1980 Daihatsu Challenge

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1980 Daihatsu Challenge
Date20–26 October
Edition3rd
Category Colgate Series (AAA)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$125,000
Surface Carpet (Supreme) / indoor
Location Brighton, England
Venue Brighton Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert-Lloyd
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith
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The 1980 Daihatsu Challenge was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Brighton Centre in Brighton in England. The event was part of the AAA [lower-alpha 1] category of the 1980 Colgate Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 20 October through 25 October 1980. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money. [2] [1]

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

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Carpet court type of tennis court

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Brighton Centre conference and exhibition centre

Brighton Centre is a conference and exhibition centre located in Brighton, England. It is the largest of its kind in southern England, and is regularly used for conferences of the British political parties and other bodies of national importance. The venue has the capacity to accommodate up to 5,000 delegates, although rooms in the building can be used for weddings and banquets.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert-Lloyd defeated Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova 6–4, 5–7, 6–3

Martina Navratilova American-Czech tennis player

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Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Jordan / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith defeated Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve 6–3, 7–5

Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won seven Grand Slam titles, five of them in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. She also was the 1983 Australian Open women's singles runner-up and won three singles titles and 42 doubles titles.

Anne Smith American tennis player

Anne Smith is an educational psychologist known for her past as a professional tennis player from the United States.

Betty Stöve Dutch tennis player

Betty Stöve is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles [2] $22,000$11,000$5,875$2,800$1,400$700

Notes

  1. ↑ Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $125,000. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 355, 374.
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