1981 BMW Championships
{{Short description|Women's tennis tournament}}{{TennisEventInfo|1981|BMW Championships|
| date= 15–21 June
| edition=8th
| category=Toyota Series
| prize_money=$125,000
| draw=64S / 32D
| surface = Grass
| location= Eastbourne, United Kingdom
| venue=Devonshire Park
| champs={{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Austin
| champd={{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King / {{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver
| before_name=BMW Challenge
| main_name=Eastbourne International
}}
The 1981 BMW Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of the Toyota Series category of the 1981 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 15 June through 21 June 1981.{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=393, 404|author=John Dolan}} First-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.{{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|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/138 138, 146–147]|edition=14th|editor=John Barrett|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/138}}{{cite web|author1=Neil Amdur|title=Tracy Austin beats Miss Jaeger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/21/sports/tracy-austin-beats-miss-jaeger.html|website=The New York Times|date=21 June 1981}}
Finals
=Singles=
{{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Austin defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 6–4
- It was Austin's 2nd singles title of the year and the 23rd of her career.
=Doubles=
{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova / {{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Jordan / {{flagicon|USA}} Anne Smith 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–1
Prize money
| class=wikitable style=font-size:95%;text-align:center
|style="width:130px" |Event |style="width:85px; background:lime"|W |style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 32 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 64 |
| style=background:#efefef|Singles
|$22,000 |$11,000 |$5,000 |$2,700 |$1,350 |$700 |$325 |
|---|
References
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External links
- [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000489 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801220909/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000489 |date=2018-08-01 }}
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