1980 Grand Prix (tennis)
The 1980 Volvo Grand Prix was a men's professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments. The Grand Prix circuit is a precursor to the ATP Tour.
Volvo became the new tour sponsor of the Grand Prix circuit after Colgate-Palmolive decided to end its sponsorship.[1][2]
McEnroe playing in 1979 | |
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Duration | 1 January – 26 December |
Edition | 11th |
Tournaments | 83 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix (71) World Championship Tennis (8) Team Events (1) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | John McEnroe (9) |
Most tournament finals | John McEnroe (15) |
Prize money leader | Björn Borg |
Points leader | John McEnroe (2,342) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Björn Borg |
Comeback player of the year | Arthur Ashe |
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Schedule
The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 Jan | Volvo Masters New York, USA Carpet (i) – $400,000 – S8/D4 Singles – Doubles |
Björn Borg 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
Ivan Lendl | Gene Mayer Jimmy Connors |
John McEnroe Guillermo Vilas Harold Solomon |
John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–3 |
Peter McNamara Paul McNamee |
Standings
The 1980 Grand Prix tournaments were divided in 12 separate point categories, ranging from the Grand Slam tournaments (350 points for the winner) to the smallest Regular Series tournaments (50 points for the winner). At the end of the year the top-ranked players received a bonus from a $750,000 bonus pool. To qualify for a bonus a player must have participated in at least three Grand Prix tournaments with a prize money of $175,000 or more as well as three tournaments with prize money of $50,000–$75,000 during weeks when a $75,000 event is scheduled.
Rk | Name | Points | Bonus |
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1 | John McEnroe (USA) | 2,342 | $300,000 |
2 | Ivan Lendl (TCH) | 2,110 | $200,000 |
3 | Jimmy Connors (USA) | 1,981 | $150,000 |
4 | Björn Borg (SWE) | 1,954 | $100,000 |
5 | Gene Mayer (USA) | 1,643 | $80,000 |
6 | Harold Solomon (USA) | 1,509 | $60,000 |
7 | Guillermo Vilas (ARG) | 1,457 | $50,000 |
8 | José Luis Clerc (ARG) | 1,349 | $40,000 |
9 | Eliot Teltscher (USA) | 1,279 | $35,000 |
10 | Brian Teacher (USA) | 1,208 | $30,000 |
ATP rankings
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*Due to the date of the Australian Open, the official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 4th, 1981 rather than the last rankings released in 1980.
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- Victor Amaya (1) Washington-2
- Vijay Amritraj (2) Newport, Bangkok
- Corrado Barazzutti (1) Cairo
- Dominique Bedel (1) Bogotá
- Björn Borg (8) Boca Raton, WCT Invitational, Nice, Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, French Open, Wimbledon, Stockholm
- Fritz Buehning (1) Sydney Outdoor
- José Luis Clerc (6) Costa Rica, South Orange, Indianapolis, Madrid, Quito, Buenos Aires
- Jimmy Connors (6) Birmingham, Philadelphia, Dallas, North Conway, Taiwan, Tokyo Indoor
- Eddie Dibbs (2) Sarasota, Boston
- Colin Dibley (1) Perth
- Peter Feigl (1) Nigeria
- Wojciech Fibak (3) Dayton, New Orleans, São Paulo
- Rolf Gehring (1) Munich
- Vitas Gerulaitis (3) Forest Hills, Stuttgart Outdoor, Melbourne Indoor
- Ángel Giménez (2) Vienna, Bournemouth
- Shlomo Glickstein (1) Hobart
- Brian Gottfried (4) Surbiton, Washington, D.C., Vienna, Paris Indoor
- Heinz Günthardt (3) Rotterdam, Johannesburg, Gstaad
- Per Hjertquist (1) Sofia
- Ivan Lendl (7) Houston, Toronto, Barcelona, Basel, Tokyo Outdoor, Hong Kong, Taiwan
- Robert Lutz (3) Columbus, Stowe, Cologne
- Mario Martínez (1) Bordeaux
- Gene Mayer (5) Denver, Metz, Los Angeles, Cleveland, San Francisco
- John McEnroe (9) Richmond WCT, Memphis, Milan, Queen's Club, US Open, Brisbane, Sydney Indoor, Wembley, WCT Challenge Cup
- Peter McNamara (1) Brussels
- Paul McNamee (1) Palm Harbor
- Adriano Panatta (1) Florence
- Víctor Pecci (1) Santiago
- Raúl Ramírez (1) Puerto Rico
- John Sadri (1) Auckland
- Howard Schoenfield (1) Tulsa
- Tomáš Šmíd (2) Stuttgart Indoor, Bologna
- Stan Smith (1) Frankfurt
- Harold Solomon (4) Baltimore WCT, Hamburg, Cincinnati, Tel Aviv
- Balázs Taróczy (3) Båstad, Hilversum, Geneva
- Brian Teacher (1) Australian Open
- Eliot Teltscher (2) Atlanta, Maui
- Guillermo Vilas (3) Rome, Kitzbühel, Palermo
- Kim Warwick (1) Johannesburg
The following players won their first title in 1980:
- Dominique Bedel Bogotá
- Per Hjertquist Sofia
- Ivan Lendl Houston
- Paul McNamee Palm Harbor
See also
Notes
- Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
- Fleming's partner was incorrectly listed by the ATP as Eliot Teltscher. It was actually Brian Teacher as listed by the ITF.[4]
- Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
- Doubles event not officially listed by ATP.
References
- "Volvo Will Sponsor Men's Tour". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. Oct 11, 1979.
- Christy Barbee (Apr 22, 1979). "Let tennis take heart; tennis is richer than ever". The Spokesman-Review. AP.
- "Money For A Rainy Day". The Evening Independent. Feb 19, 1980.
- "Columbus Doubles 1980". itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
External links
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.