John McEnroe defeated the 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.[1]
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 June 22 during his first round match against Tom Gullikson.[2]
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John McEnroe defeated the five time defending champion Bjorn 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 1 Men s singles1981 Wimbledon ChampionshipsFinalChampionJohn McEnroeRunner upBjorn BorgScore4 6 7 6 7 1 7 6 7 4 6 4DetailsDraw128 16Q 8WC Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girls 1980 Wimbledon Championships 1982 Main article 1981 Wimbledon Championships 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 June 22 during his first round match against Tom Gullikson 2 Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 References 5 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Bjorn Borg final 0 2 nbsp John McEnroe champion 0 3 nbsp Jimmy Connors semifinals 0 4 nbsp Ivan Lendl first round 0 5 nbsp Gene Mayer withdrew before the tournament began 0 6 nbsp Brian Teacher second round 0 7 nbsp Brian Gottfried second round 0 8 nbsp Roscoe Tanner second round 0 9 nbsp Jose Luis Clerc third round 10 nbsp Guillermo Vilas first round 11 nbsp Victor Pecci first round 12 nbsp Peter McNamara quarterfinals 13 nbsp Yannick Noah first round 14 nbsp Wojciech Fibak fourth round 15 nbsp Balazs Taroczy third round 16 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis fourth round 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 editMain article 1981 Wimbledon Championships Men s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Bjorn Borg776612 nbsp Peter McNamara62231 nbsp Bjorn Borg046663 nbsp Jimmy Connors663043 nbsp Jimmy Connors25666 nbsp Vijay Amritraj674321 nbsp Bjorn Borg6616442 nbsp John McEnroe477776 nbsp Rod Frawley477776 nbsp Tim Mayotte665643 nbsp Rod Frawley62452 nbsp John McEnroe7767 nbsp Johan Kriek1512 nbsp John McEnroe676Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp B Borg7766 nbsp P Rennert62311 nbsp B Borg666Q nbsp D Collings433 nbsp M Purcell413 nbsp M Purcell6661 nbsp B Borg676 nbsp F Taygan766 nbsp R Gehring450 nbsp N Saviano512 nbsp F Taygan516LL nbsp U Marten6270 nbsp R Gehring767 nbsp R Gehring76661 nbsp B Borg77778 nbsp V Amaya676716 nbsp V Gerulaitis64566 nbsp P Feigl4676 nbsp V Amaya666 nbsp C Mottram6646 nbsp C Mottram342WC nbsp R Drysdale1463 nbsp V Amaya64635Q nbsp J Bailey7636416 nbsp V Gerulaitis46367 nbsp K Curren64676 nbsp K Curren3733Q nbsp G Holroyd34616 nbsp V Gerulaitis666616 nbsp V Gerulaitis667Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp P McNamara6627 nbsp H Gunthardt126512 nbsp P McNamara666 nbsp J Delaney5373 nbsp S Stewart401 nbsp S Stewart766612 nbsp P McNamara667 nbsp A Gimenez676 nbsp A Pattison105Q nbsp J Windahl352 nbsp A Gimenez66714 nbsp S Giammalva3736 nbsp A Pattison47666 nbsp A Pattison666712 nbsp P McNamara767 nbsp Tim Gullikson666 nbsp J Borowiak606 nbsp G Rinaldini123 nbsp Tim Gullikson3776 nbsp P Fleming7627 nbsp P Fleming6663 nbsp S Docherty6266 nbsp Tim Gullikson3663Q nbsp E van Dillen2462 nbsp J Borowiak6746 nbsp J Borowiak6646 