1980 Birmingham Open
Appearance
1980 Birmingham Open | |
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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 | |
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Doubles | |
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The 1980 Birmingham Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the eighth and last edition of the Grand Prix Birmingham, and part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It took place in Birmingham, Alabama, United States from 14 January through 20 January 1980. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title, his sixth at the event.[3]
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Jimmy Connors | 2 | 1 |
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Vitas Gerulaitis | 4 | 2 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 3 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 |
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Eddie Dibbs | 10 | 5 |
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Peter Fleming | 13 | 6 |
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Wojtek Fibak | 15 | 7 |
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José Luis Clerc | 17 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of December 26, 1979.[4]
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:
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Seed |
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Peter Fleming | ![]() |
Heinz Gunthardt | 1 |
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Wojtek Fibak | ![]() |
Tom Okker | 2 |
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Pat Dupre | ![]() |
Stan Smith | 3 |
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Vijay Amritraj | ![]() |
Raúl Ramírez | 4 |
Finals
Singles
Jimmy Connors defeated
Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–2
- It was Connors' 1st singles title of the year and the 80th of his career.
Doubles
Wojtek Fibak /
Tom Okker defeated
José Luis Clerc /
Ilie Nastase, 6–3, 6–3
References
- ^ "1980 Birmingham – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "1980 Birmingham – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780362020342.
- ^ "December 26, 1979 - ATP Rankings". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).