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1981 Paris Open – Singles
Brian Gottfried was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stan Smith. Mark Vines won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 against Pascal Portes. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Yannick Noah ''(semifinals)'' # Brian Gottfried ''(quarterfinals)'' # Johan Kriek ''(second round)'' # Harold Solomon ''(first round)'' # Adriano Panatta ''(first round)'' # Stan Smith ''(semifinals)'' # Pascal Portes ''(final)'' # Ilie Năstase ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw * '' NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.'' Final Section 1 Section 2 External links 1981 Paris Open draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Paris Open - Singles Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Vines
Mark Vines (born February 23, 1957, in Richmond, Virginia, United States) is an American former tennis player. He won one singles title, the Paris Indoors tournament in 1981. Vines reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 110 in April 1982. Tennis career He played at Southern Methodist University and graduated in 1979. In addition to his win in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., Vines reached the semi-finals of the doubles in the same tournament and the third round of the 1981 US Open. In recent years, Vines has achieved much success on the senior tour, reaching No. 3 in the M55 circuit in October 2012. Career finals Singles (1 title) References External links * * American male tennis players Southern Methodist University alumni Tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Bertolucci
Paolo Bertolucci (; born 3 August 1951) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He is currently working as a sport commentator for Italian SKY Italia, Sky TV. Bertolucci won the Davis Cup with Italy in 1976. His greatest success on ATP Tour was the victory at the 1977 Hamburg Masters, where he beat Manuel Orantes in the final in four sets. In 1976, Bertolucci also won the Grand Prix tennis, Grand Prix tournaments of ATP Florence, Florence and Torneo Godó, Barcelona. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 12, achieved in August 1973. Bertolucci was non-playing-captain of the Italy Davis Cup team from 1985 to 2001. He considers himself Catholic Church, Roman Catholic. Career finals Singles: 12 (6–6) Doubles: 19 (12–7) See also * Tennis in Italy References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertolucci, Paolo 1951 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from the Province of Lucca People from Forte dei Marmi Italian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Siegler
David Jonathan Siegler (born May 31, 1961) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Siegler, who grew up in California, made the boys' juniors final at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships, which he lost to India's Ramesh Krishnan. He managed to qualify for the main draw of the 1979 US Open, but was unable to get past Keith Richardson in a first round match that went to five sets. A valedictorian at Agoura High School, Siegler took up a full athletic scholarship to Stanford University in 1979 and the following year was a member of the Stanford team that won the NCAA Division One title. During the early 1980s, Siegler competed on the Grand Prix tennis circuit, with his best performance coming in Cleveland in 1981 when finished runner-up, after beating Stan Smith en route to the final. He won two Challenger doubles titles, both with Robbie Venter. In addition to his US Open appearance, Siegler made the main draw of three Australian Opens, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Feaver
John Feaver (born 16 February 1952) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career Feaver attended Millfield School in Somerset, which produced a number of male tennis players from the 1950s to the 1970s, including Mark Cox and Paul Hutchins. He turned professional in 1971, and enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he reached 10 doubles finals, achieving a career-high doubles ranking of 69, and was a semi-finalist in the men's doubles at the French Open in 1982. Feaver's highest singles ranking was 91, which he reached in 1977 after making it to the fourth round of the US Open and competing in his only singles final at the Florence Open (where he was defeated by the reigning champion Paolo Bertolucci in straight sets). His best results were on grass and clay courts, achieving more wins on the latter than on any other surface. For over 20 years (1976 to 1997), Feaver held the record for serving the most aces in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Torre
Paul-Antoine Torre (born 18 May 1953) is a former professional tennis player from France. Career Torre made a surprise run to the third round of the 1981 French Open. He started the tournament with a five set win over Australian Paul McNamee. In the fifth set, McNamee served for the match, but Torre broke back and went on to win 7–5.''Sydney Morning Herald''"Sad McNamee falls to happy-go-lucky drifter" 29 May 1981 The Frenchman then beat Ángel Giménez to set up a third round meeting with top seed Björn Borg, which he lost in straight sets. He also competed in the men's doubles, with Jérôme Potier. They were unable to get past the pairing of José Luis Clerc and Ilie Năstase in the first round. His efforts in 1981 also included quarter-final appearances at Nice, the Sofia Open and the Stuttgart Indoor event. In 1982, Torre was a semi-finalist in Buenos Aires, managing wins over Angel Gimenez, Freddie Sauer and Peter Feigl. He won the first set of his semi-final against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte (; born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. During his career, he won singles titles on all four major court surfaces: hard, clay, grass and carpet. