Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated the defending champions Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(8–6) to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

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	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6	6
	11	Chris Evert Lloyd Virginia Wade	2	3
								1	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6	6
								7	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	1	2
		Marjorie Blackwood Susan Leo	3	4
	7	Rosalyn Fairbank Tanya Harford	6	6
															1	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	3	66
															2	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	78
		Sherry Acker Nina Bohm	7	3	4
	4	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6	6	6
								4	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	3	7	2
								2	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6	6
	6	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	1	2
	2	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	K Jordan A Smith	6	6
	Q	E Burgin H Ludloff	2	2					N Gregory M Pinterová	4	2
		N Gregory M Pinterová	6	6											1	K Jordan A Smith	6	5	6
																I Kloss P Teeguarden	3	7	2
									D Desfor B Hallquist	3	1
		I Kloss P Teeguarden	6	6					I Kloss P Teeguarden	6	6
		R Blount I Villiger	2	3																		1	K Jordan A Smith	6	6
	11	C Evert Lloyd V Wade	6	6																		11	C Evert Lloyd V Wade	2	3
	Q	D Chesterton D Taylor	1	2				11	C Evert Lloyd V Wade	6	6
									R Tomanová N Yeargin	4	2
															11	C Evert Lloyd V Wade	6	6
															5	C Reynolds P Smith	2	4
									L duPont R Maršíková	1	0
		L Antonoplis K Jones	6	4	3			5	C Reynolds P Smith	6	6
	5	C Reynolds P Smith	1	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	R Casals W Turnbull	6	6
		D-h Lee J Portman	0	1				3	R Casals W Turnbull	4	6
									M Blackwood S Leo	6	7
																M Blackwood S Leo	6	6
															10	S Hanika A Jaeger	4	2
									S McInerney B Norton	2	3
		G Coles Y Vermaak	2	3				10	S Hanika A Jaeger	6	6
	10	S Hanika A Jaeger	6	6																			M Blackwood S Leo	3	4
																						7	R Fairbank T Harford	6	6
									E Little S Saliba	5	6	13
	LL	B Blaney C O'Neil	3	6	6			LL	B Blaney C O'Neil	7	4	11
		B Bunge C Kohde	6	3	2											E Little S Saliba	7	4	6
															7	R Fairbank T Harford	5	6	8
									E Pfaff L Romanov	3	1
		S Collins H Strachoňová	3	1				7	R Fairbank T Harford	6	6
	7	R Fairbank T Harford	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	LL	J Mundel S Rollinson	6	6
		S Mascarin K Rinaldi	2	2				LL	J Mundel S Rollinson	0	6
									S Acker N Bohm	6	7
																S Acker N Bohm	6	6
																A Buchanan K Sands	3	1
									S Margolin A White	4	3
		L Forood A Henricksson	4	3					A Buchanan K Sands	6	6
		A Buchanan K Sands	6	6																			S Acker N Bohm	7	3	4
	9	J Russell V Ruzici	7	6																		4	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6	6
		J Durie D Jevans	5	1				9	J Russell V Ruzici	2	6	7
									A Hobbs M Jaušovec	6	4	5
															9	J Russell V Ruzici	6	6	7
															4	S Barker A Kiyomura	4	7	9
									L Allen E Nagelsen	5	5
		L Charles A Cooper	1	3				4	S Barker A Kiyomura	7	7
	4	S Barker A Kiyomura	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	B Potter S Walsh	6	6
		C Jolissaint M Mesker	4	3				6	B Potter S Walsh	6	7
								Q	R du Toit B Remilton	2	5
															6	B Potter S Walsh	6	6
															12	M-L Piatek W White	2	2
									J Goodling N Schutte	1	4
		P Johnson M Louie	1	1				12	M-L Piatek W White	6	6
	12	M-L Piatek W White	6	6																		6	B Potter S Walsh	1	2
																						2	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
									D Morrison L Morse	5	5
		D Freeman N Sato	6	7					D Freeman N Sato	7	7
		R McCallum J Stratton	1	6												D Freeman N Sato	2	3
															2	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
									C Newton P Whytcross	2	0
	Q	A Gulley K Pratt	2	2				2	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	2	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation