| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1981 Avon Championships | |
| Champions |
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver |
| Runners-up |
Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh |
| Score | 6–0, 7–6 |
Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Pam Shriver defeated Barbara Potter and Sharon Walsh in the final, 6–0, 7–6 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1981 Avon Championships. It was Navratilova's fourth Tour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's first. [1]
Billie Jean King and Navratilova were the reigning champions, but King did not qualify this year.
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
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
|
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura
| 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
|
Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
|
Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh
| 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
|
Barbara Potter
Sharon Walsh
| 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
Rosemary Casals
Wendy Turnbull
| 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
References
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 185–187, 189. ISBN 9780356085968.