# 1981 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles

Rolf Gehring was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals this year.
Chris Lewis won the title, defeating Christophe Roger-Vasselin 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Eliot Teltscher (second round)
* Rolf Gehring (semifinals)
* Shlomo Glickstein (quarterfinals)
* Chris Lewis (champion)
* Butch Walts (quarterfinals)
* Pavel Složil (quarterfinals)
* Christophe Roger-Vasselin (final)
* Ulrich Pinner (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* 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

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Ulrich Pinner | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chris Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chris Lewis | 6 | 6 | 4 | Chris Lewis | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7 | 7 | Christophe Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Rolf Gehring | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | E Teltscher | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kronk | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | E Teltscher | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-D Beutel | 6 | 2 | 3 | | F Luna | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Luna | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | F Luna | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Schneider | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | U Pinner | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Moore | 2 | 3 | | | D Schneider | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hjertquist | 1 | 5 | | 8 | U Pinner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | U Pinner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | U Pinner | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 |
| | J Norbäck | 3 | 2 | | 4 | C Lewis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Eberhard | 6 | 5 | 6 | | K Eberhard | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Järryd | 4 | 7 | 1 | | | | | 4 | C Lewis | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Zipf | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | 6 | P Složil | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Moretton | 6 | 4 | 6 | | G Moretton | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Frawley | 3 | 0 | | 6 | P Složil | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Složil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Gnettner | 2 | 2 | 7 | C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Freyss | 6 | 7 | | C Freyss | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bedel | 2 | 6 | | | | | 7 | C Roger-Vasselin | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | O Parun | 6 | 1 | | | | | 3 | S Glickstein | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | E Fromm | 7 | 6 | | E Fromm | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Mayotte | 4 | 6 | 3 | S Glickstein | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Glickstein | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | B Walts | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | R Gehring | 4 | 6 |
| | E Edwards | 1 | 2 | 5 | B Walts | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Denton | 6 | 7 | | S Denton | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Naegelen | 0 | 6 | | | | | 5 | B Walts | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Pattison | 2 | 1 | | | | | 2 | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Feigl | 6 | 6 | | P Feigl | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Schwaier | 2 | 4 | 2 | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |