# 1981 Player's Canadian Open – Men's doubles

Bruce Manson and Brian Teacher were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Raúl Ramírez and Ferdi Taygan.
Ramírez and Taygan won the title by defeating Peter Fleming and John McEnroe 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Peter Fleming / John McEnroe (final)
* Bruce Manson / Brian Teacher (semifinals)
* Raúl Ramírez / Ferdi Taygan (champions)
* Heinz Günthardt / Tomáš Šmíd (quarterfinals)
* Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart (quarterfinals)
* Vitas Gerulaitis / Peter McNamara (quarterfinals)
* Kevin Curren / Steve Denton (quarterfinals)
* Tim Gullikson / Bernard Mitton (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 8 | Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Raúl Ramírez Ferdi Taygan | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Raúl Ramírez Ferdi Taygan | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Raúl Ramírez Ferdi Taygan | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Bruce Manson Brian Teacher | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Fleming J McEnroe | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Holroyd S Meister | 6 | 6 | | 1 | P Fleming J McEnroe | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amritraj V Amritraj | 6 | 6 | | | A Amritraj V Amritraj | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Dupasquier R Stadler | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | P Fleming J McEnroe | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | S Glickstein D Schneider | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | V Gerulaitis P McNamara | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | C Roger-Vasselin T Tulasne | 2 | 3 | | | S Glickstein D Schneider | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Austin To Gullikson | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | V Gerulaitis P McNamara | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | V Gerulaitis P McNamara | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Fleming J McEnroe | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | H Günthardt T Šmíd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Ti Gullikson B Mitton | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| | P Dent B Drewett | 4 | 4 | | 4 | H Günthardt T Šmíd | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bettauer D Segal | 6 | 6 | | | R Bettauer D Segal | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cox Weller Evans | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | H Günthardt T Šmíd | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| | R Fagel J Gurfein | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 8 | Ti Gullikson B Mitton | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Dickson R Meyers | 6 | 6 | | | R Fagel J Gurfein | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Simpson T Waltke | 4 | 5 | | 8 | Ti Gullikson B Mitton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ti Gullikson B Mitton | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | M Edmondson S Stewart | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Brabenec J Picken | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | M Edmondson S Stewart | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Fitzgerald C Lewis | w/o | | | | J Fitzgerald C Lewis | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lloyd N Saviano | | | | | | | | 5 | M Edmondson S Stewart | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Giammalva Jr. T Giammalva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | R Ramírez F Taygan | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | P DuPré P Feigl | 4 | 1 | | | S Giammalva Jr. T Giammalva | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Docherty H Fritz | 4 | 6 | | 3 | R Ramírez F Taygan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Ramírez F Taygan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R Ramírez F Taygan | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | K Curren S Denton | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Manson B Teacher | 2 | 2 |
| | J Norbäck H Simonsson | 5 | 4 | | 7 | K Curren S Denton | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Năstase E Teltscher | 7 | 6 | | | I Năstase E Teltscher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cowan Nigel O'Rourke | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | K Curren S Denton | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Michibata Steve Rogul | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | B Manson B Teacher | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Sadri T Wilkison | 6 | 4 | 3 | | G Michibata Steve Rogul | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Carter P Hjertquist | 4 | 5 | | 2 | B Manson B Teacher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Manson B Teacher | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |