ATP Roland Garros 1981 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Bjorn Borg won the 1981 Roland Garros, defeating Ivan Lendl 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 25 to June 8, 1981.

Champion
Bjorn Borg
def. Ivan Lendl , 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1
Dates
May 25 — Jun 8
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jun 8, 1981* F Bjorn Borg #1 6-1 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 Ivan Lendl #4 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jun 7, 1981* SF Ivan Lendl #5 3-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2 Jose Luis Clerc #7 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1981* SF Bjorn Borg #1 6-4 6-4 7-5 Victor Pecci #18 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jun 5, 1981* QF Jose Luis Clerc #7 4-6 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-0 Jimmy Connors #2 H2H Match data
Jun 5, 1981* QF Ivan Lendl #5 6-4 6-4 7-5 John McEnroe #3 H2H Match data
Jun 5, 1981* QF Bjorn Borg #1 6-3 6-3 6-2 Balazs Taroczy #17 H2H Match data
Jun 5, 1981* QF Victor Pecci #18 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 Yannick Noah #16 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Ivan Lendl #5 6-2 4-6 7-6 7-6 Peter Mcnamara — Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Jose Luis Clerc #7 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5 Carlos Kirmayr #46 H2H Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 John McEnroe #3 6-3 6-4 6-4 Ricardo Ycaza #59 H2H Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Jimmy Connors #2 6-2 6-4 7-6 Mel Purcell #28 H2H Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Victor Pecci #18 6-2 6-3 6-3 Wojtek Fibak #15 H2H Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Yannick Noah #16 6-2 6-3 5-7 6-4 Guillermo Vilas #6 H2H Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Bjorn Borg #1 6-0 6-0 6-1 Terry Moor #37 H2H Match data
Jun 3, 1981* R16 Balazs Taroczy #17 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-3 Thierry Tulasne #75 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
May 31, 1981* R32 Victor Pecci #18 6-4 2-1 (ret.) Sandy Mayer #33 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Jose Luis Clerc #7 6-4 6-2 6-1 Alejandro Ganzabal #215 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Mel Purcell #28 3-6 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 Eddie Dibbs #20 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Peter Mcnamara 6-0 6-2 6-1 Billy Martin #118 — Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Balazs Taroczy #17 6-1 5-2 (ret.) Ben Testerman #662 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Guillermo Vilas #6 6-1 6-1 6-0 Ricardo Cano #55 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Jimmy Connors #2 6-0 6-2 6-0 Jean Francois Caujolle #95 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Wojtek Fibak #15 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 Haroon Ismail #99 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Terry Moor #37 6-3 6-2 6-1 Ilie Nastase #67 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Bjorn Borg #1 6-2 6-1 6-2 Paul Torre #549 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Carlos Kirmayr #46 6-2 6-4 6-2 Brian Gottfried #11 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Thierry Tulasne #75 6-4 6-0 6-3 Tony Giammalva #56 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 John McEnroe #3 6-1 2-6 6-0 6-4 Diego Perez #211 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Ricardo Ycaza #59 6-4 0-6 7-6 6-2 Per Hjertquist #79 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Yannick Noah #16 6-0 3-6 6-1 6-4 Jan Norback #97 H2H Match data
May 31, 1981* R32 Ivan Lendl #5 6-2 6-1 4-6 6-3 Eduardo Bengoechea #85 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
May 29, 1981* R64 Brian Gottfried #11 6-2 6-3 7-6 Hans Simonsson #115 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Eduardo Bengoechea #85 6-4 6-0 6-4 Chris Mayotte #124 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Ivan Lendl #5 6-2 3-6 2-6 7-6 6-4 Andres Gomez #73 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Thierry Tulasne #75 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-0 Adriano Panatta #21 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Victor Pecci #18 4-6 6-3 7-5 7-5 Shlomo Glickstein #53 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Jean Francois Caujolle #95 3-6 3-6 7-6 7-5 6-3 Patrice Kuchna #594 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Guillermo Vilas #6 6-2 6-3 6-0 Pascal Portes #41 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Alejandro Ganzabal #215 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-3 Steve Krulevitz #134 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Ben Testerman #662 6-4 6-3 3-6 0-6 6-2 Marcos Hocevar #71 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Sandy Mayer #33 6-4 6-2 6-1 Raymond Moore #112 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 John McEnroe #3 6-3 6-0 6-2 Jaime Fillol #95 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Ilie