WTA Wimbledon 1981 Draw, Results & Schedule

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. The match log contains 95 recorded singles results for this edition.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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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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Results

Match type

95 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1981 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-2 6-2 Hana Mandlikova H2H Match data Jul 6, 1981* F
SF (2)
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-3 6-1 Pam Shriver H2H Match data Jul 5, 1981* SF
Hana Mandlikova 7-5 4-6 6-1 Martina Navratilova 2× CH H2H Match data Jul 5, 1981* SF
QF (4)
Pam Shriver 7-5 6-4 Tracy Austin H2H Match data Jul 3, 1981* QF Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Hana Mandlikova 6-0 6-0 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data Jul 3, 1981* QF
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-2 6-2 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data Jul 3, 1981* QF
Martina Navratilova 2× CH 6-2 6-3 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data Jul 3, 1981* QF
R16 (8)
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 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Martina Navratilova 2× CH 6-3 6-1 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data Jul 1, 1981* R16
Chris Evert 2× CH 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 Jul 1, 1981* R16
R32 (16)
Pam Teeguarden 6-4 6-3 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data Jun 28, 1981* R32
Chris Evert 2× CH 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 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 2× CH 6-1 2-6 6-0 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data Jun 28, 1981* R32
R64 (32)
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 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 2× CH 6-0 6-1 Susan Mascarin H2H Match data Jun 26, 1981* R64
Chris Evert 2× CH 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 CH 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 Jun 26, 1981* R64
R128 (32)
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 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Mary Lou Piatek 6-4 7-5 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data Jun 24, 1981* R128 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 2× CH 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 2× CH 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 Jun 24, 1981* R128

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