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.

Volvo became the new tour sponsor of the Grand Prix circuit after Colgate-Palmolive decided to end its sponsorship.[1][2]

1980 Grand Prix circuit
McEnroe playing in 1979
Details
Duration1 January – 26 December
Edition11th
Tournaments83
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
Grand Prix (71)
World Championship Tennis (8)
Team Events (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles John McEnroe (9)
Most tournament finals John McEnroe (15)
Prize money leader Björn Borg
Points leader John McEnroe (2,342)
Awards
Player of the year Björn Borg
Comeback
player of the year
Arthur Ashe
1979
1981

Schedule

The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.

January

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
31 Dec
1979
Australian Hard Court Championships
Hobart, Australia
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Shlomo Glickstein
7–6, 6–4
Robert Van't Hof Terry Rocavert
Rick Fisher
Raymond Moore
John Marks
Chris Kachel
Syd Ball
John James
Chris Kachel
6–4, 6–4
Phil Davies
Brad Guan
Benson and Hedges Open
Auckland, New Zealand
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
John Sadri
6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Tim Wilkison Rod Frawley
Peter Feigl
Russell Simpson
John Austin
Paul McNamee
Dick Crealy
Peter Feigl
Rod Frawley
6–2, 7–5
John Sadri
Tim Wilkison
Masters Doubles WCT Great Britain
Carpet (i) – $200,000 – D8
Raúl Ramírez
Brian Gottfried
3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Wojciech Fibak
Tom Okker
14 Jan Baltimore International
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Harold Solomon
7–6, 6–0
Tim Gullikson Marty Riessen
Brian Gottfried
Chris Lewis
Brian Teacher
Mark Edmondson
Bruce Manson
Marty Riessen
Tim Gullikson
2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Brian Gottfried
Frew McMillan
Birmingham Open (WCT)
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Jimmy Connors
6–3, 6–2
Eliot Teltscher Butch Walts
Vijay Amritraj
Eddie Dibbs
Ilie Năstase
Buster Mottram
Vitas Gerulaitis
Tom Okker
Wojciech Fibak
6–3, 6–3
José Luis Clerc
Ilie Năstase
21 Jan US Pro Indoor (WCT)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 64S/32D
Jimmy Connors
6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
John McEnroe Gene Mayer
John Sadri
Wojciech Fibak
Bill Scanlon
Harold Solomon
José Luis Clerc
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
6–3, 7–6
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez
28 Jan Richmond WCT
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D
John McEnroe
6–1, 6–2
Roscoe Tanner Victor Amaya
Guillermo Vilas
Wojciech Fibak
Johan Kriek
John Sadri
Bill Scanlon
Johan Kriek
Fritz Buehning
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Brian Gottfried
Frew McMillan
San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–2
Phil Dent Tom Gorman
Vince Van Patten
Billy Martin
Tim Wilkison
Robert Trogolo
Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee
Paul Kronk
7–6, 6–3[lower-alpha 1]
Robert Trogolo
Mark Turpin

February

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
4 Feb Pepsi Grand Slam
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Clay – $300,000 – S4
Björn Borg
6–1, 5–7, 6–1
Vitas Gerulaitis Guillermo Vilas
John McEnroe
11 Feb Congoleum Classic
Rancho Mirage, California, USA
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]
Harold Solomon
Andrew Pattison
Guillermo Vilas
Hank Pfister
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Eddie Dibbs
6–1, 6–3
Andrés Gómez David Carter
Deon Joubert
José Higueras
Charles Owens
Robert Van't Hof
Michael Grant
Ricardo Ycaza
Andrés Gómez
6–3, 6–4
David Carter
Rick Fagel
18 Feb United Bank Classic
Denver, Colorado, USA
Carpet (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D
Gene Mayer
6–2, 6–2
Victor Amaya Vince Van Patten
Stan Smith
Roscoe Tanner
Brian Gottfried
Andrés Gómez
Fritz Buehning
Steve Denton
Kevin Curren
7–5, 6–2
Wojciech Fibak
Heinz Günthardt
WCT Invitational
Salisbury, Maryland, USA
Carpet (i) – S8
Björn Borg
7–5, 6–1, 6–3
Vijay Amritraj
Round Robin
Jimmy Connors
Eddie Dibbs
Ilie Năstase
John Alexander
25 Feb Lagos, Nigeria
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Peter Feigl
6–2, 6–3, 6–2
Harry Fritz Chris Mayotte
Werner Zirngibl
Kjell Johansson
Ismail El Shafei
Peter Elter
Sashi Menon
Bruce Nichols
Tony Graham
6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Kjell Johansson
Leo Palin
U.S. Indoor National Championships
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 64S/32D
John McEnroe
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Jimmy Connors Bernard Mitton
Harold Solomon
Robert Lutz
Sherwood Stewart
Roscoe Tanner
John Sadri
John McEnroe
Brian Gottfried
6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Rod Frawley
Tomáš Šmíd

