# 1981 Stockholm Open – Doubles

Heinz Günthardt and Paul McNamee were the defending champions, but McNamee did not participate this year. Günthardt partnered Balázs Taróczy, losing in the first round.
Kevin Curren and Steve Denton won the title, defeating Sherwood Stewart and Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 6–4, 6–0 in the final.

## Seeds

* Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy (first round)
* N/A
* Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan (final)
* Kevin Curren / Steve Denton (champions)
* Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister (first round)
* Sandy Mayer / Frew McMillan (quarterfinals)
* Brian Gottfried / Robert Lutz (quarterfinals)
* Tom Gullikson / Peter Rennert (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan | 6 | 6 | 3 | Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| | | | | 4 | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 7 | 7 | 4 | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Tom Gullikson Peter Rennert | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| 1 | H Günthardt B Taróczy | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kirmayr J Soares | 7 | 7 | | | C Kirmayr J Soares | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Järryd H Simonsson | 6 | 6 | | | A Järryd H Simonsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Amritraj F McNair | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | A Järryd H Simonsson | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Norbäck C Roger-Vasselin | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | 7 | B Gottfried R Lutz | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | J Hayes S Meister | 7 | 3 | 5 | | J Norbäck C Roger-Vasselin | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Holroyd W Redondo | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | B Gottfried R Lutz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Gottfried R Lutz | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | A Järryd H Simonsson | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | S Stewart F Taygan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Stewart F Taygan | 6 | 6 |
| | P Elter S Simonsson | 2 | 5 | | 3 | S Stewart F Taygan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Edwards L Palin | 7 | 2 | 7 | | E Edwards L Palin | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kriek G Moretton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 3 | S Stewart F Taygan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Giammalva S Giammalva Jr. | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | S Giammalva Jr. T Giammalva | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | N Saviano R Simpson | 5 | 6 | 3 | | S Giammalva Jr. T Giammalva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Mayotte T Wilkinson | 3 | 7 | 6 | | T Mayotte T Wilkinson | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Amaya H Pfister | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 6 | S Mayer F McMillan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Okker T Šmíd | 2 | 5 | 6 | S Mayer F McMillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Borowiak D Siegler | 6 | 7 | | J Borowiak D Siegler | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Fromm C Leeds | 4 | 6 | | | | | 6 | S Mayer F McMillan | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Birner J Granát | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | K Curren S Denton | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Gunnarsson S Svensson | 3 | 3 | | S Birner J Granát | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Chappell D Joubert | 1 | 0 | 4 | K Curren S Denton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | K Curren S Denton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Curren S Denton | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | T Gullikson P Rennert | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Gullikson P Rennert | 6 | 6 |
| | R Gehring Á Giménez | 4 | 6 | 8 | T Gullikson P Rennert | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tideman J Windahl | | | | M Tideman J Windahl | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Nyström M Wilander | | | | | | | 8 | T Gullikson P Rennert | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Glickstein P Hjertquist | 7 | 6 | | | | | LL | M Doyle B Testerman | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | I Năstase T Tulasne | 6 | 2 | | S Glickstein P Hjertquist | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Delatte T Waltke | 2 | 0 | LL | M Doyle B Testerman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Doyle B Testerman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |