1981 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles


defeated his rival, the five-time defending champion Björn Borg in the final, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships. Borg was attempting to equal William Renshaw's sixth consecutive Wimbledon title and Roy Emerson's all time record of 12 Grand Slam titles.
It was this tournament where John McEnroe shouted the now-famous "You cannot be serious!" to the chair umpire in response to a serve being called "out." The disagreement took place on June 22 during the first round match against Tom Gullikson.

Seeds

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John McEnroe
Jimmy Connors '
Ivan Lendl '
Gene Mayer '
Brian Teacher '
Brian Gottfried '
Roscoe Tanner '
José Luis Clerc '
Guillermo Vilas '
Víctor Pecci '
Peter McNamara '
Yannick Noah '
Wojciech Fibak '
Balázs Taróczy '
Vitas Gerulaitis
Gene Mayer withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Mike Estep.

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8