March

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Mar Cairo, Egypt
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Corrado Barazzutti
6–4, 6–0
Paolo Bertolucci Patrice Dominguez
Christophe Freyss
Jiří Hřebec
Željko Franulović
Terry Rocavert
Kjell Johansson
Tom Okker
Ismail El Shafei
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Christophe Freyss
Bernard Fritz
Washington-1
Washington, D.C., USA
Carpet (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D
Victor Amaya
6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Ivan Lendl Eddie Dibbs
Eliot Teltscher
Roscoe Tanner
John Sadri
Brian Teacher
Harold Solomon
Ferdi Taygan
Brian Teacher
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Kevin Curren
Steve Denton
10 Mar ABN World Tennis Tournament (WCT)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Heinz Günthardt
6–2, 6–4
Gene Mayer Paul McNamee
Ivan Lendl
Chris Delaney
Vijay Amritraj
Ilie Năstase
John Sadri
Stan Smith
Vijay Amritraj
6–4, 6–3
Bill Scanlon
Brian Teacher
San José, Costa Rica
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
José Luis Clerc
4–6, 2–6, ret.
Jimmy Connors John Austin
Steve Krulevitz
George Hardie
Erik van Dillen
Sashi Menon
Anand Amritraj
Álvaro Fillol
Jaime Fillol
6–2, 7–6
Anand Amritraj
Nick Saviano
Stuttgart Indoor
Stuttgart, Germany
Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Tomáš Šmíd
6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4
Mark Cox Rod Frawley
Kim Warwick
Wojciech Fibak
Reinhart Probst
Tenny Svensson
Patrick Proisy
Tomáš Šmíd
Wojciech Fibak
6–4, 7–6
Tim Mayotte
Larry Stefanki
17 Mar Frankfurt (WCT), Germany
Carpet (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D
Stan Smith
2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Johan Kriek Tim Gullikson
Brian Gottfried
Tomáš Šmíd
Raúl Ramírez
Heinz Günthardt
Butch Walts
Stan Smith
Vijay Amritraj
6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts
Lorraine Open
Metz, France
Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Gene Mayer
6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Gianni Ocleppo Peter McNamara
Colin Dibley
Chris Delaney
Sean Sorensen
Carlos Kirmayr
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Gene Mayer
Colin Dibley
7–6, 7–5
Chris Delaney
Kim Warwick
24 Mar Dayton, Ohio, USA
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Wojciech Fibak
7–6, 6–3
Bruce Manson Geoff Masters
Bernard Mitton
Sashi Menon
Marty Riessen
Brian Teacher
John Whitlinger
Geoff Masters
Wojciech Fibak
6–4, 6–4
Fritz Buehning
Fred McNair
Ramazzotti Cup (WCT)
Milan, Italy
Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 32S/16D
John McEnroe
6–1, 6–4
Vijay Amritraj Ivan Lendl
Rod Frawley
Andrew Pattison
Bill Scanlon
José Luis Clerc
Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
6–2, 6–7, 6–2
Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts
Nice International Open
Nice, France
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Björn Borg
6–2, 6–0, 6–1
Manuel Orantes Fernando Luna
Corrado Barazzutti
Peter McNamara
Peter Elter
Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Gilles Moretton
Kim Warwick
Chris Delaney
6–4, 6–0
Stanislav Birner
Jiří Hřebec
31 Mar Monte Carlo Open (WCT)
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Björn Borg
6–1, 6–0, 6–2
Guillermo Vilas Vitas Gerulaitis
Tomáš Šmíd
José Luis Clerc
Hans Gildemeister
Jean-François Caujolle
John McEnroe
Adriano Panatta
Paolo Bertolucci
6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Vitas Gerulaitis
John McEnroe
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Wojciech Fibak
6–4, 7–5
Eliot Teltscher Ferdi Taygan
Terry Moor
Roscoe Tanner
Brian Teacher
Bruce Manson
Vincent Van Patten
Eliot Teltscher
Terry Moor
7–6, 6–1
Raymond Moore
Robert Trogolo
Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Paul McNamee
6–4, 6–3
Stan Smith Bernard Mitton
Mike Cahill
Steve Krulevitz
George Hardie
Steve Docherty
Byron Bertram
Paul McNamee
Paul Kronk
6–4, 7–5
Steve Docherty
John James

