The 1981 Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on

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and part of the

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and took place at the

Kungliga tennishallen Kungliga tennishallen (English: Royal Tennis Hall) is a tennis venue at Lidingövägen 75 in Stockholm, Sweden. The stadium was built in October 1943 and has a capacity of 5,000. Kungliga tennishallen, now a hard-court surface, remains the ven ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Sweden. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from 2 November until 8 November 1981. Third-seeded Gene Mayer won the singles title after a victory in the final against his brother

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Finals

Singles

Gene Mayer defeated

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, 6–4, 6–2 * It was Mayer's 4th singles title of the year and the 11th of his career.

Doubles

Kevin Curren /

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defeated

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/ Ferdi Taygan, 6–7, 6–4, 6–0

References

External links

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ITF tournament edition details

ATP tournament profile
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