1981 Avon Championships of Detroit – Singles

Billie Jean King was the defending champion.

Singles
1981 Avon Championships of Detroit
Final
ChampionUnited States Leslie Allen
Runner-upCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Unseeded Leslie Allen won the title, defeating top-seeded Hana Mandlíková in the final 6–4, 6–4.[1][2]

Seeds edit

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1.   Hana Mandlíková (final)
  2.   Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
  3.   Pam Shriver (semifinals)
  4.   Virginia Ruzici (quarterfinals)
  5.   Regina Maršíková (first round)
  6.   Mima Jaušovec (quarterfinals)
  7.   Sue Barker (second round)
  8.   JoAnne Russell (first round)

Draw edit

Key edit

Final edit

Semifinals Final
          
1   Hana Mandlíková 6 6
3   Pam Shriver 0 2
1   Hana Mandlíková 4 4
    Leslie Allen 6 6
    Leslie Allen 2 7 6
    Barbara Potter 6 6 4

Top half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   Hana Mandlíková 6 6
  Iva Budařová 1 1 1   Hana Mandlíková 6 6
  Nina Bohm 6 4   Lisa Bonder 1 1
  Lisa Bonder 7 6 1   Hana Mandlíková 6 3 6
  Julie Harrington 6 1 6   C Kohde 3 6 2
  Caroline Stoll 2 6 3   Julie Harrington 3 6
  Claudia Kohde 6 6   Claudia Kohde 6 7
5   Regina Maršíková 1 3 1   Hana Mandlíková 6 6
3   Pam Shriver 6 6 3   Pam Shriver 0 2
  Sherry Acker 1 3 3   Pam Shriver 1 6 7
  Anne Smith 6 6   Anne Smith 6 1 6
  Yvonne Vermaak 4 3 3   Pam Shriver 6 6
  Bettina Bunge 6 6   Bettina Bunge 4 2
  Betsy Nagelsen 0 2   Bettina Bunge 6 6
7   Lea Antonoplis 2 6 4 7   Sue Barker 4 2
  Sue Barker 6 3 6

Bottom half edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6   Mima Jaušovec 6 6
  Isabelle Villiger 1 1 6   Mima Jaušovec 6 6
  Marita Redondo 6 1   Paula Smith 1 1
  Paula Smith 7 6 6   Mima Jaušovec 3 2
  Rosalyn Fairbank 6 6 2   Leslie Allen 6 6
  Leslie Allen 7 3 6   Leslie Allen 6 6
  Beth Norton 4 6 4   Virginia Ruzici 1 4
4   Virginia Ruzici 6 7   Leslie Allen 2 7 6
8   JoAnne Russell 1 3   Barbara Potter 6 6 4
  Susan Mascarin 6 6   Susan Mascarin 3 3
  Barbara Potter 6 6   Barbara Potter 6 6
  Kathy Horvath 1 4   Barbara Potter 6 6 6
  Lucia Romanov 1 0 2   Wendy Turnbull 3 7 3
  Mary-Lou Piatek 6 6   Mary-Lou Piatek 3 3
  Betty Stöve 2 3 2   Wendy Turnbull 6 6
2   Wendy Turnbull 6 6

References edit

  1. ^ Tommasi, Rino (1982). 1982 Women's Tennis Book. Perugia: Ellesse. p. 14.
  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. 187–188. ISBN 9780356085968.

External links edit