1981_Toyota_Series_Championships

1981 Toyota Series Championships

1981 Toyota Series Championships

Tennis tournament

The 1981 Toyota Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Byrne Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1981 Toyota World Championship Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from December 15 through December 20, 1981.[1] Third-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.[2][3]

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Finals

Singles

United States Tracy Austin defeated United States Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Austin's 8th singles title of the year and the 29th of her career.

Doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated United States Rosemary Casals / Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–4

Prize money

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Doubles prize money is per team.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 504.
  2. [2]
    John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 165–167. ISBN 9780356085968.
  3. [3]
    Frank Deford (December 28, 1981). "She Won, But Is She No. 1?". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 55, no. 27. pp. 28–31.
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