# Australian Open 1981

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:7/australian-open?season=1981
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: grass
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Start date: 1981-11-30
- End date: 1981-12-14

## Champion
- Winner: Martina Navratilova
- Runner-up: Chris Evert
- Final score: 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5

## Knockout results
### F
- Martina Navratilova d. Chris Evert 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5

### SF
- Martina Navratilova d. Pam Shriver 6-3 7-5
- Chris Evert d. Wendy Turnbull 6-4 7-6(1)

### QF
- Chris Evert d. Hana Mandlikova 6-4 7-5
- Martina Navratilova d. Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-1
- Wendy Turnbull d. Andrea Jaeger 6-3 7-6(10)
- Pam Shriver d. Tracy Austin 7-5 7-6(4)

### R16
- Chris Evert d. Candy Reynolds 6-4 6-2
- Wendy Turnbull d. Bettina Bunge 3-6 6-2 6-1
- Pam Shriver d. Jo Durie 6-3 6-2
- Evonne Goolagong d. Mima Jausovec 6-3 6-1
- Tracy Austin d. Marjorie Blackwood 6-3 7-5
- Andrea Jaeger d. Sue Barker 6-4 7-5
- Hana Mandlikova d. Helena Sukova 6-2 6-1
- Martina Navratilova d. Kathy Jordan 7-5 3-6 6-2

### R32
- Chris Evert d. Bonnie Gadusek 6-2 6-1
- Candy Reynolds d. Betty Stove 7-5 6-3
- Martina Navratilova d. Amanda Tobin 6-0 6-1
- Helena Sukova d. Barbara Potter 6-4 6-3
- Wendy Turnbull d. Anne White 6-2 4-6 6-3
- Marjorie Blackwood d. Sue Saliba 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Evonne Goolagong d. Leslie Allen 5-7 6-3 6-4
- Andrea Jaeger d. Anne Hobbs 6-3 6-1
- Hana Mandlikova d. Nancy Yeargin 6-2 6-3
- Mima Jausovec d. Sharon Walsh Pete 4-6 6-2 6-3
- Kathy Jordan d. Betsy Nagelsen 6-4 7-5
- Bettina Bunge d. Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 6-0 6-4
- Sue Barker d. Eva Pfaff 6-3 1-6 6-2
- Tracy Austin d. Susan Leo 6-1 6-1
- Jo Durie d. Lea Antonoplis 6-0 7-6
- Pam Shriver d. Diane Desfor 6-1 6-2

### R64
- Sue Saliba d. Catherine Tanvier 6-2 3-6 7-6
- Susan Leo d. Kim Steinmetz 7-6 6-4
- Bettina Bunge d. Brenda Remilton 6-0 6-0
- Marjorie Blackwood d. Renata Tomanova 6-4 6-3
- Ann Kiyomura Hayashi d. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-2 7-5
- Bonnie Gadusek d. Dianne Fromholtz 6-3 6-1
- Sue Barker d. Anne Minter 6-1 6-3
- Mima Jausovec d. Nerida Gregory 6-3 6-3
- Amanda Tobin d. Sherry Acker 6-4 7-5
- Lea Antonoplis d. Virginia Ruzici 6-3 6-4
- Candy Reynolds d. Claudia Kohde Kilsch 6-1 6-2
- Nancy Yeargin d. Paula Smith 7-6 6-3
- Eva Pfaff d. Rosie Casals 3-6 6-4 6-4
- Kathy Jordan d. Pam Teeguarden 4-6 6-3 6-3
- Betty Stove d. Helga Lutten 6-2 6-4
- Anne Hobbs d. Isabelle Villiger 6-1 2-6 6-2
- Jo Durie d. Barbara Hallquist 6-4 6-1
- Leslie Allen d. Karen Gulley 6-1 6-2
- Helena Sukova d. Anne Smith 6-4 6-1
- Anne White d. Corinne Vanier 6-3 6-3
- Betsy Nagelsen d. Mary Lou Piatek 7-5 6-1
- Diane Desfor d. Rene Blount 4-6 6-1 6-1
- Sharon Walsh Pete d. Marie Pinterova 6-1 7-5
- Barbara Potter d. Katerina Bohmova 6-4 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 55
- Players: 56

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