Italian Open 1981 / women

WTA tour
Italian Open 1981
date	4.5.1981 - 10.5.1981
Edition	2
navigation	1980 ◄ 1981 ► 1982
venue	Perugia Italy Italy
Tournament number	709
category	Toyota Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	56E / 28D
Prize money	US $ 100,000

Last year's winner	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd
Last year's winner (double)	Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Renáta Tomanová Czechoslovakia

Winner	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd
Winner (doubles)	United States Candy Reynolds Paula Smith United States

As of August 1, 2018

The 1981 Italian Open was a women's tennis tournament in Perugia . The clay court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1981 and took place from May 4th to 10th, 1981.

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd	victory
02.	Romania 1965 Virginia Ruzici	final
03.	Australia Dianne Fromholtz	2nd round
04th	Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková	2nd round
05.	United Kingdom Virginia Wade	2nd round
06th	Argentina Ivanna Madruga	Quarter finals
07th	United States Sandy Collins	Semifinals

No.	Player	Round reached
08th.	United States Susan Mascarin	Round of 16
09.	South Africa 1961 Rosalyn Fairbank	Quarter finals
10.	Switzerland Isabelle Villiger	1 round
11.	United States Jeanne Duvall	1 round
12.	United States Kathy Horvath	Round of 16
13.	United Kingdom Anne Hobbs	Round of 16
14th	United Kingdom Jo Durie	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals				final

1	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd	6th	6th
7th	United States Sandy Collins	1	2
				1	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd	6th	6th

