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1981 Avon Championships of Boston
Date	March 16–22
Edition	8th
Category	Virginia Slims circuit
Draw	33S / 16D
Prize money	$150,000
Surface	Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Venue	Walter Brown Arena Boston Garden
Champions
Singles
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Doubles
Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh
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The 1981 Avon Championships of Boston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1981 Avon Championships circuit. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from March 16 through March 22, 1981. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Chris Evert-Lloyd defeated Mima Jaušovec 6–4, 6–4

• It was Evert-Lloyd's 1st singles title of the year and the 102nd of her career.

Doubles

Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh defeated JoAnne Russell / Virginia Ruzici 5–7, 6–4, 6–3

Prize money

Notes

1. The finals on Sunday were played at the Boston Garden.

References

1. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 393, 399.
2. Joe Dinneen (March 14, 1981). "Best bet". The Boston Globe. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com. Preliminary through semifinal rounds will be at Boston University's Brown Arena and the Sunday championship finals at the Garden.
3. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 187, 189. ISBN 9780356085968.

External links

• ITF tournament edition details

• 1981 WTA Tour
• Virginia Slims of Boston
• 1981 in sports in Massachusetts
• 1981 in American tennis