1980 Colgate Series Championships

The 1980 Colgate Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1980 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The eight singles players with the most ranking points qualified for the tournament. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from January 7 through January 12, 1981.[1] Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.[2][3][4][5]

1980 Colgate Series Championships
DateJanuary 7–12, 1981
Edition4th
CategoryVirginia Slims circuit
Draw8S / 4D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceCarpet (Sporteze) / indoor
LocationLandover, Maryland, U.S.
VenueCapital Centre
Champions
Singles
Tracy Austin
Doubles
Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull

Finals

Singles

Tracy Austin defeated Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull defeated Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)

Prize money

Event W F 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Singles [1] $75,000 $40,000 $22,000 $17,800 $11,000 $9,000 $7,000 $6,000
Doubles [1] $30,000 $16,000 $10,000 $7,000 NA NA NA NA

Doubles prize money is per team.

See also

References

  1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 503.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 164–166. ISBN 9780362020342.
  3. Neil Amdur (January 7, 1981). "Tennis Captures the Limelight". The New York Times.
  4. Ross Atkin (January 9, 1981). "Tennis; Tournaments in Limbo". The Christian Science Monitor.
  5. Neil Amdur (January 14, 1981). "Miss Austin Stakes Claim to No. 1 Spot". The New York Times.
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