1981 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles
Doubles | |
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1981 Benson & Hedges Championships | |
Champion | ![]() ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() ![]() |
Score | 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
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
Peter Fleming /
John McEnroe (Final)
Heinz Günthardt /
Balázs Taróczy (Semifinals)
Sherwood Stewart /
Ferdi Taygan (Champions)
Brian Gottfried /
Bob Lutz (Quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "1981 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).