# US Open 1981

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:66/us-open?season=1981
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: hard
- Location: New York, United States
- Start date: 1981-09-01
- End date: 1981-09-14

## Champion
- Winner: Tracy Austin
- Runner-up: Martina Navratilova
- Final score: 1-6 7-6 7-6

## Knockout results
### F
- Tracy Austin d. Martina Navratilova 1-6 7-6 7-6

### SF
- Tracy Austin d. Barbara Potter 6-1 6-3
- Martina Navratilova d. Chris Evert 7-5 4-6 6-4

### QF
- Chris Evert d. Hana Mandlikova 6-1 6-3
- Barbara Potter d. Barbara Gerken 7-5 7-5
- Martina Navratilova d. Anne Smith 7-5 6-4
- Tracy Austin d. Sylvia Hanika 6-4 6-3

### R16
- Chris Evert d. Bettina Bunge 6-2 6-0
- Barbara Potter d. Andrea Leand 6-7 7-6 6-3
- Martina Navratilova d. Kathy Jordan 6-0 6-1
- Sylvia Hanika d. Sharon Walsh Pete 6-2 7-5
- Tracy Austin d. Rosie Casals 6-1 6-3
- Barbara Gerken d. Jo Durie 7-6 6-1
- Anne Smith d. Pam Shriver 6-4 1-6 7-5
- Hana Mandlikova d. Duk Hee Lee 6-1 6-0

### R32
- Kathy Jordan d. Corinne Vanier 6-2 6-1
- Barbara Gerken d. Wendy Turnbull 7-5 6-3
- Barbara Potter d. Lindsay Morse 4-6 6-2 7-5
- Hana Mandlikova d. Glynis Coles 6-2 6-1
- Bettina Bunge d. Leigh Anne Thompson 2-6 7-6 6-3
- Pam Shriver d. Renata Tomanova 6-3 6-2
- Anne Smith d. Joyce Portman 6-1 6-0
- Duk Hee Lee d. Virginia Ruzici 6-1 4-6 7-5
- Sharon Walsh Pete d. Virginia Wade 7-5 4-6 6-3
- Andrea Leand d. Julie Harrington 6-4 6-3
- Chris Evert d. Alycia Moulton 6-3 6-0
- Jo Durie d. Kathy Horvath 6-4 3-6 6-4
- Sylvia Hanika d. Marcella Mesker 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Rosie Casals d. Sherry Acker 3-6 6-1 6-4
- Martina Navratilova d. Joanne Russell 6-2 6-1
- Tracy Austin d. Pam Casale 6-3 6-0

### R64
- Corinne Vanier d. Tanya Harford 6-2 2-6 7-6
- Joanne Russell d. Marjorie Blackwood 6-2 6-4
- Wendy Turnbull d. Lucia Romanov 6-1 6-3
- Julie Harrington d. Yvonne Vermaak 6-4 1-6 6-6 RET
- Barbara Gerken d. Andrea Whitmore 6-4 7-5
- Andrea Leand d. Andrea Jaeger 1-6 7-5 6-3
- Pam Casale d. Kate Gompert 6-4 6-0
- Anne Smith d. Roberta Mccallum 6-0 6-0
- Barbara Potter d. Susan Rollinson 6-3 6-2
- Marcella Mesker d. Elly Appel 6-2 6-2
- Sharon Walsh Pete d. Sue Barker 5-7 6-3 RET
- Joyce Portman d. Lisa Doherty 7-5 6-6
- Duk Hee Lee d. Susan Mascarin 6-7 6-4 7-6
- Alycia Moulton d. Mareen Louie Harper 6-3 7-5
- Kathy Jordan d. Catherine Tanvier 6-1 6-1
- Virginia Wade d. Jennifer Mundel 6-1 6-3
- Pam Shriver d. Jeanne Duvall 6-0 6-3
- Sylvia Hanika d. Rene Blount 7-5 6-2
- Leigh Anne Thompson d. Kim Jones 6-1 6-1
- Jo Durie d. Barbara Hallquist 6-3 6-3
- Sherry Acker d. Diane Morrison 6-4 6-6
- Virginia Ruzici d. Elise Burgin 5-7 7-5 6-2
- Chris Evert d. Kate Latham 6-0 6-1
- Bettina Bunge d. Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 6-3 3-6 6-3
- Renata Tomanova d. Vicki Nelson 6-4 6-2
- Hana Mandlikova d. Candy Reynolds 6-4 6-4
- Martina Navratilova d. Anne White 6-2 6-3
- Tracy Austin d. Betsy Nagelsen 6-3 6-0
- Lindsay Morse d. Paula Smith 6-2 6-4
- Kathy Horvath d. Mima Jausovec 6-3 6-7 6-3
- Rosie Casals d. Jodi Appelbaum 6-0 6-2
- Glynis Coles d. Barbara Jordan 6-3 7-6

