1980 Birmingham Open

1980 Birmingham Open
Date	14 – 20 January
Edition	8th
Category	Grand Prix (WCT)
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$175,000
Surface	Carpet / Indoor
Location	Birmingham, United States
Champions
Singles
Jimmy Connors
Doubles
Wojtek Fibak / Tom Okker

The 1980 Birmingham Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 8th and last edition of the Grand Prix Birmingham, and part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It took place in Birmingham, United States from 14 January through 20 January 1980.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Jimmy Connors	2	1
USA	Vitas Gerulaitis	4	2
N/A	N/A	N/A	3
N/A	N/A	N/A	4
USA	Eddie Dibbs	10	5
USA	Peter Fleming	13	6
POL	Wojtek Fibak	15	7
ARG	José Luis Clerc	17	8

• ¹ Rankings as of December 26, 1979.

Other entrants

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:

• Manuel Diaz
• Tim Garcia

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• David Dowlen
• Joel Bailey

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Seed
USA	Peter Fleming	SWI	Heinz Gunthardt	1
POL	Wojtek Fibak	NED	Tom Okker	2
USA	Pat Dupre	USA	Stan Smith	3
IND	Vijay Amritraj	MEX	Raúl Ramírez	4

Champions

Singles

Main article: 1980 Birmingham Open – Singles

• Jimmy Connors defeated Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–2.

Doubles

Main article: 1980 Birmingham Open – Doubles

• Wojtek Fibak / Tom Okker defeated José Luis Clerc / Ilie Nastase, 6–3, 6–3.