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.- Yannick Noah '
- Brian Gottfried '
- Johan Kriek '
- Harold Solomon '
- Adriano Panatta '
- Stan Smith '
- Pascal Portes
- Ilie Năstase ''''