1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated the defending champions Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6) to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Women's doubles
1981 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Runners-upUnited States Kathy Jordan
United States Anne Smith
Score6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Details
Draw48 (4 Q )
Seeds12
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1980 · Wimbledon Championships · 1982 →

Seeds

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01.     Kathy Jordan /   Anne Smith (final)
02.     Martina Navratilova /   Pam Shriver (champions)
03.     Rosie Casals /   Wendy Turnbull (second round)
04.     Sue Barker /   Ann Kiyomura (semifinals)
05.     Candy Reynolds /   Paula Smith (third round)
06.     Barbara Potter /   Sharon Walsh (quarterfinals)
07.     Rosalyn Fairbank /   Tanya Harford (semifinals)
08.   n/a
09.     JoAnne Russell /   Virginia Ruzici (third round)
10.     Sylvia Hanika /   Andrea Jaeger (third round)
11.     Chris Evert Lloyd /   Virginia Wade (quarterfinals)
12.     Mary-Lou Piatek /   Wendy White (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
6 6
11   Chris Evert Lloyd
  Virginia Wade
2 3
1   Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
6 6
7   Rosalyn Fairbank
  Tanya Harford
1 2
  Marjorie Blackwood
  Susan Leo
3 4
7   Rosalyn Fairbank
  Tanya Harford
6 6
1   Kathy Jordan
  Anne Smith
3 66
2   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6 78
  Sherry Acker
  Nina Bohm
7 3 4
4   Sue Barker
  Ann Kiyomura
6 6 6
4   Sue Barker
  Ann Kiyomura
3 7 2
2   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6 6 6
6   Barbara Potter
  Sharon Walsh
1 2
2   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   K Jordan
  A Smith
6 6
Q   E Burgin
  H Ludloff
2 2   N Gregory
  M Pinterová
4 2
  N Gregory
  M Pinterová
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
Q   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

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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 Strachoňová
3 1 7   R Fairbank
  T Harford
6 6
7   R Fairbank
  T Harford
6 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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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
  E 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

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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
  M 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

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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