| Doubles | ||||
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| 1981 Avon Championships | ||||
| Final | ||||
| Champions |  Martina NavratilovaPam Shriver | |||
| Runners-up | Barbara PotterSharon Walsh | |||
| Score | 6–0, 7–6 | |||
| Details | ||||
| Draw | 4 | |||
| Events | ||||
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Defending championMartina Navratilova and her partnerPam Shriver defeatedBarbara Potter andSharon Walsh in the final, 6–0, 7–6 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1981 Avon Championships. It was Navratilova's fourthTour Finals doubles title, and Shriver's first.[1]
Billie Jean King and Navratilova were the reigning champions, but King did not qualify this year.
Key
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Martina NavratilovaPam Shriver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Sue BarkerAnn Kiyomura | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Martina NavratilovaPam Shriver | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Barbara PotterSharon Walsh | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Barbara PotterSharon Walsh | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||