Nastase #67 6-1 6-2 6-0 Patrick Proisy #148 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Bjorn Borg #1 6-1 7-5 6-0 Cassio Motta #255 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Diego Perez #211 7-6 6-4 2-6 6-2 Jiri Hrebec #132 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Tony Giammalva #56 6-4 7-5 6-4 Roberto Vizcaino #157 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Per Hjertquist #79 6-4 7-5 7-6 Chris Johnstone #137 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Jimmy Connors #2 6-3 7-6 6-4 Gabriel Urpi #106 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Yannick Noah #16 7-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 Hans Gildemeister — Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Paul Torre #549 6-3 6-4 6-3 Angel Gimenez #65 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Jose Luis Clerc #7 6-4 6-1 6-0 Alvaro Fillol #141 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Wojtek Fibak #15 7-6 6-0 7-6 Fernando Luna #92 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Billy Martin #118 3-6 6-2 6-0 7-5 Eric Fromm #249 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Mel Purcell #28 6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3 Mansour Bahrami #555 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Haroon Ismail #99 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-4 Eric Deblicker #128 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Terry Moor #37 6-3 7-6 6-1 Jose Luis Damiani #44 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Ricardo Cano #55 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-2 Trey Waltke #51 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Jan Norback #97 7-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 Rod Frawley #92 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Eddie Dibbs #20 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 Chris Lewis #52 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Carlos Kirmayr #46 6-4 6-4 6-4 Pavel Slozil #69 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Balazs Taroczy #17 7-6 7-5 7-6 Tomas Smid #26 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Ricardo Ycaza #59 5-7 6-3 1-6 6-1 6-4 Jimmy Arias #255 H2H Match data
May 29, 1981* R64 Peter Mcnamara 6-3 6-3 6-3 Gilles Moretton #192 — Match data
R128 (64)
May 27, 1981* R128 Jaime Fillol #95 3-6 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-4 Corrado Barazzutti #29 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Paul Torre #549 6-1 6-7 3-6 6-0 7-5 Paul Mcnamee #32 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Ilie Nastase #67 6-2 6-4 7-5 Eliot Teltscher #13 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Balazs Taroczy #17 6-3 6-0 6-1 Hank Pfister #83 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Victor Pecci #18 6-2 7-5 6-1 Vittorio Magnelli #283 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Cassio Motta #255 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6 Wolfgang Popp #127 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Per Hjertquist #79 6-4 6-4 6-4 Onny Parun #99 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Trey Waltke #51 6-3 6-0 6-0 Rick Fagel #99 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jean Francois Caujolle #95 6-3 6-3 6-3 Ben Mckown #94 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Carlos Kirmayr #46 6-3 7-6 6-2 Raul Ramirez #48 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Alvaro Fillol #141 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4 Fernando Dalla Fontana — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jimmy Connors #2 6-1 7-5 3-6 6-3 Christophe Roger-Vasselin #61 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Wojtek Fibak #15 6-2 6-2 6-4 Bruce Nichols #356 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Patrick Proisy #148 6-1 6-3 6-1 Paul Kronk — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Eric Deblicker #128 6-2 7-6 6-4 Fernando Maynetto #178 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Guillermo Vilas #6 6-2 7-5 6-2 Paolo Bertolucci #93 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Raymond Moore #112 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-3 9-7 Patrice Dominguez #146 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Tomas Smid #26 6-1 7-6 6-2 Zeljko Franulovic #100 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Eddie Dibbs #20 6-0 6-1 6-1 Bruce Manson #72 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jan Norback #97 6-1 6-4 5-7 6-3 Klaus Eberhard #99 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Hans Gildemeister 6-7 2-6 6-3 6-0 12-10 Christophe Freyss #97 — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Peter Mcnamara 6-3 6-1 5-7 6-1 Georges Goven #151 — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Patrice Kuchna #594 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2 David Schneider #245 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Yannick Noah #16 6-1 6-1 6-4 Ramesh Krishnan — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Marcos Hocevar #71 