nbsp J Borowiak676 nbsp K Walts3327 nbsp B Gottfried4647 nbsp B Gottfried666Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round3 nbsp J Connors666 nbsp R Stockton1243 nbsp J Connors776 nbsp C Lewis67066 nbsp C Lewis663Q nbsp C Dunk766443 nbsp J Connors666 nbsp T Smid5362 nbsp A Giammalva440 nbsp P DuPre7636 nbsp P DuPre3463 nbsp A Giammalva676 nbsp A Giammalva6616LL nbsp S Davis2623 nbsp J Connors666Q nbsp C Wittus66614 nbsp W Fibak324 nbsp E Edwards444Q nbsp C Wittus304 nbsp B Drewett7466 nbsp B Drewett666 nbsp M Hocevar6643 nbsp B Drewett61664Q nbsp M Davis7527614 nbsp W Fibak76336 nbsp S Glickstein57654Q nbsp M Davis442 nbsp M Doyle474514 nbsp W Fibak66614 nbsp W Fibak6667Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp JL Clerc36269LL nbsp A Fillol636479 nbsp JL Clerc4676WC nbsp J Lloyd63466WC nbsp J Lloyd6364 nbsp P Dent466349 nbsp JL Clerc6416 nbsp P Portes7626 nbsp P Kronk2667Q nbsp W Pascoe5767Q nbsp W Pascoe534 nbsp P Kronk6636 nbsp P Kronk766 nbsp W Martin2363 nbsp P Kronk332 nbsp R Van t Hof666 nbsp V Amritraj666 nbsp K Eberhard444 nbsp R Van t Hof342 nbsp T Okker5746 nbsp T Wilkison666 nbsp T Wilkison7567 nbsp T Wilkison3264 nbsp V Amritraj667 nbsp V Amritraj6636WC nbsp J Kodes015 nbsp V Amritraj62266 nbsp R Stadler60336 nbsp B Teacher466216 nbsp B Teacher4666Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 nbsp R Tanner666 nbsp B Manson1448 nbsp R Tanner4462 nbsp C Kirmayr6666 nbsp C Kirmayr6636WC nbsp M Cox3744 nbsp C Kirmayr633 nbsp L Stefanki163 nbsp R Frawley766Q nbsp C Letcher676Q nbsp C Letcher313 nbsp R Frawley4666 nbsp R Frawley666 nbsp T Tulasne6230 nbsp R Frawley667 nbsp J Austin7222 nbsp J Fitzgerald436Q nbsp M Wilander6666Q nbsp M Wilander4666WC nbsp J Alexander4642LL nbsp H Leconte6422LL nbsp H Leconte6266Q nbsp M Wilander0622 nbsp J Fitzgerald5766 nbsp J Fitzgerald6466Q nbsp S McCain7623 nbsp J Fitzgerald666 nbsp W Scanlon766 nbsp W Scanlon12211 nbsp V Pecci600Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round10 nbsp G Vilas41663 nbsp M Edmondson66146 nbsp M Edmondson4375WC nbsp R Lewis5644 nbsp F Buehning6657 nbsp F Buehning7466 nbsp F Buehning46671 nbsp S Krulevitz66443 nbsp A Mayer62756 nbsp H Simonsson42666 nbsp H Simonsson216 nbsp I Năstase46644 nbsp A Mayer667 nbsp A Mayer64466 nbsp A Mayer346WC nbsp A Jarrett3736 nbsp T Mayotte667 nbsp J Sadri6667 nbsp J Sadri7666 nbsp C Roger Vasselin667 nbsp C Roger Vasselin6734 nbsp J Lopez Maeso446 nbsp J Sadri635 nbsp T Mayotte666 nbsp T Mayotte767 nbsp B Mitton342 nbsp T Mayotte4676Q nbsp C Fancutt46616Q nbsp C Fancutt64634 nbsp I Lendl63463Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundLL nbsp M Estep0373 nbsp J Kriek6666 nbsp J Kriek666Q nbsp S Menon4064LL nbsp J Nystrom244LL nbsp J Nystrom6636 nbsp J Kriek7367 nbsp R Simpson767 nbsp R Simpson6625LL nbsp S Denton636 nbsp R Simpson6636Q nbsp G Moretton4666Q nbsp G Moretton4463 nbsp J Fillol6323 nbsp J Kriek3676 nbsp P Slozil342 nbsp F Gonzalez6361 nbsp P McNamee666 nbsp P McNamee666LL nbsp C Johnstone66446LL nbsp C Johnstone212Q nbsp C Miller41663 nbsp P McNamee422 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
