1980 Wimbledon Championships


The 1980 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England. The tournament ran from 23 June until 5 July. It was the 94th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1980.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1980 championships was £293,464. The winner of the men's title earned £20,000 while the women's singles champion earned £18,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£20,000£10,000£5,000£2,500£1,600£850£500£300
Women's Singles£18,000£8,750£4,375£2,000£1,245£660£390£230
Men's Doubles *£8,400£4,200£2,100£1,050£570£190£90
Women's Doubles *£7,276£3,638£1,680£840£400£130£62
Mixed Doubles *£4,420£2,210£1,050£520£260£0£0

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Björn Borg defeated John McEnroe, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6
Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Chris Evert Lloyd 6–1, 7–6
Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee defeated Bob Lutz / Stan Smith, 7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith defeated Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
John Austin / Tracy Austin defeated Mark Edmondson / Dianne Fromholtz, 4–6, 7–6 , 6–3

Boys' Singles

Thierry Tulasne defeated Hans-Dieter Beutel, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Debbie Freeman defeated Susan Leo, 7–6, 7–5

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Björn Borg
  2. John McEnroe '
  3. Jimmy Connors '
  4. Vitas Gerulaitis '
  5. Roscoe Tanner '
  6. Gene Mayer '
  7. Peter Fleming '
  8. Víctor Pecci '
  9. Pat DuPré '
  10. Ivan Lendl '
  11. Harold Solomon '
  12. Yannick Noah '
  13. Wojciech Fibak '
  14. Victor Amaya '
  15. Stan Smith '
  16. José Luis Clerc

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Navratilova '
  18. Tracy Austin '
  19. Chris Evert Lloyd '
  20. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  21. Billie Jean King '
  22. Wendy Turnbull '
  23. Virginia Wade '
  24. Dianne Fromholtz '
  25. Hana Mandlíková '
  26. Kathy Jordan '
  27. Greer Stevens '
  28. Virginia Ruzici '
  29. Sue Barker '
  30. Andrea Jaeger '
  31. Regina Maršíková '
  32. Sylvia Hanika