Women's doubles
1981 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
Runners-up	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
Score	6–2, 7–5
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women mixed
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Kathy Jordan andAnne Smith defeated the defending championMartina Navratilova and her partnerPam Shriver in the final, 6–2, 7–5 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1981 Australian Open.

Betsy Nagelsen and Navratilova were the defending champions, but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen withCandy Reynolds and Navratilova with Shriver. Nagelsen and Reynolds lost in the first round toChris Newton andBrenda Remilton.

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Key

	Final
	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	2	5
	2	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6	7

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		M Blackwood S Leo	3	3				1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		L Allen M Jaušovec	2	1					S Acker P Smith	4	2
		S Acker P Smith	6	6											1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		S Amiach C Vanier	0	1												D Fromholtz P Teeguarden	3	3
		D Fromholtz P Teeguarden	6	6					D Fromholtz P Teeguarden	7	6
		C Newton B Remilton	6	6					C Newton B Remilton	6	4
	7	B Nagelsen C Reynolds	0	2																		1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	4	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	4	6																	4	S Barker A Kiyomura	3	4
		M-L Piatek A White	4	6	3			4	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6	6
		J Durie A Hobbs	6	5	7				J Durie A Hobbs	7	4	4
		E Little S Saliba	2	7	5										4	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6
		R Blount I Villiger	66	3												E Goolagong Cawley B Stöve	4	1
		L Cassell K Pratt	78	6					L Cassell K Pratt	4	3
		E Goolagong Cawley B Stöve	6	6					E Goolagong Cawley B Stöve	6	6
	6	R Fairbank T Harford	1	1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	B Potter S Walsh	6	6
		C Baily N Gregory	1	4				5	B Potter S Walsh	6	4	6
		B Bunge C Kohde	3	6	65				B Gadusek J Preyer	2	6	4
		B Gadusek J Preyer	6	3	77										5	B Potter S Walsh	6	6	1
		E Sayers A Tobin	6	6											3	R Casals W Turnbull	4	7	6
		D Desfor B Hallquist	3	4					E Sayers A Tobin	4	3
		M Pinterová N Sato	6	5	1			3	R Casals W Turnbull	6	6
	3	R Casals W Turnbull	4	7	6																	3	R Casals W Turnbull	4	7	4
	8	A Jaeger H Mandlíková	6	4	6																	2	K Jordan A Smith	6	5	6
		M Mesker K Skronská	1	6	3			8	A Jaeger H Mandlíková	6	5	5
		H Suková R Tomanová	6	4	6				H Suková R Tomanová	4	7	7
		D Freeman P Whytcross	4	6	4											H Suková R Tomanová	6	1
		E Pfaff C Tanvier	2	4											2	K Jordan A Smith	7	6
		C O'Neil M Wikstedt	6	6					C O'Neil M Wikstedt	2	3
		B Catton K Gulley	1	1				2	K Jordan A Smith	6	6
	2	K Jordan A Smith	6	6

• 1981 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at theInternational Tennis Federation

• 1981 Australian Open
• 1981 WTA Tour
• Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles

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