1981 Toyota Series Championships | |
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Date | December 15–20 |
Edition | 5th |
Category | Virginia Slims circuit |
Draw | 8S / 4D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor |
Location | East Rutherford, NJ, U.S. |
Venue | Byrne Meadowlands Arena |
Attendance | 39,225 |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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The 1981 Toyota Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Byrne Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1981 Toyota World Championship Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from December 15 through December 20, 1981.[1] Third-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.[2][3]
Tracy Austin defeated
Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Martina Navratilova /
Pam Shriver defeated
Rosemary Casals /
Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–4
Event | W | F | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
Singles [1] | $75,000 | $40,000 | $19,500 | $19,500 | $8,250 | $8,250 | $8,250 | $8,250 |
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Doubles [1] | $30,000 | $16,000 | $8,500 | $8,500 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Doubles prize money is per team.