1980 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1980 Volvo Grand Prix was a men's professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments. The Grand Prix circuit is a precursor to the ATP Tour.
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Duration | 1 January 1980 – 26 December 1980 |
Edition | 11th |
Tournaments | 83 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix (71) World Championship Tennis (8) Team Events (1) |
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Volvo became the new tour sponsor of the Grand Prix circuit after Colgate-Palmolive decided to end its sponsorship.[1][2] Eight World Championship Tennis tournaments were incorporated into the circuit.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.
January
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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31 Dec 1979 |
Australian Hard Court Championships Hobart, Australia Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Benson and Hedges Open Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Masters Doubles WCT Great Britain Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 8D |
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14 Jan | Baltimore International Baltimore, Maryland, US Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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![]() ![]() 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
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Birmingham Open (WCT) Birmingham, Alabama, US Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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21 Jan | US Pro Indoor (WCT) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 64S/32D |
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28 Jan | United Virginia Bank Classic (WCT) Richmond, Virginia, US Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, US Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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![]() ![]() 7–6, 6–3[lower-alpha 1] |
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February
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Feb | Pepsi Grand Slam Boca Raton, Florida, US Clay – $300,000 – 4S |
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11 Feb | Congoleum Classic Rancho Mirage, California, US Hard – $250,000 – 64S/32D |
No final due to rain. The semi–finalists J. Connors, B. Teacher, P. Fleming and G. Mayer shared the prize money.[3] |
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Sarasota, Florida, US Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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18 Feb | United Bank Classic Denver, Colorado, US Carpet (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D |
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WCT Invitational Salisbury, Maryland, US Carpet (i) – 8S |
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25 Feb | Lagos, Nigeria Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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U.S. National Indoor Championships Memphis, Tennessee, US Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 48S / 24D |
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![]() ![]() 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
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March
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Mar | Egyptian Open Cairo, Egypt Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Volvo Tennis Classic Washington, D.C., US Carpet (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D |
![]() 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 |
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10 Mar | ABN World Tennis Tournament (WCT) Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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San José, Costa Rica Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Stuttgart Indoor Stuttgart, West Germany Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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17 Mar | Trevira Cup (WCT) Frankfurt, West Germany Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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Lorraine Open Metz, France Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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24 Mar | Dayton Pro Tennis Classic Dayton, Ohio, US Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Ramazzotti Cup (WCT) Milan, Italy Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 32S/16D |
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Nice International Open Nice, France Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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31 Mar | Monte Carlo Open (WCT) Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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Gulf States Tennis Classic New Orleans, Louisiana, US Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Palm Harbor, Florida, US Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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April
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Apr | Houston (WCT), Texas, US Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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Bank of Oklahoma Classic Tulsa, Oklahoma, US Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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14 Apr | Jack Kramer Open Los Angeles, US Hard – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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21 Apr | Alan King Tennis Classic Las Vegas, Nevada, US Hard – $300,000 – 32S/16D |
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28 Apr | WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, US Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 8S |
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São Paulo, Brazil Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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May
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 May | Forest Hills WCT Forest Hills, New York, US Clay – $300,000 – 64S/32D |
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Ambre Solaire Nations Cup Düsseldorf, West Germany Clay – $400,000 – 8D |
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12 May | Alitalia Open Florence, Italy Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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German Open Championships Hamburg, West Germany Clay – $200,000 – 64S/32D |
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19 May | Italian Open Rome, Italy Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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Bavarian Tennis Championships Munich, West Germany Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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26 May 2 Jun |
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – $385,000 – 128S/64D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
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June
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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9 Jun | Belgian International Championships Brussels, Belgium Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Queen's Club Championships London, England Grass – $200,000 – 64S/32D |
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16 Jun | Surbiton, England Grass – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Vienna, Austria Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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23 Jun 30 Jun |
Wimbledon London, England Grand Slam Grass – $350,000 – 128S/64D/49XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
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![]() ![]() 7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 |
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July
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Jul | Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – $125,000 – 32S/16D |
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Newport, Rhode Island, US Grass – $100,000 – 32S/16D |
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14 Jul | Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Boston, Massachusetts, US Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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Mercedes Cup Stuttgart, West Germany Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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21 Jul | Dutch Open Hilversum, Netherlands Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Washington Star International Washington, D.C., US Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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28 Jul | Volvo International North Conway, New Hampshire, US Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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Mutual Benefit Life Open South Orange, New Jersey, US Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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August
