1981 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1981 Benson & Hedges Championships
ChampionUnited States Ferdi Taygan
United States Sherwood Stewart
Runner-upUnited States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Score7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Draw16
Seeds4

The 1981 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1981 Benson & Hedges Championships tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 11 November and 16 November 1981. The draw consisted of 16 teams and four of them were seeded. The first-seeded team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending Wembley Championships doubles champions but lost in the final in three sets to the third-seeded pairing Ferdi Taygan and Sherwood Stewart , 7–5, 6–7, 6–4.[1][2]

Seeds

Draw

Key

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 6
United States Sandy Mayer
South Africa Frew McMillan
3 4 1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 7
United States Tracy Delatte
United States Trey Waltke
7 7 United States Tracy Delatte
United States Trey Waltke
3 6
New Zealand Russell Simpson
United States Nick Saviano
6 5 1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 6
4 United States Brian Gottfried
United States Bob Lutz
6 6 6 United States Tim Mayotte
United States Tim Wilkison
4 4
United States Jeff Borowiak
United States Walter Redondo
7 3 3 4 United States Brian Gottfried
United States Bob Lutz
5 6
United States Tim Mayotte
United States Tim Wilkison
7 6 United States Tim Mayotte
United States Tim Wilkison
7 7
United States Richard Meyer
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
6 4 1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
5 7 4
United Kingdom John Feaver
Israel Shlomo Glickstein
4 6 6 3 United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
7 6 6
United States Tony Giammalva
United States Sammy Giammalva Jr.
6 3 2 United Kingdom John Feaver
Israel Shlomo Glickstein
4 0
3 United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
6 6 3 United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
6 6
India Anand Amritraj
United States Fred McNair
3 3 3 United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
6 6 6
United States Victor Amaya
United States Hank Pfister
6 6 2 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
4 7 1
Sweden Anders Järryd
United Kingdom David Lloyd
1 2 United States Victor Amaya
United States Hank Pfister
4 6 6
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6 3 1 2 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6 4 8
2 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
3 6 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 26, 29, 113–114. ISBN 9780356085968.
  2. ^ "1981 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).