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
Duration	1 January – 26 December
Edition	11th
Tournaments	83
Categories	Grand 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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
31 Dec, 1979	Hobart, Australia Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Shlomo Glickstein 7–5, 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
1 January	Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	John Sadri 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2	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
14 January	Baltimore WCT Baltimore, Maryland, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	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, Alabama, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–2	Eliot Teltscher	Butch Walts Vijay Amritraj	Andrew Pattison Ilie Năstase Buster Mottram Vitas Gerulaitis
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–3, 6–3	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase
21 January	US Pro Indoor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Carpet – $250,000 – S64/D32	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 January	Richmond WCT Richmond, Virginia, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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	Robert Trogolo Mark Turpin

February

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 February	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 February	Congoleum Classic Rancho Mirage, California, USA Hard – $250,000 – S64/D32	The tournament was halted at the semifinal stage due to rain. The four semifinalists were Jimmy Connors, Brian Teacher, Peter Fleming and Gene Mayer and they shared the finalists prize.[3]
	Sarasota, Florida, USA Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 February	Denver, Colorado, USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	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
19 February	WCT Invitational Maryland, USA Carpet – S8	Björn Borg 7–5, 6–1, 6–3	Vijay Amritraj	Round Robin John Alexander Eddie Dibbs Björn Borg Ilie Năstase
25 February	Lagos, Nigeria Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – $250,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 7–6, 7–6	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 March	Cairo, Egypt Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	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-2 Washington, D.C., USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	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, 7–5	Kevin Curren Steve Denton
10 March	ABN World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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 – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 March	Frankfurt, Germany Carpet – $25,000 – S32/D16	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 Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 March	Dayton, Ohio, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 Milan, Italy Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16	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, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 March	Monte Carlo Open Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	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 – $75,000 – S32/D16	Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 7–5	Eliot Teltscher	Ferdi Taygan Terry Moor	Roscoe Tanner Brian Teacher Bruce Manson Wojciech Fibak
		Eliot Teltscher Terry Moor 7–6, 6–1	Raymond Moore Robert Trogolo
	Palm Harbor, Florida, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 April	Houston, Texas, USA Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	Heinz Günthardt 6–4, 6–4	Victor Amaya	José Luis Clerc Carlos Kirmayr	Patrick Proisy Heinz Günthardt Shlomo Glickstein Ferdi Taygan
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–4, 6–3	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt
14 April	Jack Kramer Open Los Angeles, USA Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	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 April	Alan King Tennis Classic Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Hard – $300,000 – S32/D16	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 April	World Championship Tennis Finals Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet – $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 – $175,000 – S32/D16	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 May	Forest Hills WCT Forest Hills, New York, USA Clay – $300,000 – S64/D32	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	Paul McNamee Peter McNamara
	World Team Cup, Germany Clay – $414,000 – S16/D8	Argentina 3–0	Italy
12 May	Florence, Italy Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Adriano Panatta 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Raúl Ramírez	Gianni Ocleppo Phil Dent	José Luis Clerc Sven Simonsson John Alexander Jean-François Caujolle
		Raúl Ramírez Gene Mayer 6–1, 6–4	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta
	Hamburg, Germany Clay – $250,000 – S56/D28	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 – S64/D32	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, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 June	French Open Paris, France Clay	Björn Borg 6–4, 6–1, 6–2	Vitas Gerulaitis	Harold Solomon Jimmy Connors	Corrado Barazzutti Guillermo Vilas Hans Gildemeister Wojciech Fibak
		Victor Amaya Brian Gottfried 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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 June	Manchester, England Grass – $25,000 – S64/D32	Roscoe Tanner 6–3, 6–4	Stan Smith	Brian Teacher Dick Stockton	Tim Wilkison John Sadri Dennis Ralston Pat Du Pré
		Tim Wilkison John Sadri 6–3, 6–4	Dennis Ralston Roscoe Tanner
9 June	Brussels, Belgium Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 London, England Grass – $200,000 – S64/D32	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 June	Surbiton, England Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	Ángel Giménez 1–6, 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 June 30 June	Wimbledon London, England Grass	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 July	Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – $125,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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 July	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	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
	Boston, Massachusetts, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	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
