1981 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1981 Benson & Hedges Championships
Champion	Ferdi Taygan ; Sherwood Stewart
Runner-up	Peter Fleming ; John McEnroe
Score	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Draw	16
Seeds	4

The 1981 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1981 Benson & Hedges Championships tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 11 November and 16 November 1981. The draw consisted of 16 teams and four of them were seeded. The first-seeded team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending Wembley Championships doubles champions but lost in the final in three sets to the third-seeded pairing Ferdi Taygan and Sherwood Stewart, 7–5, 6–7, 6–4.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

Peter Fleming / John McEnroe (Final)
Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy (Semifinals)
Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan (Champions)
Brian Gottfried / Bob Lutz (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6	6
	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	3	4		1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6	7
	Tracy Delatte Trey Waltke	7	7			Tracy Delatte Trey Waltke	3	6
	Russell Simpson Nick Saviano	6	5							1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6	6
4	Brian Gottfried Bob Lutz	6	6	6							Tim Mayotte Tim Wilkison	4	4
	Jeff Borowiak Walter Redondo	7	3	3	4	Brian Gottfried Bob Lutz	5	6
	Tim Mayotte Tim Wilkison	7	6			Tim Mayotte Tim Wilkison	7	7
	Richard Meyer Gianni Ocleppo	6	4												1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5	7	4
	John Feaver Shlomo Glickstein	4	6	6											3	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	7	6	6
	Tony Giammalva Sammy Giammalva Jr.	6	3	2		John Feaver Shlomo Glickstein	4	0
3	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6	6		3	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6	6
	Anand Amritraj Fred McNair	3	3							3	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	6	6	6
	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6	6							2	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	4	7	1
	Anders Järryd David Lloyd	1	2			Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	4	6	6
	Stanislav Birner Tomáš Šmíd	6	3	1	2	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6	4	8
2	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	3	6	6

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 26, 29, 113–114. ISBN 9780356085968.
^ "1981 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

ITF tournament edition details

[wot1982-1] John Barrett, ed. (1982). Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation (14th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 26, 29, 113–114. ISBN 9780356085968.

[md-2] "1981 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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