Björn Borg was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.

Gene Mayer Gene Mayer (born May 11, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 14 professional singles titles during his career. Mayer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, and played tennis at Wayn ...

won the title, defeating

Sandy Mayer Alexander "Sandy" Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford Un ...

6–4, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds

# Jimmy Connors ''(semifinals)'' #

Roscoe Tanner Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is a retired American tennis player, who turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979. Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which ...

''(second round, withdrew)'' #

(champion) #

Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade ...

''(third round)'' #

Brian Gottfried Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is a retired American tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. He was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open, won the 1975 and 1977 Fren ...

''(second round)'' #

Johan Kriek Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American retired tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He won ...

''(second round)'' #

Harold Solomon Harold Solomon (born September 17, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player who played during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 5 in singles in 1980, and of No. 4 in doubles in 1976. Over the cours ...

''(first round)'' # Stan Smith ''(second round)'' #

Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd (born 20 May 1956) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won 54 titles and was world No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984 to August 11, 1985. The right-hande ...

''(second round)'' #

Fritz Buehning Fritz Buehning (born March 5, 1960) is an American former tennis player. Born in Summit, New Jersey, Buehning grew up in Millburn, New Jersey and attended Millburn High School, where he won the New Jersey state individual tennis championship in ...

''(third round, withdrew)'' #

''(final)'' #

Rolf Gehring Rolf Gehring (born 25 November 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 30 in November 1981. Gehring participated in 6 Davis Cup ties for West Germany West Germany is ...

''(second round)'' #

Tim Mayotte Timothy Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Professional career A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfi ...

''(third round)'' # Robert Lutz ''(second round)'' #

Kevin Curren Kevin Melvyn Curren (born 2 March 1958) is a South African former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 19 ...

''(second round)'' #

Carlos Kirmayr Carlos Kirmayr (born 23 September 1950) is a retired Brazilian professional tennis player. Kirmayr won a total of 10 Grand Prix doubles titles. In singles, he achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 36. Career finals Singles 6 (1–5) ...

''(second round)''

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

External links

ATP tournament draws

ITF tournament draws
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