1981 Avon Championships of Los Angeles | |
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Date | March 2–8 |
Edition | 8th |
Category | Virginia Slims circuit |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $150,000 |
Surface | Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor |
Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Venue | The Forum |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 1981 Avon Championships of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Forum in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the 1981 Avon Championships circuit. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from March 2 through March 8, 1981. Second-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her second consecutive and third in total at the event, and earned $30,000 first-prize money. [1] [2]
Martina Navratilova defeated
Andrea Jaeger 6–4, 6–0
Sue Barker /
Ann Kiyomura defeated
Marita Redondo /
Peanut Louie 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Prel. round |
Singles [1] | $30,000 | $15,000 | $7,350 | $3,600 | $1,900 | $1,100 | $700 |
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