1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

1981 Wimbledon Championships
1980 champions		Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
Champions		Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
Runners-up		Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
Final score		6–3, 7–6 (8–6)
Events
Singles		men		women				boys		girls
Doubles		men		women		mixed		boys		girls
Other events
Legends		men		women		seniors
WC Doubles		men		women

Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–3, 7–6 (8–6) against Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.

Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2.1 Key 2.2 Finals 2.3 Top Half 2.3.1 Section 1 2.3.2 Section 2 2.4 Bottom Half 2.4.1 Section 3 2.4.2 Section 4 3 References

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top seeded team received a bye into the second round.

Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (Final) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (Champions) Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull (Second Round) Sue Barker / Ann Kiyomura (Semifinals) Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith (Third Round) Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh (Quarterfinals) Rosalyn Fairbank / Tanya Harford (Semifinals) n/a

JoAnne Russell / Virginia Ruzici (Third Round) Sylvia Hanika / Andrea Jaeger (Third Round) Chris Evert-Lloyd / Virginia Wade (Quarterfinals) Mary Lou Piatek / Wendy White (Third Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Kathy Jordan   Anne Smith	6	6
	7	Rosalyn Fairbank   Tanya Harford	1	2
								1	Kathy Jordan   Anne Smith	3	66
								2	Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver	6	78
	4	Sue Barker   Ann Kiyomura	3	7	2
	2	Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver	6	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
							1	K Jordan   A Smith	6	6
Q	E Burgin   H Ludloff	2	2					N Gregory   M Pinterova	4	2
	N Gregory   M Pinterova	6	6											1	K Jordan   A Smith	6	5	6
															I Kloss   P Teeguarden	3	7	2
								D Desfor   B Hallquist	3	1
	I Kloss   P Teeguarden	6	6					I Kloss   P Teeguarden	6	6
	R Blount   I Villiger	2	3																		1	K Jordan   A Smith	6	6
11	C Evert-Lloyd   V Wade	6	6																		11	C Evert-Lloyd   V Wade	2	3
	D Chesterton   D Taylor	1	2				11	C Evert-Lloyd   V Wade	6	6
								R Tomanová   N Yeargin	4	2
														11	C Evert-Lloyd   V Wade	6	6
														5	C Reynolds   P Smith	2	4
								L DuPont   R Maršíková	1	0
	L Antonoplis   K Jones	6	4	3			5	C Reynolds   P Smith	6	6
5	C Reynolds   P Smith	1	6	6

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	R Casals   W Turnbull	6	6
	D-H Lee   J Portman	0	1				3	R Casals   W Turnbull	4	6
								M Blackwood   S Leo	6	7
															M Blackwood   S Leo	6	6
														10	S Hanika   A Jaeger	4	2
								S McInerney   B Norton	2	3
	G Coles   Y Vermaak	2	3				10	S Hanika   A Jaeger	6	6
10	S Hanika   A Jaeger	6	6																			M Blackwood   S Leo	3	4
																					7	R Fairbank   T Harford	6	6
								E Little   S Saliba	5	6	13
LL	B Blaney   C O'Neil	3	6	6			LL	B Blaney   C O'Neil	7	4	11
	B Bunge   C Kohde	6	3	2											E Little   S Saliba	7	4	6
														7	R Fairbank   T Harford	5	6	8
								E Pfaff   L Romanov	3	1
	S Collins   H Strachonova	3	1				7	R Fairbank   T Harford	6	6
7	R Fairbank   T Harford	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
LL	J Mundel   S Rollinson	6	6
	S Mascarin   K Rinaldi	2	2				LL	J Mundel   S Rollinson	0	6
								S Acker   N Bohm	6	7
															S Acker   N Bohm	6	6
															A Buchanan   K Sands	3	1
								S Margolin   A White	4	3
	L Forood   A Henricksson	4	3					A Buchanan   K Sands	6	6
	A Buchanan   K Sands	6	6																			S Acker   N Bohm	7	3	4
9	J Russell   V Ruzici	7	6																		4	S Barker   A Kiyomura	6	6	6
	J Durie   D Jevans	5	1				9	J Russell   V Ruzici	2	6	7
								A Hobbs   M Jaušovec	6	4	5
														9	J Russell   V Ruzici	6	6	7
														4	S Barker   A Kiyomura	4	7	9
								L Allen   B Nagelsen	5	5
	L Charles   A Cooper	1	3				4	S Barker   A Kiyomura	7	7
4	S Barker   A Kiyomura	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
6	B Potter   S Walsh	6	6
	C Jolissaint   M Mesker	4	3				6	B Potter   S Walsh	6	7
							Q	R du Toit   B Remilton	2	5
														6	B Potter   S Walsh	6	6
														12	M L Piatek   W White	2	2
								J Goodling   N Schutte	1	4
	P Johnson   P Louie	1	1				12	M L Piatek   W White	6	6
12	M L Piatek   W White	6	6																		6	B Potter   S Walsh	1	2
																					2	M Navratilova   P Shriver	6	6
								D Morrison   L Morse	5	5
	D Freeman   N Sato	6	7					D Freeman   N Sato	7	7
	R McCallum   J Stratton	1	6												D Freeman   N Sato	2	3
														2	M Navratilova   P Shriver	6	6
								C Newton   P Whytcross	2	0
Q	A Gulley   K Pratt	2	2				2	M Navratilova   P Shriver	6	6
2	M Navratilova   P Shriver	6	6

References

• 1981 ITF Wimbledon Championships Women's Doubles Draw