H Match data
May 16, 1981* SF Peter Mcnamara 6-4 6-4 6-3 Harold Solomon #7 — Match data
QF (4)
May 16, 1981* QF Harold Solomon #7 6-1 6-2 Corrado Barazzutti #31 H2H Match data
May 16, 1981* QF Jimmy Connors #3 2-6 6-3 6-2 Tomas Smid #21 H2H Match data
May 16, 1981* QF Peter Mcnamara 6-3 6-4 Angel Gimenez #94 — Match data
May 16, 1981* QF Balazs Taroczy #17 6-4 6-2 Tony Giammalva #74 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
May 15, 1981* R16 Jimmy Connors #3 6-3 6-0 Klaus Eberhard #88 H2H Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Corrado Barazzutti #31 6-4 5-7 6-0 Victor Pecci #22 H2H Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Balazs Taroczy #17 6-3 6-1 Jose Higueras #25 H2H Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Angel Gimenez #94 4-6 6-3 6-1 Ricardo Ycaza #72 H2H Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Tony Giammalva #74 6-4 6-1 Eliot Teltscher #11 H2H Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Peter Mcnamara 7-6 6-3 Mats Wilander #283 — Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Harold Solomon #7 6-3 6-2 Hans Gildemeister — Match data
May 15, 1981* R16 Tomas Smid #21 7-6 6-4 Rolf Gehring #33 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
May 14, 1981* R32 Klaus Eberhard #88 6-2 6-4 Sammy Giammalva Jr — Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Jimmy Connors #3 3-6 6-3 6-4 Mark Edmondson #73 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Ricardo Ycaza #72 6-2 3-6 6-4 Marcos Hocevar #60 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Corrado Barazzutti #31 6-4 7-6 Per Hjertquist #80 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Rolf Gehring #33 7-6 6-1 Fernando Luna #99 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Tony Giammalva #74 6-3 6-3 Carlos Kirmayr #43 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Tomas Smid #21 2-6 6-2 6-3 Heinz Gunthardt #45 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Peter Mcnamara 6-0 6-4 Butch Walts #62 — Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Angel Gimenez #94 3-6 7-5 7-6 Vitas Gerulaitis #10 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Jose Higueras #25 6-1 7-6 Joakim Nystrom #440 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Mats Wilander #283 7-5 7-5 Mel Purcell #28 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Harold Solomon #7 6-3 6-4 Mario Martinez — Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Eliot Teltscher #11 3-6 6-3 6-4 Kjell Johansson #83 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Balazs Taroczy #17 6-1 6-3 Jose Luis Damiani #59 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Victor Pecci #22 6-3 3-6 6-2 Dominique Bedel #100 H2H Match data
May 14, 1981* R32 Hans Gildemeister 1-6 6-2 6-2 Stefan Simonsson #142 — Match data
R64 (31)
May 13, 1981* R64 Balazs Taroczy #17 5-7 6-4 7-6 Ramesh Krishnan — Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Mats Wilander #283 5-7 7-5 6-4 John Fitzgerald #84 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Joakim Nystrom #440 6-2 2-6 6-3 Christophe Roger-Vasselin #71 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Mark Edmondson #73 2-6 6-2 6-3 Terry Moor #37 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Ricardo Ycaza #72 2-6 (ret.) Kim Warwick #23 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Dominique Bedel #100 7-6 6-3 Ulrich Marten #161 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Kjell Johansson #83 7-5 6-2 Jan Norback #95 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Jose Luis Damiani #59 7-5 6-3 Eduardo Bengoechea #79 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Sammy Giammalva Jr 3-6 6-4 6-0 Hans Dieter Beutel #457 — Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Hans Gildemeister 6-0 6-3 Wolfgang Popp #127 — Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Victor Pecci #22 6-1 1-6 6-2 Jose Lopez Maeso — Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Mel Purcell #28 2-6 6-3 6-2 Thierry Tulasne #68 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Heinz Gunthardt #45 6-4 6-4 Christophe Freyss #97 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Carlos Kirmayr #43 7-5 6-1 Paul Mcnamee #29 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Butch Walts #62 4-6 6-4 7-6 Christoph Zipf #309 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Stefan Simonsson #142 6-1 6-4 Andres Gomez #52 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Tomas Smid #21 7-6 7-6 Chris Lewis #58 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Marcos Hocevar #60 6-3 6-2 Onny Parun #100 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Vitas Gerulaitis #10 6-0 6-0 Bruce Derlin #510 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Rolf Gehring #33 4-6 6-2 6-1 Rod Frawley #92 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Eliot Teltscher #11 6-3 6-2 Alejandro Ganzabal #215 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Tony Giammalva #74 6-4 6-2 Ricardo Cano #56 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Klaus Eberhard #88 7-6 7-6 Bruce Manson #69 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Jose Higueras #25 7-6 6-3 Trey Waltke #49 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Fernando Luna #99 4-6 6-3 6-3 John Yuill #188 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Corrado Barazzutti #31 6-2 6-3 Eddie Edwards #99 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Angel Gimenez #94 5-7 6-3 6-4 Ulrich Pinner #167 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Jimmy Connors #3 6-1 6-1 Andrew Pattison — Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Peter Mcnamara 6-2 6-0 Shlomo Glickstein #53 — Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Per Hjertquist #80 7-6 2-6 6-3 Manuel Orantes #48 H2H Match data
May 13, 1981* R64 Harold Solomon #7 6-1 6-0 Ferdi Taygan #97 H2H Match data

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