The 1981 Paris Open was a men's
Grand Prix tennis
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tournament played on indoor
hard court
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s. It was the 12th edition of the Paris Open (later known as the
Paris Masters
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The event is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 on the Association ...
). It took place at the
Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
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* Dance hall, popularly a ''palais de danse'', in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK
* ''Palais'', French for palace
** Grand Palais, the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées
** Petit Palais, an art museum in Paris
* Palais River ...
in Paris, France from 26 October through 1 November 1981.
Finals
Singles
Mark Vines defeated
Pascal Portes
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6–2, 6–4, 6–3
* It was Vines's only singles title of his career.
Doubles
Ilie Năstase
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/
Yannick Noah
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defeated
Andrew Jarrett /
Jonathan Smith 6–4, 6–4
* It was Nastase's 2nd title of the year and the 100th of his career. It was Noah's 4th title of the year and the 9th of his career.
References
External links
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