April

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 Apr Houston (WCT), Texas, USA
Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Ivan Lendl
6–1, 6–3
Eddie Dibbs Brian Gottfried
Bill Scanlon
José Higueras
Marty Riessen
Rod Frawley
Eliot Teltscher
Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee
6–4, 6–4
Marty Riessen
Sherwood Stewart
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Howard Schoenfield
5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Trey Waltke Van Winitsky
Robert Lutz
Randy Crawford
Bruce Manson
Joel Bailey
Steve Krulevitz
Dick Stockton
Robert Lutz
2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Francisco González
Van Winitsky
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Heinz Günthardt
6–4, 6–4
Victor Amaya José Luis Clerc
Carlos Kirmayr
Patrick Proisy
Deon Joubert
Shlomo Glickstein
Ferdi Taygan
Frew McMillan
Bob Hewitt
6–4, 6–3
Colin Dowdeswell
Heinz Günthardt
14 Apr Jack Kramer Open
Los Angeles, USA
Hard – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Gene Mayer
6–3, 6–2
Brian Teacher Bill Scanlon
Roscoe Tanner
Stan Smith
Yannick Noah
Butch Walts
Ivan Lendl
Butch Walts
Brian Teacher
6–2, 6–4
Anand Amritraj
John Austin
21 Apr Alan King Tennis Classic
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hard – $300,000 – 32S/16D
Björn Borg
6–3, 6–1
Harold Solomon Vitas Gerulaitis
Ivan Lendl
Victor Amaya
Raúl Ramírez
Brian Teacher
John McEnroe
Stan Smith
Robert Lutz
6–2, 7–5
Wojciech Fibak
Gene Mayer
28 Apr WCT Finals
Dallas, Texas, USA
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – S8
Jimmy Connors
2–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–2
John McEnroe Johan Kriek
Ivan Lendl
Heinz Günthardt
John Sadri
Vijay Amritraj
Bill Scanlon
São Paulo, Brazil
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Wojciech Fibak
6–0, 7–6
Vince Van Patten Thomaz Koch
Bernard Mitton
Víctor Pecci
Chris Lewis
Carlos Kirmayr
Byron Bertram
Fritz Buehning
Anand Amritraj
7–6, 6–2
David Carter
Chris Lewis

May

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 May Forest Hills WCT
Forest Hills, New York, USA
Clay – $300,000 – 64S/32D
Vitas Gerulaitis
2–6, 6–2, 6–0
John McEnroe Raúl Ramírez
Vijay Amritraj
Brian Teacher
Wojciech Fibak
Balázs Taróczy
Víctor Pecci
Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Paul McNamee
Peter McNamara
Ambre Solaire Nations Cup
Düsseldorf, West Germany
Clay – $400,000 – 8D
 Argentina
3–0
 Italy  Sweden
 United States
 Czechoslovakia
 Spain
 Australia
 West Germany
12 May Alitalia Open
Florence, Italy
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Adriano Panatta
6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Raúl Ramírez Gianni Ocleppo
Phil Dent
José Luis Clerc
Stefan Simonsson
John Alexander
Jean-François Caujolle
Raúl Ramírez
Gene Mayer
6–1, 6–4
Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
German Open Championships
Hamburg, West Germany
Clay – $200,000 – 64S/32D
Harold Solomon
6–7, 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Guillermo Vilas Ivan Lendl
Eliot Teltscher
Andrés Gómez
Balázs Taróczy
John Yuill
Manuel Orantes
Andrés Gómez
Hans Gildemeister
6–3, 6–4
Reinhart Probst
Max Wünschig
19 May Italian Open
Rome, Italy
Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Guillermo Vilas
6–0, 6–4, 6–4
Yannick Noah Eliot Teltscher
Tomáš Šmíd
Raúl Ramírez
Ivan Lendl
Corrado Barazzutti
Manuel Orantes
Kim Warwick
Mark Edmondson
7–6, 7–6
Balázs Taróczy
Eliot Teltscher
Bavarian Tennis Championships
Munich, West Germany
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Rolf Gehring
6–2, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2
Christophe Freyss Stefan Simonsson
Klaus Eberhard
Pavel Složil
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Terry Moor
Željko Franulović
Heinz Günthardt
Bob Hewitt
7–6, 6–1
David Carter
Chris Lewis
26 May
2 Jun
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay – $385,000 – 128S/64D/32XD
SinglesDoublesMixed Doubles
Björn Borg
6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Vitas Gerulaitis Harold Solomon
Jimmy Connors
Corrado Barazzutti
Guillermo Vilas
Hans Gildemeister
Wojciech Fibak
Victor Amaya
Hank Pfister
1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez
Anne Smith
Billy Martin
2–6, 6–4, 8–6
Renáta Tomanová
Stanislav Birner

