1981 Avon Championships – Singles

Singles
1981 Avon Championships
Champion United States Martina Navratilova
Runner-up United States Andrea Jaeger
Final score 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Tracy Austin was the defending champion, but did not qualify this year.

Martina Navratilova won the title by defeating Andrea Jaeger 6–3, 7–6(7–3) in the final. It was the 3rd Tour Finals title, 5th title of the year and 50th title overall for Navratilova in her career.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

  Play-off round     Semifinals     Final
                                       
        1  United States Martina Navratilova 6 7  
   United States Leslie Allen 1 3      West Germany Bettina Bunge 2 5    
   West Germany Bettina Bunge 6 6         1  United States Martina Navratilova 6 77
      2  United States Andrea Jaeger 3 63
        2  United States Andrea Jaeger 6 5 6    
   Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6 1 0      West Germany Sylvia Hanika 4 7 4  
   West Germany Sylvia Hanika 1 6 6  

Round Robin

Group A

United States Navratilova United States Allen Czechoslovakia Mandlíková United States Shriver RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 United States Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–0 Not played 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 2–0 4–1 (80.0%) 27–13 (67.5%) 1 Q
United States Leslie Allen 3–6, 0–6 7–5, 6–1 Not played 1–1 2–2 (50.0%) 16–18 (47.1%) 2 PO
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Not played 5–7, 1–6 6–2, 7–6 1–1 2–2 (50.0%) 19–21 (47.5%) 3 PO
United States Pam Shriver 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 Not played 2–6, 6–7 0–2 1–4 (20.0%) 18–28 (39.1%) 4

Q: qualifies to semifinals. PO: advances to play-off round. Allen takes 2nd place after defeating Mandlíková

Group B

United States Jaeger West Germany Hanika West Germany Bunge United States Potter RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 United States Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–3 6–4, 6–3 Not played 2–0 4–0 (100%) 24–12 (66.6%) 1 Q
West Germany Sylvia Hanika 2–6, 3–6 Not played 6–0, 6–2 1–1 2–2 (50.0%) 17–14 (54.8%) 2 PO
West Germany Bettina Bunge 4–6, 3–6 Not played 6–3, 6–2 1–1 2–2 (50.0%) 19–17 (52.7%) 3 PO
United States Barbara Potter Not played 0–6, 2–6 3–6, 2–6 0–2 0–4 (0.0%) 7–24 (22.6%) 4

Q: qualifies to semifinals. PO: advances to play-off round.

References

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