Doubles
1981 Murjani WTA Championships
Final
Champions	Kathy Jordan Paula Smith
Runners-up	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici
Score	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	7
Events
Singles Doubles
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Rosemary Casals and Ilana Kloss were the defending champions, but Kloss did not compete this year. Casals teamed up with Wendy Turnbull and lost in semifinals to Kathy Jordan and Paula Smith.

Kathy Jordan and Paula Smith won the title by defeating JoAnne Russell and Virginia Ruzici 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 in the final.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	2	1
	3	Kathy Jordan Paula Smith	6	6
								3	Kathy Jordan Paula Smith	6	5	7
								7	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	3	7	6
	6	Andrea Jaeger Regina Maršíková	6	2	5
	7	JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici	2	6	7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	R Casals W Turnbull	7	6
		S Margolin M Louie	1	6	6				S Margolin M Louie	5	2
		S Mascarin K Rinaldi	6	3	2										1	R Casals W Turnbull	6	7
		M Blackwood S Leo	4	1												W White ML Piatek	4	5
		W White ML Piatek	6	6					W White ML Piatek	4	6	7
		V Wade L Allen	6	4	6				V Wade L Allen	6	3	6
		M Jaušovec L Forood	4	6	4																	1	R Casals W Turnbull	2	1
																						3	K Jordan P Smith	6	6
								3	K Jordan P Smith	7	1	6
		J Davis B Hallquist	3	2					S Acker T Holladay	5	6	4
		S Acker T Holladay	6	6											3	K Jordan P Smith	4	6	6
		C Kohde-Kilsch A White	6	6	6										5	H Mandlíková B Stöve	6	4	3
		B Jordan L duPont	7	2	3				C Kohde-Kilsch A White	6	6	6
		P Delhees N Schutte	4	2				5	H Mandlíková B Stöve	7	4	7
	5	H Mandlíková B Stöve	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	A Jaeger R Maršíková	7	6
		A Hobbs Y Vermaak	6	3				6	A Jaeger R Maršíková	6	6
		H Strachoňová J DuVall	2	2					D Fromholtz S Hanika	4	0
		D Fromholtz S Hanika	6	6											6	A Jaeger R Maršíková	1	6	6
		J Portman R Richards	6	6											4	C Reynolds A Smith	6	1	4
		S Collins D-h Lee	2	3					J Portman R Richards	1	0
								4	C Reynolds A Smith	6	6
																						6	A Jaeger R Maršíková	6	2	5
	7	J Russell V Ruzici	6	6																		7	J Russell V Ruzici	2	6	7
		R Blount L Romanov	4	4				7	J Russell V Ruzici	7	3	7
		N Yeargin R Tomanová	7	6					N Yeargin R Tomanová	5	6	6
		D Desfor A Buchanan	6	2											7	J Russell V Ruzici	6	3	6
		N Gregory M Pinterová	6	4	3										2	M Navratilova P Shriver	4	6	2
		K Jones E Norton	1	6	6				K Jones E Norton	2	2
								2	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6

References

• Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Official results archive (WTA)