June

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Jun Belgian International Championships
Brussels, Belgium
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Peter McNamara
7–6, 6–3, 6–0
Balázs Taróczy Eddie Dibbs
Gustavo Guerrero
Christophe Freyss
Patrice Dominguez
Andreas Maurer
Fernando Luna
Thierry Stevaux
Steve Krulevitz
6–3, 7–5
Eric Fromm
Cary Leeds
Queen's Club Championships
London, England
Grass – $200,000 – 64S/32D
John McEnroe
6–3, 6–1
Kim Warwick Víctor Pecci
Vitas Gerulaitis
Vijay Amritraj
Roscoe Tanner
Peter Rennert
Stan Smith
Rod Frawley
Geoff Masters
6–2, 4–6, 11-9
Paul McNamee
Sherwood Stewart
16 Jun Surbiton, England
Grass – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Brian Gottfried
6–3, 6–3
Sandy Mayer Chris Lewis
Peter Feigl
Raúl Ramírez
Hank Pfister
Brad Drewett
Bill Scanlon
Kim Warwick
Mark Edmondson
7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15-13
Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts
Vienna, Austria
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Ángel Giménez
1–6, 1–1, ret.
Tomáš Šmíd Peter McNamara
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Fernando Luna
Patrick Proisy
Pedro Rebolledo
Paolo Bertolucci
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Gianni Ocleppo
Walkover
Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd
23 Jun
30 Jun
Wimbledon
London, England
Grand Slam
Grass – $350,000 – 128S/64D/49XD
SinglesDoublesMixed Doubles
Björn Borg
1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16–18), 8–6
John McEnroe Brian Gottfried
Jimmy Connors
Gene Mayer
Wojciech Fibak
Roscoe Tanner
Peter Fleming
Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee
7–6(7–5), 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
Bob Lutz
Stan Smith
Tracy Austin
John Austin
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Dianne Fromholtz
Mark Edmondson

July

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 Jul Suisse Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
Clay – $125,000 – 32S/16D
Heinz Günthardt
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Kim Warwick Balázs Taróczy
Marcos Hocevar
Chris Lewis
Paul McNamee
Peter McNamara
Shlomo Glickstein
Ismail El Shafei
Colin Dowdeswell
6–4, 6–4
Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Grass – $100,000 – 32S/16D
Vijay Amritraj
6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Andrew Pattison John Sadri
Nick Saviano
Butch Walts
Hank Pfister
Bernard Mitton
Billy Martin
Butch Walts
Andrew Pattison
7–6, 6–4
Fritz Buehning
Peter Rennert
14 Jul Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Tony Giammalva Birger Andersson
Paul Kronk
Kjell Johansson
Mario Martínez
Peter McNamara
Heinz Günthardt
Markus Günthardt
Heinz Günthardt
6–4, 6–4
John Feaver
Peter McNamara
U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Eddie Dibbs
6–2, 6–1
Gene Mayer José Luis Clerc
José Higueras
Jimmy Connors
Hans Gildemeister
Víctor Pecci
Van Winitsky
Sandy Mayer
Gene Mayer
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez
Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Vitas Gerulaitis
6–2, 7–5, 6–2
Wojciech Fibak Rolf Gehring
Jairo Velasco, Sr.
Ilie Năstase
Ulrich Marten
Christ Lewis
Željko Franulović
Frew McMillan
Colin Dowdeswell
6–3, 6–4
Chris Lewis
John Yuill
21 Jul Dutch Open
Hilversum, Netherlands
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Haroon Ismail Buster Mottram
Dominique Bedel
Per Hjertquist
Tom Okker
Ángel Giménez
Peter Elter
Balázs Taróczy
Tom Okker
7–5, 6–3, 7–6
Tony Giammalva
Buster Mottram
Austrian Open
Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Guillermo Vilas
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Ivan Lendl Carlos Kirmayr
Peter McNamara
Chris Lewis
Ilie Năstase
Hans Kary
Pavel Složil
Ulrich Marten
Klaus Eberhard
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Carlos Kirmayr
Chris Lewis
Washington Star International
Washington, D.C., USA
Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Brian Gottfried
7–5, 4–6, 6–4
José Luis Clerc Corrado Barazzutti
Gene Mayer
Pascal Portes
Ricardo Ycaza
Víctor Pecci
Željko Franulović
Andrés Gómez
Hans Gildemeister
6–4, 7–5
Gene Mayer
Sandy Mayer
28 Jul Volvo International
North Conway, New Hampshire, USA
Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Jimmy Connors
6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Eddie Dibbs Ivan Lendl
Harold Solomon
Pat Du Pré
Wojciech Fibak
Eliot Teltscher
Terry Moor
Brian Gottfried
Jimmy Connors
7–6, 6–2
Kevin Curren
Steve Denton
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
José Luis Clerc
6–3, 6–2
John McEnroe David Carter
Álvaro Betancur
Van Winitsky
Fernando Maynetto
Blaine Willenborg
Ricardo Cano
Bill Maze
John McEnroe
7–6, 6–4
Fritz Buehning
Van Winitsky

