# 1981 Murjani WTA Championships – Doubles

Rosemary Casals and Ilana Kloss were the defending champions, but Kloss did not compete this year. Casals teamed up with Wendy Turnbull and lost in semifinals to Kathy Jordan and Paula Smith.
Kathy Jordan and Paula Smith won the title by defeating JoAnne Russell and Virginia Ruzici 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull (semifinals)
* Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)
* Kathy Jordan / Paula Smith (champions)
* Candy Reynolds / Anne Smith (quarterfinals)
* Hana Mandlíková / Betty Stöve (quarterfinals)
* Andrea Jaeger / Regina Maršíková (semifinals)
* JoAnne Russell / Virginia Ruzici (final)

## 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 | Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Kathy Jordan Paula Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Kathy Jordan Paula Smith | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Kathy Jordan Paula Smith | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| | | | | | 7 | JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Andrea Jaeger Regina Maršíková | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | JoAnne Russell Virginia Ruzici | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | R Casals W Turnbull | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Margolin M Louie | 1 | 6 | 6 | | S Margolin M Louie | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mascarin K Rinaldi | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | R Casals W Turnbull | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Blackwood S Leo | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | W White ML Piatek | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | W White ML Piatek | 6 | 6 | | | W White ML Piatek | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Wade L Allen | 6 | 4 | 6 | | V Wade L Allen | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaušovec L Forood | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Casals W Turnbull | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | K Jordan P Smith | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | K Jordan P Smith | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Davis B Hallquist | 3 | 2 | | | S Acker T Holladay | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Acker T Holladay | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | K Jordan P Smith | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Kohde-Kilsch A White | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | H Mandlíková B Stöve | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | B Jordan L duPont | 7 | 2 | 3 | | C Kohde-Kilsch A White | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Delhees N Schutte | 4 | 2 | | 5 | H Mandlíková B Stöve | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | H Mandlíková B Stöve | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hobbs Y Vermaak | 6 | 3 | | 6 | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Strachoňová J DuVall | 2 | 2 | | | D Fromholtz S Hanika | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Fromholtz S Hanika | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Portman R Richards | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | C Reynolds A Smith | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | S Collins D-h Lee | 2 | 3 | | | J Portman R Richards | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | C Reynolds A Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Jaeger R Maršíková | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | J Russell V Ruzici | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Russell V Ruzici | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | R Blount L Romanov | 4 | 4 | | 7 | J Russell V Ruzici | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Yeargin R Tomanová | 7 | 6 | | | N Yeargin R Tomanová | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Desfor A Buchanan | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | J Russell V Ruzici | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Gregory M Pinterová | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | K Jones E Norton | 1 | 6 | 6 | | K Jones E Norton | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |