WTA US Open 1981 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Tracy Austin won the 1981 US Open, defeating Martina Navratilova 1-6 7-6 7-6 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from September 1 to September 14, 1981.

Champion
Tracy Austin
def. Martina Navratilova , 1-6 7-6 7-6
Dates
Sep 1 — Sep 14
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Sep 14, 1981* F Tracy Austin 1-6 7-6 7-6 Martina Navratilova H2H Match data
SF (2)
Sep 13, 1981* SF Tracy Austin 6-1 6-3 Barbara Potter H2H Match data
Sep 13, 1981* SF Martina Navratilova 7-5 4-6 6-4 Chris Evert H2H Match data
QF (4)
Sep 11, 1981* QF Chris Evert 6-1 6-3 Hana Mandlikova H2H Match data
Sep 11, 1981* QF Barbara Potter 7-5 7-5 Barbara Gerken H2H Match data
Sep 11, 1981* QF Martina Navratilova 7-5 6-4 Anne Smith H2H Match data
Sep 11, 1981* QF Tracy Austin 6-4 6-3 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Chris Evert 6-2 6-0 Bettina Bunge H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Barbara Potter 6-7 7-6 6-3 Andrea Leand H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Martina Navratilova 6-0 6-1 Kathy Jordan H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Sylvia Hanika 6-2 7-5 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Tracy Austin 6-1 6-3 Rosie Casals H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Barbara Gerken 7-6 6-1 Jo Durie H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Anne Smith 6-4 1-6 7-5 Pam Shriver H2H Match data
Sep 9, 1981* R16 Hana Mandlikova 6-1 6-0 Duk Hee Lee H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Kathy Jordan 6-2 6-1 Corinne Vanier H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Barbara Gerken 7-5 6-3 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Barbara Potter 4-6 6-2 7-5 Lindsay Morse H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Hana Mandlikova 6-2 6-1 Glynis Coles H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Bettina Bunge 2-6 7-6 6-3 Leigh Anne Thompson H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Pam Shriver 6-3 6-2 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Anne Smith 6-1 6-0 Joyce Portman H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Duk Hee Lee 6-1 4-6 7-5 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Sharon Walsh Pete 7-5 4-6 6-3 Virginia Wade H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Andrea Leand 6-4 6-3 Julie Harrington H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Chris Evert 6-3 6-0 Alycia Moulton H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Jo Durie 6-4 3-6 6-4 Kathy Horvath H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Sylvia Hanika 4-6 6-1 6-2 Marcella Mesker H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Rosie Casals 3-6 6-1 6-4 Sherry Acker H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-1 Joanne Russell H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1981* R32 Tracy Austin 6-3 6-0 Pam Casale H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Corinne Vanier 6-2 2-6 7-6 Tanya Harford H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Joanne Russell 6-2 6-4 Marjorie Blackwood H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Wendy Turnbull 6-1 6-3 Lucia Romanov H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Julie Harrington 6-4 1-6 6-6 (ret.) Yvonne Vermaak H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Barbara Gerken 6-4 7-5 Andrea Whitmore H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Andrea Leand 1-6 7-5 6-3 Andrea Jaeger H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Pam Casale 6-4 6-0 Kate Gompert H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Anne Smith 6-0 6-0 Roberta Mccallum H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Barbara Potter 6-3 6-2 Susan Rollinson H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Marcella Mesker 6-2 6-2 Elly Appel H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Sharon Walsh Pete 5-7 6-3 (ret.) Sue Barker H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Joyce Portman 7-5 6-6 Lisa Doherty H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Duk Hee Lee 6-7 6-4 7-6 Susan Mascarin H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Alycia Moulton 6-3 7-5 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Kathy Jordan 6-1 6-1 Catherine Tanvier H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Virginia Wade 6-1 6-3 Jennifer Mundel H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Pam Shriver 6-0 6-3 Jeanne Duvall H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Sylvia Hanika 7-5 6-2 Rene Blount H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Leigh Anne Thompson 6-1 6-1 Kim Jones H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Jo Durie 6-3 6-3 Barbara Hallquist H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Sherry Acker 6-4 6-6 Diane Morrison H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Virginia Ruzici 5-7 7-5 6-2 Elise Burgin H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Chris Evert 6-0 6-1 Kate Latham H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Bettina Bunge 6-3 3-6 6-3 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Renata Tomanova 6-4 6-2 Vicki Nelson H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Hana Mandlikova 6-4 6-4 Candy Reynolds H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-3 Anne White H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Tracy Austin 6-3 6-0 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Lindsay Morse 6-2 6-4 Paula Smith H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Kathy Horvath 6-3 6-7 6-3 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Rosie Casals 6-0 6-2 Jodi Appelbaum H2H Match data