August

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
4 Aug Columbus, Ohio, USA
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Robert Lutz
6–4, 6–3
Terry Rocavert Tom Cain
Brian Gottfried
Sandy Mayer
Francisco González
Brian Teacher
Trey Waltke
Sandy Mayer
Brian Gottfried
6–4, 6–2
Peter Fleming
Brian Teacher[lower-alpha 2]
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Clay – $200,000 – 64S/32D
José Luis Clerc
7–5, 6–3
Mel Purcell José Higueras
Mario Martínez
Terry Moor
Eliot Teltscher
Eddie Dibbs
Wojciech Fibak
Steve Denton
Kevin Curren
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Wojciech Fibak
Ivan Lendl
11 Aug Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Gene Mayer
6–2, 6–1
Victor Amaya Guillermo Vilas
Buster Mottram
Nick Saviano
Gianni Ocleppo
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Bruce Foxworth
Victor Amaya
Gene Mayer
6–4, 6–2[lower-alpha 3]
Fred McNair
Sashi Menon
Canadian Open
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hard – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Ivan Lendl
4–6, 5–4, ret.
Björn Borg Sandy Mayer
Paul Kronk
John Sadri
Tom Leonard
Brian Teacher
Trey Waltke
Brian Teacher
Bruce Manson
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Heinz Günthardt
Sandy Mayer
Stowe Grand Prix
Stowe, Vermont, USA
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Robert Lutz
6–3, 6–1
Johan Kriek Shlomo Glickstein
Vijay Amritraj
Ferdi Taygan
Bernard Mitton
Vince Van Patten
Roscoe Tanner
Bernard Mitton
Robert Lutz
6–4, 6–3
Ilie Năstase
Ferdi Taygan
18 Aug Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Eliot Teltscher
6–2, 6–2
Terry Moor Kevin Curren
Buster Mottram
Tony Giammalva
Butch Walts
Mel Purcell
Eddie Dibbs
Butch Walts
Tom Gullikson
6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Anand Amritraj
John Austin
Cincinnati Open
Mason, Ohio, USA
Hard – $200,000 – 64S/32D
Harold Solomon
7–6, 6–3
Francisco González Jimmy Connors
Pascal Portes
Ivan Lendl
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Roscoe Tanner
Vijay Amritraj
Brian Teacher
Bruce Manson
6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Wojciech Fibak
Ivan Lendl
25 Aug
1 Sep
US Open
Flushing Meadow, New York, USA
Grand Slam
Hard – $350,000 – 128S/64D/32XD
SinglesDoublesMixed Doubles
John McEnroe
7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 5–7, 6–4
Björn Borg Johan Kriek
Jimmy Connors
Roscoe Tanner
Wojciech Fibak
Eliot Teltscher
Ivan Lendl
Bob Lutz
Stan Smith
7–6, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
Wendy Turnbull
Marty Riessen
7–5, 6–2
Betty Stöve
Frew McMillan