### R128
- Mareen Louie Harper d. Deborah Jevans 6-3 6-0
- Julie Harrington d. Beatrix Klein 6-0 6-3
- Lisa Doherty d. Naoko Sato 7-5 6-1
- Jodi Appelbaum d. Liz Smylie 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Hana Mandlikova d. Mary Lou Piatek 6-7 7-6 6-3
- Kate Gompert d. Patricia Medrado 7-5 6-3
- Tanya Harford d. Yvona Brzakova 6-4 6-2
- Barbara Hallquist d. Trey Lewis 6-4 3-6 6-2
- Catherine Tanvier d. Pilar Vasquez 6-2 5-7 6-1
- Jennifer Mundel d. Jean Hepner 7-5 6-1
- Corinne Vanier d. Leslie Allen 1-6 6-2 6-3
- Glynis Coles d. Sheila Mcinerney 6-3 6-0
- Pam Casale d. Iva Budarova 6-2 6-1
- Jeanne Duvall d. Stacy Margolin 3-6 6-4 6-0
- Joyce Portman d. Jill Davis 6-2 7-5
- Lindsay Morse d. Debbie Freeman 6-3 6-2
- Barbara Potter d. Claudia Kohde Kilsch 6-7 6-1 6-2
- Elise Burgin d. Lea Antonoplis 6-3 6-3
- Sharon Walsh Pete d. Kathleen Cummings 6-1 6-3
- Anne Smith d. Dianne Fromholtz 6-3 6-3
- Diane Morrison d. Anne Minter 0-6 6-3 6-3
- Mima Jausovec d. Laura Arraya 6-2 6-2
- Tracy Austin d. Anne Hobbs 6-1 6-2
- Anne White d. Claudia Pasquale 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Marjorie Blackwood d. Kim Steinmetz 6-4 6-4
- Roberta Mccallum d. Jane Preyer 6-2 6-3
- Yvonne Vermaak d. Beth Norton 2-6 6-1 6-2
- Vicki Nelson d. Beth Herr 6-2 1-6 7-6
- Kathy Jordan d. Elizabeth Little 6-0 6-1
- Barbara Gerken d. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-3 6-4
- Rosie Casals d. Regina Marsikova 6-2 6-2
- Andrea Leand d. Renee Richards 6-4 2-6 7-5
- Rene Blount d. Lucy Gordon 6-2 6-0
- Bettina Bunge d. Marcie Louie 6-2 6-1
- Lucia Romanov d. Tina Mochizuki 2-6 6-1 6-0
- Kathy Horvath d. Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 7-5 3-6 7-5
- Andrea Whitmore d. Eva Pfaff 6-3 6-2
- Virginia Ruzici d. Wendy White 6-2 6-1
- Sherry Acker d. Betty Ann Grubb 7-6 6-4
- Kate Latham d. Sue Saliba 6-1 6-2
- Sylvia Hanika d. Brenda Remilton 6-2 6-2
- Susan Mascarin d. Nancy Yeargin 3-6 6-2 6-4
- Jo Durie d. Diane Desfor 6-3 6-3
- Chris Evert d. Kathrin Keil 6-1 6-1
- Susan Rollinson d. Kate Brasher 6-4 6-2
- Wendy Turnbull d. Zina Garrison 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Sue Barker d. Laura Dupont 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Duk Hee Lee d. Susan Leo 6-3 6-4
- Barbara Jordan d. Felicia Hutnick 7-5 6-1
- Kim Jones d. Marie Pinterova 6-3 6-4
- Marcella Mesker d. Katerina Bohmova 6-3 6-2
- Joanne Russell d. Lisa Bonder Kreiss 1-6 6-3 6-3
- Candy Reynolds d. Kim Sands 6-3 6-0
- Leigh Anne Thompson d. Sandy Collins 6-4 6-3
- Renata Tomanova d. Lele Forood 6-3 6-3
- Alycia Moulton d. Betty Stove 6-2 6-0
- Elly Appel d. Anna Maria Fernandez 6-4 6-4
- Virginia Wade d. Pam Teeguarden 6-3 6-7 6-2
- Betsy Nagelsen d. Carol Baily 7-5 6-3
- Martina Navratilova d. Nerida Gregory 6-0 6-1
- Paula Smith d. Ruta Gerulaitis 6-4 6-4
- Pam Shriver d. Dana Gilbert 6-1 6-0
- Andrea Jaeger d. Marie Christine Calleja 6-1 6-0
- Ann Kiyomura Hayashi d. Marianne Van Der Torre 7-5 7-5

## Stats
- Total matches: 127
- Players: 128

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