1981 Avon Championships – Doubles
{{main article|1981 Avon Championships}}
{{Tennis events|1981|Avon Championships|s
| champ = {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova
{{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver
| runner = {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Potter
{{flagicon|USA}} Sharon Walsh
| score = 6–0, 7–6
| draw = 4
| main_name = WTA Tour Championships
| before_name = Avon Championships
| after_name = Avon Championships
| type = women's
}}
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.{{cite book|title=Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation|year=1982|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780356085968|pages=185–187, 189|edition=14th|editor=John Barrett}}
Billie Jean King and Navratilova were the reigning champions, but King did not qualify this year.
Draw
{{Draw key}}
{{4TeamBracket-Tennis3
| RD1=Semifinals
| RD2=Final
| team-width=175
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova
{{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Barker
{{flagicon|USA}} Ann Kiyomura
| RD1-score2-1=1
| RD1-score2-2=4
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Potter
{{flagicon|USA}} Sharon Walsh
| RD1-score3-1=7
| RD1-score3-2=4
| RD1-score3-3=6
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wendy Turnbull
| RD1-score4-1=6
| RD1-score4-2=6
| RD1-score4-3=3
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova
{{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score1-2=7
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Potter
{{flagicon|USA}} Sharon Walsh
| RD2-score2-1=0
| RD2-score2-2=6
| RD2-score2-3=
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/avon-championships/usa/1981/w-wt-usa-12a-1981/draws-and-results/ Official results archive (ITF)]
- [http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1981/808.pdf Official results srchive (WTA)]
{{1981 WTA Tour}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Avon Championships - Doubles}}