September

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
8 Sep Bournemouth, England
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Ángel Giménez
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Shlomo Glickstein Roberto Vizcaíno
Eddie Edwards
Kjell Johansson
Jonathan Smith
Robin Drysdale
Mark Cox
Craig Edwards
Eddie Edwards
6–3, 6–7, 8–6
Andrew Jarrett
Jonathan Smith
Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Guillermo Vilas
6–4, 6–0, 6–0
Paul McNamee Franco Merlone
Adriano Panatta
Gianni Ocleppo
Phil Dent
Mario Martínez
Marco Armellini
Ricardo Ycaza
Gianni Ocleppo
6–2, 6–2
Víctor Pecci
Balázs Taróczy
Sawgrass Doubles, Florida, USA
Hard – $175,000 – D32
Raúl Ramírez
Brian Gottfried
7–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Robert Lutz
Stan Smith
González / Moore
Riessen / Stewart
Pattison / Walts
Amaya / Pfister
Fibak / Günthardt
Curren / Denton
22 Sep Bordeaux Open
Bordeaux, France
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Mario Martínez
6–0, 7–5, 7–5
Gianni Ocleppo Corrado Barazzutti
Ricardo Ycaza
Chris Lewis
Tony Giammalva
Jérôme Potier
Hans Gildemeister
Gilles Moretton
John Feaver
6–3, 6–2
Gianni Ocleppo
Ricardo Ycaza
Geneva Open
Geneva, Switzerland
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 6–2
Adriano Panatta Wolfgang Popp
Roland Stadler
Harold Solomon
Željko Franulović
Heinz Günthardt
Vitas Gerulaitis
Balázs Taróczy
Željko Franulović
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Heinz Günthardt
Markus Günthardt
Transamerica Open
San Francisco, California, USA
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 48S/24D
Gene Mayer
6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Eliot Teltscher Johan Kriek
Robert Lutz
John McEnroe
Brian Gottfried
Vince Van Patten
Tim Mayotte
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
6–1, 6–4
Gene Mayer
Sandy Mayer
29 Sep Madrid, Spain
Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D
José Luis Clerc
6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Guillermo Vilas Hans Gildemeister
Ivan Lendl
Mario Martínez
Andrés Gómez
Ross Case
Balázs Taróczy
Andrés Gómez
Hans Gildemeister
3–6, 6–3, 10–8
Jan Kodeš
Balázs Taróczy
Island Holidays Classic
Maui, Hawaii, USA
Hard – $100,000 – 32S/16D
Eliot Teltscher
7–6, 6–3
Tim Wilkison Trey Waltke
Bill Scanlon
Mel Purcell
Bernard Mitton
Sandy Mayer
Wojciech Fibak
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Victor Amaya
Hank Pfister

October

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Oct Torneo Godó
Barcelona, Spain
Clay – $175,000 – 64S/32D
Ivan Lendl
6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc
Adriano Panatta
Balázs Taróczy
Andrés Gómez
Corrado Barazzutti
Gabriel Urpí
Ivan Lendl
Steve Denton
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Pavel Složil
Balázs Taróczy
Robinsons South Pacific Classic
Brisbane, Australia
Grass – $50,000 – 32S/16D
John McEnroe
6–3, 6–4
Phil Dent Rod Frawley
Dale Collings
Chris Delaney
Mark Edmondson
Richard Meyer
Tony Roche
John McEnroe
Matt Mitchell
8–6
Phil Dent
Rod Frawley
Tel Aviv Open
Tel Aviv, Israel
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Harold Solomon
6–2, 6–3
Shlomo Glickstein Sammy Giammalva
Ilie Năstase
David Carter
Tom Okker
Onny Parun
Per Hjertquist
Steve Krulevitz
Per Hjertquist
7–6, 6–3
Eric Fromm
Cary Leeds
13 Oct European Open Indoor Championships
Basel, Switzerland
Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Ivan Lendl
6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4
Björn Borg Tom Okker
Per Hjertquist
Sammy Giammalva
Raymond Moore
Eddie Dibbs
Tomáš Šmíd
Steve Denton
Kevin Curren
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan
Guangzhou, China
Carpet – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Jimmy Connors
6–2, 6–4
Eliot Teltscher Terry Moor
Brad Drewett
Cliff Letcher
Matt Mitchell
Jaime Fillol
Haroon Ismail
Jaime Fillol
Ross Case
6–2, 7–6
Andy Kohlberg
Larry Stefanki
Australian Indoor
Sydney, Australia
Hard (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D
John McEnroe
6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Vitas Gerulaitis Johan Kriek
Gene Mayer
Tim Gullikson
Peter Feigl
Bill Scanlon
John Sadri
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Tim Gullikson
Johan Kriek
20 Oct Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships
Melbourne, Australia
Hard (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D
Vitas Gerulaitis
7–5, 6–3
Peter McNamara Fritz Buehning
Ferdi Taygan
Paul McNamee
Johan Kriek
Kim Warwick
Tim Gullikson
Ferdi Taygan
Fritz Buehning
6–1, 6–2
John Sadri
Tim Wilkison
Tokyo Outdoor
Tokyo, Japan
Clay – $125,000 – 64S/32D
Ivan Lendl
3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Eliot Teltscher Mel Purcell
Jan Norbäck
Peter Rennert
Terry Moor
Buster Mottram
Bruce Manson
Jaime Fillol
Ross Case
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Terry Moor
Eliot Teltscher
Vienna Indoor
Vienna, Austria
Hard (i) – $100,000 – 64S/32D
Brian Gottfried
6–2, 6–4, 6–3
Trey Waltke Balázs Taróczy
Yannick Noah
Hans Kary
Tomáš Šmíd
Rolf Gehring
Raymond Moore
Stan Smith
Robert Lutz
6–1, 6–2
Heinz Günthardt
Pavel Složil
27 Oct Cologne, Germany
Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Robert Lutz
6–4, 6–0
Nick Saviano Tomáš Šmíd
Andrew Pattison
Gene Mayer
Trey Waltke
Kevin Curren
John Hayes
Andrew Pattison
Bernard Mitton
6–4, 6–1
Jan Kodeš
Tomáš Šmíd
Paris Open
Paris, France
Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Brian Gottfried
4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6
Adriano Panatta Paul Kronk
José López-Maeso
Mark Cox
Jean-Louis Haillet
Paolo Bertolucci
Pascal Portes
Adriano Panatta
Paolo Bertolucci
6–4, 6–4
Brian Gottfried
Raymond Moore
Tokyo Indoor
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D
Jimmy Connors
6–1, 6–2
Tom Gullikson Bill Scanlon
John Sadri
Björn Borg
Victor Amaya
Ivan Lendl
Pat Du Pré
Hank Pfister
Victor Amaya
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Marty Riessen
Sherwood Stewart