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 Aug | National Revenue Tennis Classic Columbus, Ohio, US Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Indianapolis, Indiana, US Clay – $200,000 – 64S/32D |
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11 Aug | Cleveland, Ohio, US Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Canadian Open Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hard – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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Stowe Grand Prix Stowe, Vermont, US Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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18 Aug | Atlanta, Georgia, US Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Cincinnati Open Mason, Ohio, US Hard – $200,000 – 64S/32D |
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25 Aug 1 Sep |
US Open Flushing Meadow, New York, US Grand Slam Hard – $350,000 – 128S/64D/32XD Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles |
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September
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8 Sep | Bournemouth, England Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia Palermo, Sicily, Italy Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Sawgrass Doubles, Florida, US Hard – $175,000 – D32 |
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22 Sep | Bordeaux Open Bordeaux, France Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Geneva Open Geneva, Switzerland Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Transamerica Open San Francisco, California, US Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 48S/24D |
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29 Sep | Madrid, Spain Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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Island Holidays Classic Maui, Hawaii, US Hard – $100,000 – 32S/16D |
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October
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Oct | Torneo Godó Barcelona, Spain Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D |
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Robinsons South Pacific Classic Brisbane, Australia Grass – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Tel Aviv Open Tel Aviv, Israel Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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13 Oct | European Open Indoor Championships Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Guangzhou, China Carpet – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Australian Indoor Sydney, Australia Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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20 Oct | Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships Melbourne, Australia Hard (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D |
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Tokyo Outdoor Tokyo, Japan Clay – $125,000 – 64S/32D |
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Vienna Indoor Vienna, Austria Hard (i) – $100,000 – 64S/32D |
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27 Oct | Lacoste Cup Cologne, West Germany Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Paris Open Paris, France Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Tokyo Indoor Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D |
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November
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Nov | Seiko Hong Kong Classic Hong Kong Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Quito Grand Prix Quito, Ecuador Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Stockholm Open Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 32S/16D |
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10 Nov | Bogotá, Colombia Clay (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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Taipei International Championships Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Wembley Championships London, England Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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17 Nov | Bangkok, Thailand Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Italian Indoor Open Bologna, Italy Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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24 Nov | Santiago International Championships Santiago, Chile Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D |
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South African Open Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $175,000 – 32S/16D |
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December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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8 Dec | WCT Challenge Cup Montreal, Canada Carpet (i) – 8S |
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15 Dec | New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Grass – $125,000 – 64S/32D |
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Sofia, Bulgaria Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – $350,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles |
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January 1981
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 Jan | Volvo Masters New York, US Carpet (i) – $400,000 – 8S/4D Singles – Doubles |
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Standings
The 1980 Grand Prix tournaments were divided in 12 separate point categories, ranging from the Grand Slam tournaments (350 points for the winner) to the smallest Regular Series tournaments (50 points for the winner). At the end of the year the top-ranked players received a bonus from a $750,000 bonus pool. To qualify for a bonus a player must have participated in at least three Grand Prix tournaments with a prize money of $175,000 or more as well as three tournaments with prize money of $50,000–$75,000 during weeks when a $75,000 event is scheduled.
Rk | Name | Points | Bonus |
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1 | ![]() | 2,342 | $300,000 |
2 | ![]() | 2,110 | $200,000 |
3 | ![]() | 1,981 | $150,000 |
4 | ![]() | 1,954 | $100,000 |
5 | ![]() | 1,643 | $80,000 |
6 | ![]() | 1,509 | $60,000 |
7 | ![]() | 1,457 | $50,000 |
8 | ![]() | 1,349 | $40,000 |
9 | ![]() | 1,279 | $35,000 |
10 | ![]() | 1,208 | $30,000 |
ATP rankings
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*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 4th, 1981.
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
Victor Amaya (1) Washington-2
Vijay Amritraj (2) Newport, Bangkok
Corrado Barazzutti (1) Cairo
Dominique Bedel (1) Bogotá
Björn Borg (8) Boca Raton, WCT Invitational, Nice, Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, French Open, Wimbledon, Stockholm
Fritz Buehning (1) Sydney Outdoor
José Luis Clerc (6) Costa Rica, South Orange, Indianapolis, Madrid, Quito, Buenos Aires
Jimmy Connors (6) Birmingham, Philadelphia, Dallas, North Conway, Taiwan, Tokyo Indoor
Eddie Dibbs (2) Sarasota, Boston
Colin Dibley (1) Perth
Peter Feigl (1) Nigeria
Wojciech Fibak (3) Dayton, New Orleans, São Paulo
Rolf Gehring (1) Munich
Vitas Gerulaitis (3) Forest Hills, Stuttgart Outdoor, Melbourne Indoor
Ángel Giménez (2) Vienna, Bournemouth
Shlomo Glickstein (1) Hobart
Brian Gottfried (4) Surbiton, Washington, D.C., Vienna, Paris Indoor
Heinz Günthardt (3) Rotterdam, Johannesburg, Gstaad
Per Hjertquist (1) Sofia
Ivan Lendl (7) Houston, Toronto, Barcelona, Basel, Tokyo Outdoor, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Robert Lutz (3) Columbus, Stowe, Cologne
Mario Martínez (1) Bordeaux
Gene Mayer (5) Denver, Metz, Los Angeles, Cleveland, San Francisco
John McEnroe (9) Richmond WCT, Memphis, Milan, Queen's Club, US Open, Brisbane, Sydney Indoor, Wembley, WCT Challenge Cup
Peter McNamara (1) Brussels
Paul McNamee (1) Palm Harbor
Adriano Panatta (1) Florence
Víctor Pecci (1) Santiago
Raúl Ramírez (1) Puerto Rico
John Sadri (1) Auckland
Howard Schoenfield (1) Tulsa
Tomáš Šmíd (2) Stuttgart Indoor, Bologna
Stan Smith (1) Frankfurt
Harold Solomon (4) Baltimore WCT, Hamburg, Cincinnati, Tel Aviv
Balázs Taróczy (3) Båstad, Hilversum, Geneva
Brian Teacher (1) Australian Open
Eliot Teltscher (2) Atlanta, Maui
Guillermo Vilas (3) Rome, Kitzbühel, Palermo
Kim Warwick (1) Johannesburg
The following players won their first title in 1980:
Dominique Bedel Bogotá
Per Hjertquist Sofia
Ivan Lendl Houston
Paul McNamee Palm Harbor
See also
- World Championship Tennis
- 1980 WTA Tour
Notes
- Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
- Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
- Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
References
- "Volvo Will Sponsor Men's Tour". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. October 11, 1979.
- Christy Barbee (Apr 22, 1979). "Let tennis take heart; tennis is richer than ever". The Spokesman-Review. AP.
- "Money For A Rainy Day". The Evening Independent. February 19, 1980. p. 6-C.
- "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
External links
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.