1981 Paris Open – Singles

Brian Gottfried was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Stan Smith.

Mark Vines won in the final 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 against Pascal Portes.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
 * 3)  Johan Kriek (second round)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Harold Solomon (first round)
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta (first round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Stan Smith (semifinals)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Pascal Portes (final)
 * 8)  Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)

Draw

 * NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.