1981 Avon Championships Explained

See main article: WTA Finals.

The 1981 Avon Championships were the tenth WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles and doubles on the 10-tournament Avon Championship winter circuit of the 1981 WTA Tour. It was held from March 22 through March 28, 1981 and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $100,000 first-prize money.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Finals

Singles

See main article: article and 1981 Avon Championships – Singles. Martina Navratilova defeated Andrea Jaeger, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

• It was Navratilova's 5th singles title of the year and the 50th of her career.

Doubles

See main article: article and 1981 Avon Championships – Doubles. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh, 6–0, 7–6^(8–6)

• It was Navratilova's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 57th of her career. It was Shriver's 3rd doubles title of the year and the 11th of her career.

Prize money

Event	W	F	3rd	4th	5th/6th	7th/8th
style=background:#f1f1f1	Singles	$100,000	$52,000	$30,000	$22,000	$13,750	$9,250
style=background:#f1f1f1	Doubles	$25,000	$13,500	$5,750	$5,750	–	–

See also

• 1981 Toyota Series Championships

External links

• • ITF tournament edition details

Notes and References

1. Web site: Martina Navratilova, with special cause to celebrate, will be... . UPI . March 22, 1981.
2. Book: Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. 1982. Queen Anne Press. London. 9780356085968. 185–187, 189. 14th. John Barrett.
3. Book: Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. 2011. Remous. 526. John Dolan.