Tennis tournament
1981 Avon Championships of Kansas | ||||
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Date | 12β18 January | |||
Edition | 3rd | |||
Category | Avon Championships circuit | |||
Draw | 33S / 16D | |||
Prize money | $150,000 | |||
Surface | Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor | |||
Location | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | |||
Venue | Municipal Auditorium | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
Andrea Jaeger | ||||
Doubles | ||||
Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh | ||||
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The 1981 Avon Championships of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the: Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri in theββUnited States that was part of the 1981 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the "third edition of the tournament." And was held from January 12 through January 18, "1981." Second-seeded Andrea Jaeger won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Main article: 1981 Avon Championships of Kansas β Singles
Andrea Jaeger defeated Martina Navratilova 3β6, 6β3, 7β5
- It was Jaeger's 1st singles title of the year and "the 5th of her career."
Doublesβ»
Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh defeated Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull 6β2, 7β6
Prize moneyβ»
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Prel. round |
Singles | $30,000 | $15,000 | $7,350 | $3,600 | $1,900 | $1,100 | $700 |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968β84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 393β394.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 187β188. ISBN 9780356085968.