# 1981 U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles

Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending champions, but McEnroe did not participate this year. Fleming partnered Sandy Mayer, losing in the semifinals.
Marty Riessen and Sherwood Stewart won the title, defeating Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez 6–2, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Peter Fleming / Sandy Mayer (semifinals)
* Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez (final)
* Frew McMillan / Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
* Bruce Manson / Brian Teacher (quarterfinals)
* Wojtek Fibak / Ivan Lendl (quarterfinals, retired)
* Victor Amaya / Heinz Günthardt (second round, withdrew)
* Marty Riessen / Sherwood Stewart (champions)
* Kevin Curren / Steve Denton (second round)

## 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 |
| 1 | Peter Fleming Sandy Mayer | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| 7 | Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart | 7 | 7 | | 7 | Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | 2 | 2 |
| | Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Fleming S Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amritraj V Amritraj | 3 | 2 | 1 | P Fleming S Mayer | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Y Noah P Portes | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Fleming S Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | P Feigl F González | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | P Feigl F González | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Mottram T Šmíd | 4 | 3 | 6 | V Amaya H Günthardt | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | V Amaya H Günthardt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Fleming S Mayer | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | F McMillan S Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Riessen S Stewart | 7 | 7 |
| | R Case P Dent | 3 | 3 | 3 | F McMillan S Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | R Frawley R Simpson | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | F McMillan S Smith | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Riessen S Stewart | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | T Gullikson J Kriek | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Du Pré B Scanlon | 2 | 5 | 7 | M Riessen S Stewart | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Riessen S Stewart | 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | K Curren S Denton | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pattison B Walts | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | K Curren S Denton | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | T Moor E Teltscher | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | T Moor E Teltscher | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Manson B Teacher | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | M Purcell V Van Patten | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J James R Meyer | 6 | 6 | | 4 | B Manson B Teacher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Manson B Teacher | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | T Moor E Teltscher | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | W Fibak I Lendl | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | T Giammalva C Mayotte | 4 | 6 | | 5 | W Fibak I Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | S Glickstein D Schneider | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | W Fibak I Lendl | 6 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | E Fromm C Leeds | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Krulevitz B Nichols | 3 | 6 | | 2 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Gottfried R Ramírez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |