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]

1980 Birmingham Open
DateJanuary 14–20
Edition8th
CategoryGrand Prix (WCT)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$175,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationBirmingham, United States
Champions
Singles
United States Jimmy Connors[1]
Doubles
Poland Wojciech Fibak / Netherlands Tom Okker[2]
← 1979 · ATP Birmingham

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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 Wojciech Fibak 15 7
  ARG José Luis Clerc 17 8
  • 1 Rankings as of December 26, 1979.[4]

Other entrants

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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

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Seed
  USA Peter Fleming    SWI Heinz Gunthardt 1
  POL Wojciech Fibak   NED Tom Okker 2
  USA Pat Dupre   USA Stan Smith 3
  IND Vijay Amritraj   MEX Raúl Ramírez 4

Finals

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Singles

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  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

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

References

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  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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