1981 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event. Several players withdrew from the main draw after qualifying had commenced, leading to the highest ranked players who lost in the final qualifying round to be entered into the main draw as lucky losers.

Seeds
• # 🇦🇺 Charlie Fancutt (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Wayne Hampson (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Chris Johnstone (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Moretton (qualified)

• # 🇨🇴 Alejandro Cortes (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Brad Guan (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Craig Wittus (qualified)

• # 🇸🇪 Jan Gunnarsson (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Erik van Dillen (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Marty Davis (qualified)

• # Álvaro Fillol (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇮🇳 Anand Amritraj (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Joakim Nyström (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇮🇳 Sashi Menon (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Tony Graham (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Roberto Vizcaino-Mallol (second round)

• # Ulrich Marten (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇸 Chris Mayotte (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Scott McCain (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Mike Estep (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇫🇮 Leo Palin (first round)

• # 🇧🇷 Cássio Motta (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Dale Collings (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Meister (second round)

• # -

• # 🇫🇷 Henri Leconte (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇦🇺 Wayne Pascoe (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Cliff Letcher (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Scott Davis (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # Rory Chappell (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Denton (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

Qualifiers
• # 🇦🇺 Charlie Fancutt

• # 🇦🇺 Dale Collings

• # 🇦🇺 Wayne Pascoe

• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Moretton

• # 🇦🇺 Craig A. Miller

• # 🇺🇸 Glen Holroyd

• # 🇺🇸 Craig Wittus

• # 🇺🇸 Scott McCain

• # 🇺🇸 Erik van Dillen

• # 🇺🇸 Marty Davis

• # 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander

• # 🇺🇸 Joel Bailey

• # 🇺🇸 Chris Dunk

• # 🇮🇳 Sashi Menon

• # 🇦🇺 Cliff Letcher

• # 🇸🇪 Jörgen Windahl

Lucky losers
• # Ulrich Marten

• # 🇺🇸 Scott Davis

• # Álvaro Fillol

• # 🇫🇷 Henri Leconte

• # 🇺🇸 Mike Estep

• # 🇸🇪 Joakim Nyström

• # 🇺🇸 Steve Denton

• # 🇦🇺 Chris Johnstone