	Stuttgart Outdoor Stuttgart, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 July	Dutch Open Hilversum, Netherlands Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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, D.C., USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	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 July	Volvo International North Conway, New Hampshire, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	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 – S32/D16	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 August	Columbus, Ohio, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 Eliot Teltscher
	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	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 August	Cleveland, Ohio, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	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	Fred McNair Sashi Menon
	Canadian Open Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	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, Vermont, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 August	Atlanta, Georgia, USA Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	Harold Solomon 7–5, 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
26 August	US Open Flushing Meadow, New York, USA Hard	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 7–5, 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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 September	Bournemouth, England Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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
	Palermo, Sicily, Italy Clay – $100,000 – S32/D16	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	Francisco González / Raymond Moore Marty Riessen / Sherwood Stewart	Andrew Pattison / Butch Walts Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister Wojciech Fibak / Heinz Günthardt Kevin Curren / Steve Denton
22 September	Bordeaux, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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
	San Francisco, California, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S64/D32	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 September	Madrid, Spain Carpet – $175,000 – S64/D32	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
	Maui, Hawaii, USA Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16	Eliot Teltscher 7–6, 6–3	Tim Wilkison	Trey Waltke Bill Scanlon	Mel Purcell Bernard Mitton Sandy Mayer Wojciech Fibak
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–7, 7–6, 6–2	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 October	Torneo Godó Barcelona, Spain Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	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 Urpi
		Ivan Lendl Steve Denton 6–2, 6–7, 6–3	Pavel Složil Balázs Taróczy
	Brisbane, Australia Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–3, 6–4	Phil Dent	Rod Frawley Dale Collings	Chris Delaney Mark Edmondson Richard Meyer Tony Roche
		John McEnroe Matt Mitchell	Phil Dent Rod Frawley
	Tel Aviv Open Tel Aviv, Israel Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 October	European Open Indoor Championships Basel, Switzerland Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	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
	Taipei, Taiwan Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–3, 6–4	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 October	Melbourne Indoor Melbourne, Australia Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	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 Carpet – $125,000 – S64/D32	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 – $100,000 – S64/D32	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 6–4, 6–2	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil
27 October	Cologne, Germany Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – $300,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–1, 6–2	Tim 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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 November	Hong Kong Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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 – $200,000 – S32/D16	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 November	Bogotá, Colombia Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–4, 6–4, 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 November	Bangkok, Thailand Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 – $75,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 6–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3	Rolf Gehring	Víctor Pecci José Luis Damiani	Peter Elter Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister Ricardo Ycaza
		Andrés Gómez Hans Gildemeister 6–4, 7–5	Ángel Giménez Jairo Velasco, Sr.
24 November	Santiago, Chile Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	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 – S32/D16	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 December	WCT Challenge Cup Canada Carpet – S8	John McEnroe 6–1, 2–6, 6–1	Vijay Amritraj	Eliot Teltscher Peter Fleming	Wojciech Fibak Ilie Năstase Harold Solomon Shlomo Glickstein
	Sofia, Bulgaria Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	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
15 December	New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32	Fritz Buehning 6–3, 6–7, 7–6	Brian Teacher	Paul McNamee Russell Simpson	Phil Dent John Sadri Shlomo Glickstein Brian Teacher
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6–2, 6–4	Vitas Gerulaitis Brian Gottfried
22 December 29 December	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grass	Brian Teacher 7–5, 7–6(4), 6–3	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 of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 January
	Masters Doubles WCT London, Great Britain Carpet – $200,000 – D8	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	Heinz Günthardt / Sandy Mayer Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
14 January	Volvo Masters New York, USA Carpet – $400,000 – S8/D4	Björn Borg 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	Ivan Lendl	Gene Mayer Jimmy Connors	Round Robin John McEnroe José Luis Clerc 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

Grand Prix rankings

As of 1 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 (December 1980) Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change 1 Björn Borg = 2 John McEnroe +1 3 Jimmy Connors -1 4 Gene Mayer +8 5 Guillermo Vilas +1 6 Ivan Lendl +14 7 Harold Solomon +1 8 José Luis Clerc +8 9 Vitas Gerulaitis –5 10 Eliot Teltscher +17 11 Brian Gottfried +17 12 Brian Teacher +49 13 Eddie Dibbs –3 14 Roscoe Tanner –9 15 Wojciech Fibak = 16 John Sadri +14 17 Victor Amaya +6 18 Johan Kriek +17 19 Balázs Taróczy +26 20 Vijay Amritraj +14

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
• Roscoe Tanner (1) Manchester
• 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

References

External links

• ATP Archive 1980: Volvo Grand Prix Tournaments
• History Mens Professional Tours

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.