1981 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

John McEnroe defeated five-time defending champion Björn Borg in a rematch of the previous year's final, 4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–4), 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first Wimbledon singles title and third major singles title overall. Borg was attempting to equal William Renshaw's record of six consecutive Wimbledon titles and Roy Emerson's all-time record of 12 major titles.

During this tournament, McEnroe famously shouted "You cannot be serious!" to the chair umpire in response to a serve being called "out". The disagreement took place on 22 June, during his first round match against Tom Gullikson.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Gene Mayer withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Mike Estep.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "Wimbledon 1981 – Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP World Tour. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
• 1981 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation