1981 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
# 1981 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles was the 35th edition of the women's doubles championship. Zhang Deying and Cao Yanhua defeated Tong Ling and Pu Qijuan in the final by three sets to nil.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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| Valentina Popova Narine Antonjan | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Liu Yang Shen Jianping | 7 | 19 | 13 | | | Liu Yang Shen Jiaping | 17 | 20 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis | 15 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 15 | Huang Yunqun Yan Guili | 21 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Junqun Yan Guili | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | | | | | | | Huang Yunqun Yan Guili | 10 | 15 | 16 | | | | | |
| Tong Ling Pu Qijuan | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | Tong Ling Pu Qijuan | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| Judit Magos Edit Urban | 21 | 12 | 12 | 14 | | Tong Ling Pu Qijuan | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Soo-ja Kim Kung Ja | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Lee Soo-ja Kim Kung Ja | 18 | 15 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eva Ferenczi Olga Nemeș | 15 | 8 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tong Ling Pu Qijuan | 15 | 12 | 18 |
| Zhang Deying Cao Yanhua | 21 | 21 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Zhang Deying Cao Yanhua | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Jolanta Daniliavichute Anita Zakharian | 17 | 15 | 23 | | | Zhang Deying Cao Yanhua | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kayoko Kawahigashi Rie Wada | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Kawahigashi Wada | 12 | 16 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ursula Hirschmuller-Kamizuru Kirsten Kruger | 16 | 13 | 18 | | | | | | | | | Zhang Deying Cao Yanhua | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| Li Song-suk Kim Gyong-sun | 21 | 21 | 13 | 21 | | | | | | | | Hwang Nam Sook An Hae Sook | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | | | | |
| Ann-Christin Hellman Marie Lindblad | 13 | 14 | 21 | 13 | | Li Song-suk Kim Gyong Sun | 21 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Hwang Nam Sook An Hae Sook | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | Hwang Nam Sook An Hae Sook | 19 | 29 | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Barbara Lippens Nathalie Higuet | 15 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