November

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Nov Hong Kong
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Ivan Lendl
5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Brian Teacher Louk Sanders
Jaime Fillol
Vince Van Patten
Peter McNamara
Tom Gullikson
Terry Moor
Ferdi Taygan
Peter Fleming
7–5, 6–2
Bruce Manson
Brian Teacher
Quito, Ecuador
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
José Luis Clerc
6–4, 1–6, 10–8
Víctor Pecci Marcos Hocevar
Andrés Gómez
Vitas Gerulaitis
Carlos Kirmayr
Hans Gildemeister
Ricardo Ycaza
Andrés Gómez
Hans Gildemeister
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
José Luis Clerc
Belus Prajoux
Stockholm, Sweden
Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 32S/16D
Björn Borg
6–3, 6–4
John McEnroe Gene Mayer
Robert Lutz
Yannick Noah
Schlomo Glickstein
Per Hjertquist
Hans Simonsson
Paul McNamee
Heinz Günthardt
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Stan Smith
Robert Lutz
10 Nov Bogotá, Colombia
Clay (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Dominique Bedel
6–4, 7–6
Carlos Kirmayr Chris Mayotte
Yannick Noah
Álvaro Fillol
Víctor Pecci
Ricardo Ycaza
Marcos Hocevar
Carlos Kirmayr
Álvaro Fillol
6–4, 6–3
Andrés Gómez
Ricardo Ycaza
Taipei, Taiwan
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Ivan Lendl
6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
Brian Teacher John Austin
Ramesh Krishnan
Sashi Menon
Syd Ball
Pat Du Pré
Tim Gullikson
Brian Teacher
Bruce Manson
6–4, 6–0
John Austin
Ferdi Taygan
Wembley
London, England
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D
John McEnroe
6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Gene Mayer Harold Solomon
Stan Smith
Richard Meyer
Tomáš Šmíd
Butch Walts
Paul McNamee
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
7–5, 6–3
Bill Scanlon
Eliot Teltscher
17 Nov Bangkok, Thailand
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Vijay Amritraj
6–3, 7–5
Brian Teacher Ivan Lendl
Ramesh Krishnan
Ferdi Taygan
Peter Rennert
Dick Stockton
Kim Warwick
Ferdi Taygan
Brian Teacher
7–6, 7–6
Tom Okker
Dick Stockton
Bologna, Italy
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Tomáš Šmíd
7–5, 6–2
Paolo Bertolucci Pascal Portes
Richard Meyer
Björn Borg
Corrado Barazzutti
Jeff Borowiak
Jan Norbäck
Butch Walts
Balázs Taróczy
2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Steve Denton
Paul McNamee
South American Championships
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D
José Luis Clerc
6–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3
Rolf Gehring Víctor Pecci
José Luis Damiani
Klaus Eberhard
Andrés Gómez
Hans Gildemeister
Ricardo Ycaza
Andrés Gómez
Hans Gildemeister
6–4, 7–5[lower-alpha 4]
Ángel Giménez
Jairo Velasco, Sr.
24 Nov Santiago International Championships
Santiago, Chile
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
Víctor Pecci
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Christophe Freyss Andrés Gómez
Mario Martínez
Pedro Rebolledo
João Soares
Ramiro Benavides
José Luis Damiani
Ricardo Ycaza
Belus Prajoux
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Carlos Kirmayr
João Soares
South African Open
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hard – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Kim Warwick
6–2, 6–1, 6–2
Fritz Buehning Robert Lutz
Kevin Curren
Guillermo Vilas
Paul McNamee
Heinz Günthardt
Shlomo Glickstein
Stan Smith
Robert Lutz
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Heinz Günthardt
Paul McNamee

