1980 Birmingham Open

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]

1980 Birmingham Open
Date14 – 20 January
Edition8th
CategoryGrand Prix (WCT)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$175,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationBirmingham, United States
Champions
Singles
Jimmy Connors [1]
Doubles
Wojtek Fibak / Tom Okker [2]

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.[4]

Other entrants

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

Finals

Singles
Main article: 1980 Birmingham Open – 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
Main article: 1980 Birmingham Open – Doubles

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

References
  1. "1980 Birmingham – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1980 Birmingham – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. 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.
  4. "December 26, 1979 - ATP Rankings". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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