1980 Birmingham Open

1980 Birmingham Open
Date 14 – 20 January
Edition 8th
Category Grand Prix (WCT)
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $175,000
Surface Carpet / Indoor
Location Birmingham, United States
Champions
Singles
United States Jimmy Connors
Doubles
Poland Wojtek Fibak / Netherlands Tom Okker

The 1980 Birmingham Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 8th and last edition of the Grand Prix Birmingham, and part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix. It took place in Birmingham, United States from 14 January through 20 January 1980.

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.[1]

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

Champions

Singles

Doubles

References

  1. ↑ "December 26, 1979 - ATP Rankings". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "1980 Birmingham Results Archive". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).


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