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1981 Avon Championships of Detroit
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

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.^[1] Unseeded Leslie Allen won the singles title^[a] and earned $24,000 first-prize money.^[4]

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

Event	W	F	3rd	4th	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles ^[1]	$24,000	$12,000	$6,500	$6,200	$3,000	$1,600	$900

Notes

^ 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.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 393, 395–396.
^ Djata, Sundiata A. (2006). Blacks at the net: Black achievement in the history of tennis. Vol. 1. Reed Business Information. ISBN 9780815608189.
^ Barry Lorge (March 29, 1981). "Designs on Success". The Washington Times.
^ 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.