Essen CH 1981
Chris Johnstone won the title, beating Andreas Maurer 7–5 7–6 in the final.
Main draw 46 players
- 1🇩🇪Peter ElterRound of 64 · Lost to Thomas Stalhandske
- 2🇨🇱Alejandro PierolaQuarterfinals · Lost to Helmut Beermann
- 3🇨🇿Jiri HrebecRound of 32 · Lost to Thierry Stevaux
- 4🇦🇺Wayne HampsonRound of 64 · Lost to P Ewaldsen
- 5🇸🇪Jan GunnarssonQuarterfinals · Lost to Andreas Maurer
- 6🇩🇪Damir KereticRound of 32 · Lost to Zoltan Kuharszky
- 7🇦🇺Chris JohnstoneFinal · Champion
- 8🇪🇸Roberto VizcainoSemifinals · Lost to Andreas Maurer
- 9🇩🇪Andreas MaurerFinal · Lost to Chris Johnstone
- 10🇨🇱Ricardo AcunaRound of 16 · Lost to Alejandro Pierola
- 11🇩🇪Werner ZirngiblRound of 32 · Lost to Helmut Beermann
- 12🇦🇺Brad GuanRound of 16 · Lost to Roberto Vizcaino
- 13🇦🇷Guillermo AuboneQuarterfinals · Lost to Chris Johnstone
- 14🇧🇴Ramiro BenavidesRound of 16 · Lost to Jan Gunnarsson
- 15🇦🇺Dale CollingsRound of 64 · Lost to Cliff Letcher
- 16🇺🇸Steve MeisterRound of 32 · Lost to Robert Reininger
- 🇩🇪Helmut BeermannSemifinals · Lost to Chris Johnstone
- 🇦🇺Cliff LetcherQuarterfinals · Lost to Roberto Vizcaino
- 🇺🇸Ian HarrisRound of 16 · Lost to Cliff Letcher
- 🇦🇹Robert ReiningerRound of 16 · Lost to Chris Johnstone
- 🇧🇪Thierry StevauxRound of 16 · Lost to Guillermo Aubone
- Q🇦🇷Thomas StalhandskeRound of 16 · Lost to Andreas Maurer
- Q🇭🇺Zoltan KuharszkyRound of 16 · Lost to Helmut Beermann
- 🇦🇷Alejandro GattikerRound of 32 · Lost to Jan Gunnarsson
- 🇩🇪Attila KorpasRound of 32 · Lost to Guillermo Aubone
- 🇺🇸Erick IskerskyRound of 32 · Lost to Chris Johnstone
- 🇩🇪F SettelmeyerRound of 32 · Lost to Alejandro Pierola
- 🇮🇹Ferrante RocchiRound of 32 · Lost to Brad Guan
- 🇩🇪Hans Dieter BeutelRound of 32 · Lost to Andreas Maurer
- Q🇩🇪Harald TheissenRound of 32 · Lost to Roberto Vizcaino
- 🇪🇬Ismail El ShafeiRound of 32 · Lost to Thomas Stalhandske
- 🇺🇸Mark VinesRound of 32 · Lost to Ricardo Acuna
- 🇿🇦Mike MyburgRound of 32 · Lost to Cliff Letcher
- 🇩🇪P EwaldsenRound of 32 · Lost to Ian Harris
- Q🇩🇪Peter PfannkochRound of 32 · Lost to Ramiro Benavides
- 🇦🇷Carlos GattikerRound of 64 · Lost to Chris Johnstone
- 🇩🇪Christoph ZipfRound of 64 · Lost to Robert Reininger
- 🇺🇸Jai DilouieRound of 64 · Lost to Jan Gunnarsson
- 🇩🇪Karl MeilerRound of 64 · Lost to Ramiro Benavides
- 🇺🇸Mike BarrRound of 64 · Lost to Ferrante Rocchi
- 🇩🇪Peter SpangRound of 64 · Lost to Roberto Vizcaino
- 🇿🇦Robbie VenterRound of 64 · Lost to Damir Keretic
- Q🇺🇸Rocky RoyerRound of 64 · Lost to Werner Zirngibl
- 🇸🇪Stefan SvenssonRound of 64 · Lost to Attila Korpas
- 🇦🇺Warren MaherRound of 64 · Lost to F Settelmeyer
- 🇦🇺Wayne PascoeRound of 64 · Lost to Mark Vines