				2	Romania 1965 Virginia Ruzici	1	2
	United States Joyce Portman	2	2

2	Romania 1965 Virginia Ruzici	6th	6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

United States C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

Q

L. Plchová

3

1

Y. Vermaak

0

South Africa 1961 Y. Vermaak

6th

1

United States C. Evert-Lloyd

2

7th

6th

Q

K. Stampfli

2

6th

1

12

K. Horvath

6th

5

1

Sweden N. Bohm

6th

4th

6th

N. Bohm

1

2

K. Rinaldi

2

6th

4th

12

United States K. Horvath

6th

12

United States K. Horvath

6th

1

6th

1

United States C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

13

United Kingdom A. Hobbs

6th

L. Romanov

1

0

C. Tanvier

4th

13

United Kingdom A. Hobbs

3

6th

7th

N. Gregory

D. Freeman

6th

1

5

Australia D. Freeman

13

A. Hobbs

2

1

Romania 1965 L. Romanov

6th

Romania 1965 L. Romanov

6th

P. Smith

3

2

Romania 1965 L. Romanov

0

6th

5

V. Wade

6th

3

1

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

R. Maršíková

2

6th

1

H. Eisterlehner

6th

0

2

Q

Italy S. Simmonds

6th

4th

6th

Q

Italy S. Simmonds

0

6th

Q

S. Simmonds

2

4th

United States K. Sands

6th

9

South Africa 1961 R. Fairbank

6th

Q

R. Reggi

2

K. Sands

2

6th

2

N. Schutte

4th

6th

1

9

South Africa 1961 R. Fairbank

6th

4th

6th

9

South Africa 1961 R. Fairbank

6th

3

6th

9

R. Fairbank

5

2

Korea South I.e. lee

6th

7th

United States S. Collins

7th

6th

I. Budařová

3

4th

I.e. lee

6th

6th

4th

B. Rossi

6th

4th

0

South Africa 1961 T. Harford

7th

3

6th

South Africa 1961 T. Harford

2

6th

T. Harford

6th

4th

6th

K. Skronská

4th

5

7th

United States S. Collins

1

6th

7th

France C. Vanier

6th

7th

C. Vanier

1

6th

2

7th

United States S. Collins

6th

4th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

Argentina I. Madruga

6th

Q

S. Cecchini

0

3

D. Gilbert

1

United States D. Gilbert

6th

6th

Argentina I. Madruga

7th

Brazil 1968 P. Medrado

7th

5

7th

P. Medrado

6th

B. Gadusek

5

7th

6th

Brazil 1968 P. Medrado

7th

6th

Sweden E. Ekblom

6th

E. Ekblom

6th

3

10

I. Villiger

2

3

6th

I. Madruga

4th

6th

4th

14th

J. Durie

0

4th

United States J. Portman

6th

1

6th

United States J. Portman

6th

United States J. Portman

6th

G. Coles

2

5

Q

F. Thibault

0

Q

France F. Thibault

6th

7th

United States J. Portman

6th

Q

K. Glancy

2

1

P. Murgo

2

Italy P. Murgo

6th

Italy P. Murgo

6th

3

D. Fromholtz

4th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

United States S. Mascarin

6th

B. Simon

2

5

Q

P. Vásquez

3

2

Q

Peru P. Vásquez

6th

7th

8th

S. Mascarin

4th

3

United States J. Harrington

6th

Netherlands E. Vessies

6th

D. Jevans

0

3

J. Harrington

1

7th

4th

Netherlands E. Vessies

6th

5

6th

E. Pfaff

E. Vessies

2

0

11

J. Duvall

4th

6th

2

Romania 1965 V. Ruzici

6th

Germany Federal Republic I. Riedel-Kühn

6th

7th

Germany Federal Republic I. Riedel-Kühn

6th

2

7th

South Africa 1961 S. Rollinson

6th

S. Rollinson

4th

6th

5

L. Giussani

1

I. Riedel-Kühn

1

0

Switzerland C. Jolissaint

6th

2

Romania 1965 V. Ruzici

6th

LL

C. Franch

2

C. Jolissaint

3

0

2

Romania 1965 V. Ruzici

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United States Candy Reynolds Paula Smith United States	victory
02.	United States Chris Evert-Lloyd Virginia Ruzici Romania 1965	final
03.	Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková Virginia Wade United Kingdom	Semifinals
04th	Argentina Ivanna Madruga Adriana Villagrán Argentina	Round of 16
05.	Australia Dianne Fromholtz Pam Whytcross Australia	1 round
06th
07th	South Africa 1961 Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford South Africa 1961	Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

United States C. Reynolds P. Smith
United States

6th

7th

Germany Federal Republic H. Eisterlehner I. Riedel-Kühn
Germany Federal Republic

7th

6th

H. Eisterlehner I. Riedel-Kühn

1

5

D. Freeman S. Rollinson

6th

3

1

United States C. Reynolds P. Smith
United States

6th

S. Collins K. Glancy

1

7th

4th

F. Thibault C. Vanier

2

1

France F. Thibault C. Vanier
France

6th

5

6th

France F. Thibault C. Vanier
France

6th

Czechoslovakia I. Budařová K. Skronská
Czechoslovakia

6th

I. Budařová K. Skronská

4th

2

5

D. Fromholtz P. Whytcross

3

4th

1

United States C. Reynolds P. Smith
United States

6th

B. Gadusek E. Pfaff

4th

I. Madruga A. Villagrán

0

3

J. Durie D. Jevans

6th

3

United States K. Horvath K. Sands
United States

6th

United States K. Horvath K. Sands
United States

7th

6th

K. Horvath K. Sands

1

2

United States B. Gadusek E. Pfaff
Germany Federal Republic

3

6th

United States B. Gadusek E. Pfaff
Germany Federal Republic

6th

A. Hobbs Y. Vermaak

6th

0

3

United States B. Gadusek E. Pfaff
Germany Federal Republic

7th

6th

L. Murgo B. Rossi

4th

2

N. Bohm E. Ekblom

6th

1

Sweden N. Bohm E. Ekblom
Sweden

6th

1

United States C. Reynolds P. Smith
United States

7th

6th

K. Stampfli E. Vessies

2

4th

2

C. Evert-Lloyd V. Ruzici

5

1

United Kingdom G. Coles N. Sato
Japan

6th

United Kingdom G. Coles N. Sato
Japan

6th

I.e. Lee C. Tanvier

7th

6th

1

L. Giussani P. Medrado

4th

1

Argentina L. Giussani P. Medrado
Brazil 1968

6th

7th

6th

G. Coles N. Sato

1

4th

United States S. Mascarin K. Rinaldi
United States

6th

7th

3

Czechoslovakia R. Maršíková V. Wade
United Kingdom

6th

J. Duvall S. Simmonds

4th

5

S. Mascarin K. Rinaldi

1

4th

3

Czechoslovakia R. Maršíková V. Wade
United Kingdom

6th

3

R. Maršíková V. Wade

3

7th

South Africa 1961 R. Fairbank T. Harford
South Africa 1961

4th

6th

2

United States C. Evert-Lloyd V. Ruzici
Romania 1965

6th

J. Goodling J. Harrington

6th

1

0

7th

South Africa 1961 R. Fairbank T. Harford
South Africa 1961

6th

Romania 1965 L. Romanov M. Romanov
Romania 1965

6th

L. Romanov M. Romanov

4th

3

D. Gilbert J. Portman

2

1

7th

R. Fairbank T. Harford

4th

2

Australia N. Gregory N. Schutte
Netherlands

2

6th

2

United States C. Evert-Lloyd V. Ruzici
Romania 1965

6th

B. Simon I. Villiger

6th

3

0

N. Gregory N. Schutte

0

2

United States C. Evert-Lloyd V. Ruzici
Romania 1965

6th

Web links

WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).
Italian Open 1981 / Women as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
Italian Open 1981 / Women (English) on the ITF website