Sep 4, 1981* R64 Glynis Coles 6-3 7-6 Barbara Jordan H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Mareen Louie Harper 6-3 6-0 Deborah Jevans H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Julie Harrington 6-0 6-3 Beatrix Klein H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Lisa Doherty 7-5 6-1 Naoko Sato H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Jodi Appelbaum 4-6 6-3 6-2 Liz Smylie H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Hana Mandlikova 6-7 7-6 6-3 Mary Lou Piatek H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Kate Gompert 7-5 6-3 Patricia Medrado H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Tanya Harford 6-4 6-2 Yvona Brzakova H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Barbara Hallquist 6-4 3-6 6-2 Trey Lewis H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Catherine Tanvier 6-2 5-7 6-1 Pilar Vasquez H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Jennifer Mundel 7-5 6-1 Jean Hepner H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Corinne Vanier 1-6 6-2 6-3 Leslie Allen H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Glynis Coles 6-3 6-0 Sheila Mcinerney H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Pam Casale 6-2 6-1 Iva Budarova H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Jeanne Duvall 3-6 6-4 6-0 Stacy Margolin H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Joyce Portman 6-2 7-5 Jill Davis H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Lindsay Morse 6-3 6-2 Debbie Freeman H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Barbara Potter 6-7 6-1 6-2 Claudia Kohde Kilsch H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Elise Burgin 6-3 6-3 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Sharon Walsh Pete 6-1 6-3 Kathleen Cummings H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Anne Smith 6-3 6-3 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Diane Morrison 0-6 6-3 6-3 Anne Minter H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Mima Jausovec 6-2 6-2 Laura Arraya H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Tracy Austin 6-1 6-2 Anne Hobbs H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Anne White 4-6 6-1 6-2 Claudia Pasquale H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Marjorie Blackwood 6-4 6-4 Kim Steinmetz H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Roberta Mccallum 6-2 6-3 Jane Preyer H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Yvonne Vermaak 2-6 6-1 6-2 Beth Norton H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Vicki Nelson 6-2 1-6 7-6 Beth Herr H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Kathy Jordan 6-0 6-1 Elizabeth Little H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Barbara Gerken 6-3 6-4 Rosalyn Fairbank H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Rosie Casals 6-2 6-2 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Andrea Leand 6-4 2-6 7-5 Renee Richards H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Rene Blount 6-2 6-0 Lucy Gordon H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Bettina Bunge 6-2 6-1 Marcie Louie H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Lucia Romanov 2-6 6-1 6-0 Tina Mochizuki H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Kathy Horvath 7-5 3-6 7-5 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Andrea Whitmore 6-3 6-2 Eva Pfaff H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Virginia Ruzici 6-2 6-1 Wendy White H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Sherry Acker 7-6 6-4 Betty Ann Grubb H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Kate Latham 6-1 6-2 Sue Saliba H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Sylvia Hanika 6-2 6-2 Brenda Remilton H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Susan Mascarin 3-6 6-2 6-4 Nancy Yeargin H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Jo Durie 6-3 6-3 Diane Desfor H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Chris Evert 6-1 6-1 Kathrin Keil H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Susan Rollinson 6-4 6-2 Kate Brasher H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Wendy Turnbull 3-6 6-3 6-2 Zina Garrison H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Sue Barker 6-4 4-6 6-3 Laura Dupont H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Duk Hee Lee 6-3 6-4 Susan Leo H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Barbara Jordan 7-5 6-1 Felicia Hutnick H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Kim Jones 6-3 6-4 Marie Pinterova H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Marcella Mesker 6-3 6-2 Katerina Bohmova H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Joanne Russell 1-6 6-3 6-3 Lisa Bonder Kreiss H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Candy Reynolds 6-3 6-0 Kim Sands H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Leigh Anne Thompson 6-4 6-3 Sandy Collins H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Renata Tomanova 6-3 6-3 Lele Forood H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Alycia Moulton 6-2 6-0 Betty Stove H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Elly Appel 6-4 6-4 Anna Maria Fernandez H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Virginia Wade 6-3 6-7 6-2 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Betsy Nagelsen 7-5 6-3 Carol Baily H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Martina Navratilova 6-0 6-1 Nerida Gregory H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Paula Smith 6-4 6-4 Ruta Gerulaitis H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Pam Shriver 6-1 6-0 Dana Gilbert H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Andrea Jaeger 6-1 6-0 Marie Christine Calleja H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1981* R128 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 7-5 7-5 Marianne Van Der Torre H2H Match data

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