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1981 Avon Championships of Detroit
Date	February 2–8
Edition	10th
Category	Virginia Slims circuit
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$125,000
Surface	Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor
Location	Detroit, USA
Venue	Cobo Hall & Arena
Champions
Singles
Leslie Allen
Doubles
Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull
← 1980 · Virginia Slims of Detroit · 1982 →

The 1981 Avon Championships of Detroit was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cobo Hall & Arena in Detroit, Michigan in the United States that was part of the 1981 Avon Championships circuit. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from February 2 through February 8, 1981. Unseeded Leslie Allen won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Leslie Allen defeated Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 6–4

• It was Allen's only singles title of her career.

Doubles

Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull defeated Hana Mandlíková / Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–2

Prize money

Notes

1. Allen became the first African American woman to win a significant pro tennis tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958, although Renee Blount is also credited with this feat as she won the Futures of Columbus in 1979.

References

1. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 393, 395–396.
2. Djata, Sundiata A. (2006). Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis. Vol. 1. Reed Business Information. ISBN 9780815608189.
3. Barry Lorge (March 29, 1981). "Designs on Success". The Washington Times.
4. John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 188–189. ISBN 9780356085968.

External links

• International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details

• 1981 WTA Tour
• Virginia Slims of Detroit
• 1981 in sports in Michigan
• February 1981 sports events in the United States
• 1981 in Detroit