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 Javier Restrepo — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Pavel Slozil #69 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-3 Gianluca Rinaldini #232 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Ben Testerman #662 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-4 Pavel Hutka #114 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Adriano Panatta #21 6-3 7-5 6-2 Harold Solomon #9 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 John McEnroe #3 6-2 6-0 6-4 Vincent Van Patten — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Brian Gottfried #11 6-7 6-3 6-0 6-4 Guillermo Aubone #133 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jiri Hrebec #132 6-4 3-6 6-0 6-1 Robert Vant Hof — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Eduardo Bengoechea #85 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-4 Henri Leconte #440 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Ivan Lendl #5 7-5 7-6 6-4 John Fitzgerald #82 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Andres Gomez #73 4-6 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-3 Eddie Edwards #99 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Ricardo Ycaza #59 4-6 6-2 7-5 7-5 Vitas Gerulaitis #10 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Gilles Moretton #192 6-3 7-6 6-0 Denis Naegelen #203 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Diego Perez #211 6-2 6-1 6-4 Jan Kodes #221 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Chris Johnstone #137 6-1 7-5 6-0 Larry Stefanki #325 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Mel Purcell #28 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1 Andreas Maurer #200 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jose Luis Clerc #7 7-5 7-5 6-1 Heinz Gunthardt #42 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Chris Mayotte #124 6-7 6-3 7-5 6-3 Craig Wittus #423 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Haroon Ismail #99 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Francisco Gonzalez #64 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Gabriel Urpi #106 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-0 Christophe Casa #146 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jose Luis Damiani #44 6-2 (ret.) Rolf Gehring #36 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Angel Gimenez #65 6-4 7-5 6-2 Mario Martinez — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Thierry Tulasne #75 6-3 6-0 6-3 Jose Higueras #23 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Eric Fromm #249 6-7 7-5 6-2 6-3 Peter Feigl #86 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Pascal Portes #41 6-3 6-1 6-2 Ross Case #163 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Tony Giammalva #56 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-1 Ferdi Taygan #96 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Fernando Luna #92 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-4 Louk Sanders #89 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Chris Lewis #52 6-4 6-2 4-6 2-6 6-4 Mark Edmondson #74 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Mansour Bahrami #555 4-6 7-5 6-4 7-6 Jean Louis Haillet #255 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Roberto Vizcaino #157 6-3 6-1 6-0 Antonio Zugarelli #128 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Terry Moor #37 6-2 6-4 6-2 Anders Jarryd #182 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Alejandro Ganzabal #215 7-6 6-4 6-2 Manuel Orantes #98 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Rod Frawley #92 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 Gustavo Guerrero #100 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Billy Martin #118 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-3 Miguel Mir #202 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Sandy Mayer #33 6-1 6-4 6-3 Dominique Bedel #100 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Shlomo Glickstein #53 7-5 6-3 6-0 Richard Meyer #100 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Jimmy Arias #255 6-4 7-6 7-6 Carlos Gattiker #194 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Bjorn Borg #1 6-2 6-2 6-2 Jose Lopez Maeso — Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Ricardo Cano #55 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 David Carter #145 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Hans Simonsson #115 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-2 Jerome Potier #325 H2H Match data
May 27, 1981* R128 Steve Krulevitz #134 2-6 7-6 6-3 7-6 Joakim Nystrom #440 H2H Match data

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Where is Roland Garros held?
Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
Who won the most recent Roland Garros?
The 2026 Roland Garros was won by Alexander Zverev 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles?
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When was the first Roland Garros played?
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