# Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 1981

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Tour: WTA

Tracy Austin won the 1981 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, defeating Martina Navratilova 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the final. The WTA 250 event was played October 26–November 1 on carpet courts in Filderstadt, Germany.

The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is the women's indoor clay-court event staged at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Stuttgart Open, WTA Stuttgart, Filderstadt
- Category: WTA 250
- Surface: Carpet
- Location: Filderstadt, Germany
- Start date: 1981-10-26
- End date: 1981-11-01

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
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## Champion
- Winner: Tracy Austin
- Runner-up: Martina Navratilova
- Final score: 4-6 6-3 6-4

## Knockout results
### F
- Tracy Austin def. Martina Navratilova 4-6 6-3 6-4

### SF
- Martina Navratilova def. Sylvia Hanika 7-5 6-2
- Tracy Austin def. Virginia Ruzici 6-2 7-6

### QF
- Tracy Austin def. Mima Jausovec 6-2 6-1
- Virginia Ruzici def. Joanne Russell 7-6 6-1
- Sylvia Hanika def. Jo Durie 6-1 6-4
- Martina Navratilova def. Anne Smith 6-2 6-2

### R16
- Joanne Russell def. Kim Sands 6-2 6-4
- Sylvia Hanika def. Corinne Vanier 6-1 6-4
- Tracy Austin def. Eva Pfaff 6-2 6-1
- Martina Navratilova def. Kathy Horvath 6-1 7-5
- Anne Smith def. Heidi Eisterlehner 6-0 6-2
- Jo Durie def. Barbara Potter 4-6 7-6 7-5
- Virginia Ruzici def. Stacy Margolin 6-1 6-4
- Mima Jausovec def. Isabelle Villiger 6-2 6-1

### R32
- Jo Durie def. Helga Lutten 6-4 6-2
- Martina Navratilova def. Dianne Fromholtz 6-2 6-1
- Heidi Eisterlehner def. Kim Jones 6-4 6-1
- Mima Jausovec def. Hana Strachonova 6-3 7-5
- Sylvia Hanika def. Elly Appel 6-1 6-0
- Kim Sands def. Petra Delhees Jauch 6-2 6-4
- Isabelle Villiger def. Deborah Jevans 7-6 3-6 6-4
- Barbara Potter def. Marcella Mesker 6-1 6-7 6-3
- Kathy Horvath def. Iris Riedel Kuhn 6-1 6-0
- Eva Pfaff def. Joyce Portman 7-6 6-1
- Corinne Vanier def. Rosalyn Fairbank 6-3 6-2
- Tracy Austin def. Claudia Kohde Kilsch 6-4 6-2
- Stacy Margolin def. Michaela Pazderova 0-6 6-1 6-3
- Virginia Ruzici def. Andrea Temesvari 7-5 6-2
- Joanne Russell def. Renata Tomanova 6-4 3-6 6-3
- Anne Smith def. Catherine Tanvier 6-1 6-0

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

Other editions available: 1981

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