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5. Biography and career Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. He turned professional that year and won his first career doubles title at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title the following year, 1982, in Stockholm. Leconte played in the Davis Cup final for the first time in 1982, when France was defeated 4–1 by the United States. Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984. In 1985, Leconte and Noah reached a second Grand Slam (tennis), Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haroon Ismail
Haroon Ismail (born February 27, 1955) is a former tennis professional from Rhodesia and Zimbabwe. Ismail reached his highest ATP singles ranking on February 22, 1982, when he became world Number 95. He became runner-up in the 1980 Dutch Open tennis tournament. In 1981, Ismail won two rounds at the French Open, beating Francisco Gonzalez and Eric Deblicker, before losing to 14th-seed Wojtek Fibak. Ismail played college tennis at Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, .... References External links * * * 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Chattanooga, Tennessee Tennis players from Harare Rhodesian male tennis players SMU Mustangs men's tennis players Expatriate tennis players in the United States Zimbabwean expatria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérôme Potier
Jérôme Potier (; born 18 July 1962) is a French tennis coach and former professional player. He was the coach of Josselin Ouanna, Marc Gicquel and Thierry Ascione Thierry Ascione (; born 17 January 1981) is an ATP tennis coach and a former professional player from France. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 81 in February 2004. Pro career He turned pro in 2000 and retired in September 2 .... Career finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Doubles (1 runner-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potier, Jerome 1962 births Living people French male tennis players French tennis coaches Sportspeople from Rennes 20th-century French sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Vanlangendonck
Jan Vanlangendonck (born 10 January 1960) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Born in Heist-op-den-Berg, Vanlangendonck was a right-handed player and played on the professional tour in the 1980s. He reached a best singles ranking of 191 in the world and featured in the men's doubles main draw of the 1982 French Open. Vanlangendonck appeared in 10 Davis Cup ties for Belgium between 1983 and 1987. His daughter, Eliessa Vanlangendonck, plays on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome .... Challenger titles Doubles: (1) See also * List of Belgium Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanlangendonck, Jan 1960 births Living people Belgian male tennis players People from Heist-op-den-Berg Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau (born 6 January 1964) is a French former tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, as well as Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 93 in April 1983. He won one doubles title in his career, in 1986 at Buenos Aires partnering Horst Skoff Horst Skoff (22 August 1968 – 7 June 2008) was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level. Biography Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and started playing tennis at age 6. In 1984 he won the sing .... Career finals Singles (1 loss) Doubles (1 win, 5 losses) External links * * French male tennis players French tennis coaches Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Bordeaux Tennis players from Paris 1964 births Living people 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Proisy
Patrick Proisy (; born 10 September 1949) is a French former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1972 (where he beat top seed and defending champion Jan Kodeš in the quarter-finals and fourth seed Manuel Orantes in the semi-finals before losing the final against sixth seeded Spaniard Andrés Gimeno in four sets). He added to that one more final (in Florence, 1976) and singles titles in Hilversum, 1977 and Perth, 1972. Proisy reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 16 in October 1972. Grand Slam finals Singles (1 runner-up) Grand Slam tournament performance timeline Singles Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December. Career finals Singles: 5 (2–3) Post-playing career From 1997 to 2003, Proisy was president of RC Strasbourg football club. In 2016, he received a ten-month suspended prison sentence for irregularities in transfers during his tenure; parts of transfer fees we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Smith (tennis)
Jonathan Smith (born 29 January 1955) is a former professional tennis player. He was born in Exeter Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter w ..., England. Smith enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 98 in 1983. Career finals Doubles (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) Local tournaments Singles (3 title) External links * * English male tennis players British male tennis players Sportspeople from Exeter 1955 births Living people Tennis players from Devon {{england-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |