WTA Championships 1981
| WTA Championships 1981 | |
| date | March 22, 1981 - March 28, 1981 |
| Edition | 10 |
| navigation | 1980 ◄ 1981 ► 1982 |
| WTA tour | |
|---|---|
| venue | New York City United States
|
| Tournament number | 808 |
| category | WTA Tour Championships |
| Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
| Game surface | carpet |
| draw | 8E / 4D |
| Prize money | US $ 300,000 |
| Last year's winner |
Tracy Austin
|
| Last year's winner (double) |
Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová
|
| Winner |
Martina Navrátilová
|
| Winner (doubles) |
Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
|
| As of August 2, 2018 | |
The 1981 WTA Championships (officially Avon Circuit Championships ) were a women's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden in New York City . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1981 and took place from March 22nd to 28th, 1981.
singles
Group 1
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|
|
Martina Navrátilová
|
Pam Shriver
|
3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3 |
|
Leslie Allen
|
 Hana Mandlíková
|
7: 5, 6: 1 |
|
Martina Navrátilová
|
Leslie Allen
|
6: 3, 6: 0 |
|
Hana Mandlíková
|
Pam Shriver
|
6: 2, 7: 6 |
| # | Player | Play S / N | Sentences S / N |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Martina Navrátilová
|
2-0 | 4: 1 |
| 2. |
Leslie Allen
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 3. |
Hana Mandlíková
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 4th |
Pam Shriver
|
0: 2 | 1: 4 |
Group 2
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|
|
Andrea Jaeger
|
 Bettina Bunge
|
6: 4, 6: 3 |
|
Sylvia Hanika
|
Barbara Potter
|
6-0, 6-2 |
|
Andrea Jaeger
|
Sylvia Hanika
|
6: 3, 6: 2 |
|
Bettina Bunge
|
Barbara Potter
|
6: 3, 6: 2 |
| # | Player | Play S / N | Sentences S / N |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Andrea Jaeger
|
2-0 | 4-0 |
| 2. |
 Sylvia Hanika
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 3. |
Bettina Bunge
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 4th |
Barbara Potter
|
0: 2 | 0: 4 |
Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navrátilová
|
6th | 7th | |||||||||||||||
| Bettina Bunge
|
6th | 6th | Bettina Bunge
|
2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Leslie Allen
|
1 | 3 | 1 | Martina Navrátilová
|
6th | 7th | ||||||||||||
| Sylvia Hanika
|
1 | 6th | 6th | 2 | Andrea Jaeger
|
3 | 6th | |||||||||||
| Hana Mandlíková
|
6th | 1 | 0 | Sylvia Hanika
|
4th | 7th | 4th | |||||||||||
| 2 | Andrea Jaeger
|
6th | 5 | 6th | ||||||||||||||
Double
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
|
6th | 6th | ||||||||||
 Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura
|
1 | 4th | ||||||||||
| Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
|
6th | 7th | ||||||||||
| Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh
|
0 | 6th | ||||||||||
Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull
|
6th | 6th | 3 | |||||||||
| Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh
|
7th | 4th | 6th | |||||||||
Web links
- WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).
- WTA Championships 1981 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- WTA Championships 1981 (English) on the ITF homepage