1980 Birmingham Open

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1980 Birmingham Open
DateJanuary 14–20
Edition8th
Category Grand Prix (WCT)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$175,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Birmingham, United States
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Connors [1]
Doubles
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Fibak / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Okker [2]
  1979  · ATP Birmingham

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 circuit. It took place in Birmingham, Alabama, United States from January 14 through January 20, 1980. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title, his sixth at the event. [3]

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jimmy Connors 21
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Vitas Gerulaitis 42
N/AN/AN/A3
N/AN/AN/A4
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eddie Dibbs 105
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Peter Fleming 136
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Wojciech Fibak 157
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG José Luis Clerc 178

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerSeed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Peter Fleming Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SWI Heinz Gunthardt 1
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Wojciech Fibak Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Tom Okker 2
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pat Dupre Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stan Smith 3
Flag of India.svg  IND Vijay Amritraj Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Raúl Ramírez 4

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Connors defeated Flag of the United States.svg Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Fibak / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Okker defeated Flag of Argentina.svg José Luis Clerc / Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Nastase, 6–3, 6–3

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References

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  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.
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