1981 Torneo Godó – Singles

Ivan Lendl successfully defended his title, by defeating Guillermo Vilas 6–0, 6–3, 6–0 in the final.

Seeds
• Ivan Lendl (champion)

• 🇦🇷 Guillermo Vilas (final)

• Víctor Pecci (third round)

• 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah (semifinals)

• 🇭🇺 Balázs Taróczy (quarterfinals)

• 🇮🇹 Adriano Panatta (quarterfinals)

• Tomáš Šmíd (quarterfinals)

• 🇪🇸 José Higueras (second round)

• Hans Gildemeister (third round)

• José Luis Damiani (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Eddie Dibbs (semifinals)

• 🇪🇸 Manuel Orantes (third round)

• 🇪🇨 Andrés Gómez (third round)

• 🇪🇨 Ricardo Ycaza (first round)

• Pedro Rebolledo (quarterfinals)

• 🇮🇹 Corrado Barazzutti (third round)