The 1981 Avon Championships World Championship Series was the 10th season since the foundation of the
Women's Tennis Association
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. It commenced on January 4, 1981, and concluded on December 19, 1981, after 36 events. The
Avon Championships World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenni ...
(WTA). The year is divided into two sponsors with the first three months sponsored by Avon Series and the latter part by Toyota Series. It included the four
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
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tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1981 Avon Championships World Championship Series schedule.
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Toyota Series
Points system
The 31 Toyota Series tournaments were divided into eight point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament.
The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:
Rankings
Below are the 1981 WTA year-end rankings (December 31, 1981) in both singles and doubles competition:
See also
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1981 Volvo Grand Prix
The 1981 Volvo Grand Prix was the only men's professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments and the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix tournaments. The World Championship Tennis ...
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Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women and was founded to create a better future for women's tenni ...
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International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there a ...
References
External links
Official WTA Tour website
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WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
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1981 WTA Tour