1981 US Open – Women's Doubles

Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only Navratilova competed that year with Pam Shriver.

Women's Doubles
1981 US Open
Champions	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
Runners-up	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull
Final score	6–3, 6–3
Draw	64
Seeds	16

Navratilova and Shriver lost in the semifinals to Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull.

Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Casals and Turnbull.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (Semifinals)
Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (Champions)
Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull (Final)
n/a
Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh (First Round)
JoAnne Russell / Virginia Ruzici (Quarterfinals)
Rosalyn Fairbank / Tanya Harford (Quarterfinals)
Andrea Jaeger / Candy Reynolds (Second Round)
Bettina Bunge / Claudia Kohde (Quarterfinals)
Hana Mandlíková / Pam Teeguarden (Semifinals)
Chris Evert-Lloyd / Betty Stöve (Third Round)
Peanut Louie / Marita Redondo (First Round)
Ilana Kloss / Betsy Nagelsen (Third Round)
Mary-Lou Piatek / Wendy White (Third Round)
Marjorie Blackwood / Susan Leo (First Round)
Leslie Allen / Virginia Wade (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final


	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6	4

	3	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	7	4	6
								3	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	3	3

								2	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6	6
	10	Hana Mandlíková Pam Teeguarden	6	2	1

	2	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	3	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		M Pakker E Vessies	3	2				1	M Navratilova P Shriver	4	6	6
		L Epstein J Portman	6	0					D Desfor B Hallquist	6	2	1
		D Desfor B Hallquist	7	6											1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		D Fromholtz M Van Nostrand	1	1											11	C Evert-Lloyd B Stöve	2	1
		R Blount A Buchanan	6	6					R Blount A Buchanan	5	0
		J Davis J Preyer	6	2	2			11	C Evert-Lloyd B Stöve	7	6
	11	C Evert-Lloyd B Stöve	4	6	6																	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	9	B Bunge C Kohde	6	6																		9	B Bunge C Kohde	1	3
		J Mundel S Rollinson	3	4				9	B Bunge C Kohde	7	4	6
		K Jones B Norton	6	6					K Jones B Norton	5	6	4
		L Gordon P Johnson	0	4											9	B Bunge C Kohde	6	6
		S Margolin N Yeargin	4	2												A Henricksson T Lewis	0	2
		A Henricksson T Lewis	6	6					A Henricksson T Lewis	w/o
		B A Dent L Forood	2	0				8	A Jaeger C Reynolds
	8	A Jaeger C Reynolds	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	3	R Casals W Turnbull	7	6
		A Minter E Sayers	6	0				3	R Casals W Turnbull	6	7
		C Newton B Remilton	5	7	7				C Newton B Remilton	1	6
		N Gregory M Pinterova	7	6	6										3	R Casals W Turnbull	6	6
		B Blaney C O'Neil	6	6											13	I Kloss B Nagelsen	2	2
		P Medrado S Urroz	4	3					B Blaney C O'Neil	6	7	2
		D Freeman S Saliba	2	0				13	I Kloss B Nagelsen	7	6	6
	13	I Kloss B Nagelsen	6	6																		3	R Casals W Turnbull	6	7
	16	L Allen V Wade	6	6																		6	J Russell V Ruzici	4	6
		E Burgin A M Fernandez	2	4				16	L Allen V Wade	4	6	3
		S Mascarin A White	6	7					S Mascarin A White	6	3	6
		J Nachand P Whytcross	4	5												S Mascarin A White	6	6	5
		S Gordon D-H Lee	2	1											6	J Russell V Ruzici	3	7	7
		S Collins K Horvath	6	6					S Collins K Horvath	2	5
		D Gilbert M Harper	2	3				6	J Russell V Ruzici	6	7
	6	J Russell V Ruzici	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	5	B Potter S Walsh	4	6
		J Durie A Hobbs	6	7					J Durie A Hobbs	6	6
		S Acker P Smith	6	6					S Acker P Smith	3	4
		J DuVall J Filkoff	0	0												J Durie A Hobbs	2	4
		Y Brzáková K Skronská	6	6											10	H Mandlíková P Teeguarden	6	6
		R McCallum G Rush	4	4					Y Brzáková K Skronská	4	4
		G Coles D Jevans	1	1				10	H Mandlíková P Teeguarden	6	6
	10	H Mandlíková P Teeguarden	6	6																		10	H Mandlíková P Teeguarden	6	6
	12	P Louie M Redondo	0	4																			E Little Y Vermaak	3	1
		E Little Y Vermaak	6	6					E Little Y Vermaak	6	6
		P Casale K Rinaldi	3	6	1				L Antonoplis L Morse	4	4
		L Antonoplis L Morse	6	2	6											E Little Y Vermaak	4	6	6
		C Copeland A Moulton	5	4											ALT	K Gompert V Nelson	6	1	0
		J Goodling J Harrington	7	6					J Goodling J Harrington	1	3
		K Moos N Schutte	6	5				ALT	K Gompert V Nelson	6	6
	ALT	K Gompert V Nelson	7	7

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	7	R Fairbank T Harford	6	6
		N Sato I Budařová	4	2				7	R Fairbank T Harford	6	6
		Z Garrison A Leand	6	5	7				Z Garrison A Leand	1	3
		M Mesker M van der Torre	4	7	5										7	R Fairbank T Harford	4	6	6
		M Jaušovec R Tomanová	6	6											14	M-L Piatek W White	6	4	4
		C Baily C Watson	2	2					M Jaušovec R Tomanová	5	4
		H Ludloff E Pfaff	4	1				14	M-L Piatek W White	7	6
	14	M-L Piatek W White	6	6																		7	R Fairbank T Harford	4	4
	15	M Blackwood S Leo	5	5																		2	K Jordan A Smith	6	6
		F Hutnick R Richards	7	7					F Hutnick R Richards	7	6
		L duPont B Jordan	6	7					L duPont B Jordan	5	0
		K Sands P Vásquez	3	5												F Hutnick R Richards	5	6
		L Bonder B Herr	6	7											2	K Jordan A Smith	7	7
		K Steinmetz A Walker	1	5					L Bonder B Herr	1	5
		S McInerney D Morrison	0	0				2	K Jordan A Smith	6	7
	2	K Jordan A Smith	6	6

External links

1981 ITF US Open Women's Doubles Draw

US Open women's doubles drawsheets

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