1981 Florida Federal Open

1981 Florida Federal Open
Date	October 5–11
Edition	9th
Category	Category 4
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$125,000
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Location	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Venue	East Lake Woodlands Racquet Club
Champions
Singles
Martina Navratilova
Doubles
Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull

The 1981 Florida Federal Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the East Lake Woodlands Racquet Club in Tampa, Florida in the United States that was part of the Toyota Series circuit of the 1981 WTA Tour and classified as category 4. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from October 5 through October 11, 1981. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

Martina Navratilova defeated Bettina Bunge 5–7, 6–2, 6–0

• It was Navratilova's 8th singles title of the year and the 53rd of her career.

Doubles

Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull defeated Martina Navratilova / Renáta Tomanová 6–3, 6–4

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles [1]	$22,000	$11,000	$5,500	$2,800	$1,500	$750

References

1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 393, 409.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 137–138, 153. ISBN 9780356085968.

External links

• International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine