1980 Avon Championships of Boston

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1980 Avon Championships of Boston
DateMarch 10–16
Edition7th
CategoryVirginia Slims circuit
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$125,000
Surface Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor
Location Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Venue Walter Brown Arena
Boston Garden
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Casals / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull
  1979  · Virginia Slims of Boston ·  1981  

The 1980 Avon Championships of Boston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena [a] in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from Monday, March 10 through Sunday March 16, 1980. [1] First-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money. [3]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin defeated Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Casals / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull defeated Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King / Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Ilana Kloss 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Prel. round
Singles [1] $24,000$14,000$6,350$3,000$1,600$900$600

Notes

  1. The finals on Sunday were played at the Boston Garden. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 355, 362.
  2. Bud Collins (March 7, 1980). "School's out... but money's rolling in" . The Boston Globe . p. 36 via Newspapers.com. The occasion is the Boston layover on the Avon professional tour: six days at Boston University's shrine [...] and a Sunday final at Ghastly Garden.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation . London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 181, 183. ISBN   9780362020342.