WTA Wimbledon 1981 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Chris Evert won the 1981 Wimbledon, defeating Hana Mandlikova 6-2 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom, from June 22 to July 6, 1981.

Champion
Chris Evert
def. Hana Mandlikova , 6-2 6-2
Dates
Jun 22 — Jul 6
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jul 6, 1981* F Chris Evert 6-2 6-2 Hana Mandlikova H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jul 5, 1981* SF Chris Evert 6-3 6-1 Pam Shriver H2H Match data
Jul 5, 1981* SF Hana Mandlikova 7-5 4-6 6-1 Martina Navratilova H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jul 3, 1981* QF Pam Shriver 7-5 6-4 Tracy Austin H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1981* QF Hana Mandlikova 6-0 6-0 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1981* QF Chris Evert 6-2 6-2 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1981* QF Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-3 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Pam Shriver 6-3 6-4 Jo Durie H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Mima Jausovec 6-4 7-6 Andrea Jaeger H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Martina Navratilova 6-3 6-1 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Chris Evert 6-0 6-0 Claudia Pasquale H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Tracy Austin 6-4 6-0 Barbara Potter H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Virginia Ruzici 3-6 6-4 6-3 Kathy Jordan H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Hana Mandlikova 6-3 6-2 Anne Hobbs H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1981* R16 Wendy Turnbull 6-4 6-1 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Pam Teeguarden 6-4 6-3 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Chris Evert 6-2 7-6 Lele Forood H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Mima Jausovec 6-2 7-5 Rene Blount H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Andrea Jaeger 6-1 6-2 Leslie Allen H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Wendy Turnbull 6-3 6-2 Rosalyn Fairbank H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Pam Shriver 6-0 6-3 Glynis Coles H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Kathy Jordan 6-3 6-4 Sherry Acker H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Barbara Potter 6-4 6-1 Sandy Collins H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Hana Mandlikova 6-3 6-0 Andrea Whitmore H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Virginia Ruzici 3-6 7-6 8-6 Nina Bohm H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Tracy Austin 6-4 7-6 Susan Leo H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Anne Hobbs 7-6 1-6 7-5 Mary Lou Piatek H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Claudia Pasquale 3-6 6-2 7-5 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Betsy Nagelsen 2-6 6-2 6-3 Sue Barker H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Jo Durie 7-5 6-2 Wendy White H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1981* R32 Martina Navratilova 6-1 2-6 6-0 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Dianne Fromholtz 7-6 6-4 Petra Delhees Jauch H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Wendy White 3-6 7-5 6-2 Pam Casale H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Tracy Austin 6-1 6-1 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Rene Blount 2-6 7-6 6-3 Tanya Harford H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Jo Durie 3-6 6-4 6-3 Lucia Romanov H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Leslie Allen 4-6 6-2 6-1 Marie Pinterova H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Sharon Walsh Pete 7-5 6-3 Liz Smylie H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Renata Tomanova 6-2 1-6 6-2 Eva Pfaff H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Barbara Potter 6-4 7-6 Claudia Kohde Kilsch H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Pam Shriver 6-0 6-3 Elizabeth Little H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Mary Lou Piatek 7-6 6-1 Lindsay Morse H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Sherry Acker 4-6 6-1 6-4 Hana Strachonova H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Claudia Pasquale 3-6 6-0 6-0 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Nina Bohm 7-6 4-6 6-2 Heidi Eisterlehner H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Glynis Coles 3-6 6-0 6-4 Paula Smith H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Andrea Jaeger 4-6 6-4 6-3 Betty Stove H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Kathy Jordan 6-4 6-3 Marcella Mesker H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Andrea Whitmore 0-6 6-3 6-3 Barbara Hallquist H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Sandy Collins 6-3 6-1 Sue Saliba H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Rosalyn Fairbank 6-3 6-1 Duk Hee Lee H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Wendy Turnbull 6-2 6-2 Deborah Jevans H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Lele Forood 6-1 7-5 Kim Sands H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Betsy Nagelsen 6-0 2-6 6-2 Liz Gordon H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Sue Barker 6-7 6-3 6-3 Bettina Bunge H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Pam Teeguarden 6-3 3-6 6-4 Laura Dupont H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Virginia Ruzici 4-6 7-6 6-4 Mimi Wikstedt H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Martina Navratilova 6-0 6-1 Susan Mascarin H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Chris Evert 6-1 6-2 Yvonne Vermaak H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Hana Mandlikova 6-1 6-4 Anne Smith H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Anne Hobbs 6-1 7-6 Virginia Wade H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Susan Leo 6-1 4-6 6-2 Glaucia Langela H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1981* R64 Mima Jausovec 6-3 6-3 Christiane Jolissaint H2H Match data
R128 (32)
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Claudia Kohde Kilsch 6-3 6-0 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Rosalyn Fairbank 6-2 3-6 6-3 Candy Reynolds H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Marcella Mesker 6-2 6-3 Kim Jones H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Susan Leo 6-3 2-6 6-4 Ivanna Madruga H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Sue Barker 3-6 6-2 6-3 Marjorie Blackwood H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Pam Teeguarden 6-2 6-7 11-9 Joanne Russell H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Pam Casale 7-5 6-3 Kate Brasher H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Glynis Coles 7-5 6-4 Terry Holladay H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Wendy Turnbull 7-5 6-3 Diane Desfor H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Barbara Hallquist 3-6 6-4 6-3 Elly Appel H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Sandy Collins 6-3 6-2 Rosie Casals H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Kim Sands 6-1 6-2 Susie Jaeger H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Anne Hobbs 6-1 6-1 Iris Riedel Kuhn H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Lucia Romanov 5-7 6-1 6-3 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Mary Lou Piatek 6-4 7-5 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Petra Delhees Jauch 7-5 7-6 Lesley Charles H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Andrea Jaeger 6-1 6-1 Nerida Gregory H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Leslie Allen 6-1 6-3 Anthea Stewart H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Martina Navratilova 6-4 6-0 Joyce Portman H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Hana Mandlikova 6-3 7-5 Corinne Vanier H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Pam Shriver 3-6 6-1 6-2 Elisabeth Ekblom H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Chris Evert 6-3 6-0 Chris Oneil H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Mima Jausovec 0-6 6-2 6-4 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 6-3 2-6 9-7 Susan Rollinson H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Eva Pfaff 6-3 6-3 Debbie Freeman H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Sharon Walsh Pete 6-2 7-6 Beth Norton H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Tanya Harford 6-2 6-4 Anne White H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Virginia Ruzici 6-3 6-4 Kathleen Cummings H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Hana Strachonova 6-1 6-4 Claudia Casabianca H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Betsy Nagelsen 6-2 6-1 Isabelle Villiger H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Nina Bohm 6-0 6-7 6-3 Stacy Margolin H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1981* R128 Tracy Austin 6-0 6-2 Jennifer Mundel H2H Match data

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