December

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
8 Dec WCT Challenge Cup
Montreal, Canada
Carpet (i) – S8
John McEnroe
6–1, 6–2, 6–1
Vijay Amritraj Eliot Teltscher
Peter Fleming
Round Robin
Wojciech Fibak
Ilie Năstase
Harold Solomon
Shlomo Glickstein
15 Dec New South Wales Open
Sydney, Australia
Grass – $125,000 – 64S/32D
Fritz Buehning
6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Brian Teacher Paul McNamee
Russell Simpson
Phil Dent
John Sadri
Shlomo Glickstein
Kim Warwick
Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee
6–2, 6–4
Vitas Gerulaitis
Brian Gottfried
Sofia, Bulgaria
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
Per Hjertquist
6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Vadim Borisov Konstantin Pugaev
Louk Sanders
Damir Keretić
Tenny Svensson
Roland Stadler
Andrei Dîrzu
Robert Reininger
Hartmut Kirchhübel
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Vadim Borisov
Thomas Emmrich
22 Dec
29 Dec
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Grass – $350,000 – 64S/32D
SinglesDoubles
Brian Teacher
7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Kim Warwick Guillermo Vilas
Peter McNamara
John Sadri
Bill Scanlon
Paul McNamee
Peter Rennert
Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick
7–5, 6–4
Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee

January

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
14 Jan Volvo Masters
New York, USA
Carpet (i) – $400,000 – S8/D4
SinglesDoubles
Björn Borg
6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Ivan Lendl Gene Mayer
Jimmy Connors
Round Robin
José Luis Clerc
John McEnroe
Guillermo Vilas
Harold Solomon
John McEnroe
Peter Fleming
6–4, 6–3
Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee

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
1 John McEnroe (USA)2,342$300,000
2 Ivan Lendl (TCH)2,110$200,000
3 Jimmy Connors (USA)1,981$150,000
4 Björn Borg (SWE)1,954$100,000
5 Gene Mayer (USA)1,643$80,000
6 Harold Solomon (USA)1,509$60,000
7 Guillermo Vilas (ARG)1,457$50,000
8 José Luis Clerc (ARG)1,349$40,000
9 Eliot Teltscher (USA)1,279$35,000
10 Brian Teacher (USA)1,208$30,000

ATP rankings

As of January 1980
Rk Name Nation
1 Björn Borg
2 Jimmy Connors
3 John McEnroe
4 Vitas Gerulaitis
5 Roscoe Tanner
6 Guillermo Vilas
7 Arthur Ashe
8 Harold Solomon
9 José Higueras
10 Eddie Dibbs
11 Víctor Pecci
12 Gene Mayer
13 Peter Fleming
14 Hans Gildemeister
15 Wojciech Fibak
16 José Luis Clerc
17 Brian Gottfried
18 Pat Du Pré
19 Manuel Orantes
20 Ivan Lendl
Year-end rankings 1980 (January 1981)
Rk Name Nation Avg Points Points Tourn. # Change
1 Björn Borg 106.75 1281 11 =
2 John McEnroe 84.56 1522 18 +1
3 Jimmy Connors 72.44 1304 18 -1
4 Gene Mayer 58.16 1105 19 +8
5 Guillermo Vilas 53.94 971 18 +1
6 Ivan Lendl 46.52 1442 31 +14
7 Harold Solomon 44.43 1022 23 +1
8 José Luis Clerc 36.67 880 24 +8
9 Vitas Gerulaitis 34.60 692 20 –5
10 Eliot Teltscher 34.12 887 26 +17
11 Brian Gottfried 32.81 853 26 +17
12 Brian Teacher 32.69 850 26 +49
13 Eddie Dibbs 31.89 606 19 –3
14 Roscoe Tanner 29.56 473 16 –9
15 Wojciech Fibak 27.64 691 25 =
16 John Sadri 24.17 556 23 +14
17 Victor Amaya 23.91 526 22 +6
18 Johan Kriek 23.88 573 24 +17
19 Balázs Taróczy 23.39 421 18 +26
20 Vijay Amritraj 23.29 489 21 +14

*Due to the date of the Australian Open, the official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 4th, 1981 rather than the last rankings released in 1980.

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

The following players won their first title in 1980:

See also

Notes

  1. Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
  2. Fleming's partner was incorrectly listed by the ATP as Eliot Teltscher. It was actually Brian Teacher as listed by the ITF.[4]
  3. Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
  4. Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.

References

  1. "Volvo Will Sponsor Men's Tour". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. Oct 11, 1979.
  2. Christy Barbee (Apr 22, 1979). "Let tennis take heart; tennis is richer than ever". The Spokesman-Review. AP.
  3. "Money For A Rainy Day". The Evening Independent. Feb 19, 1980.
  4. "Columbus Doubles 1980". itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 2021-01-10.

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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.