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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. Eight World Championship Tennis tournaments were incorporated into the circuit.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.
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== January 1981
=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.
ATP rankings
*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 4th, 1981.
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
World Championship Tennis
1980 WTA Tour
Notes
References
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.
External links
ATP 1980 archive results
History mens professional tours
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
- Indian Wells Masters
- Paris Masters
- Palais des Sports de Gerland
- Turnamen Internasional Brisbane
- Björn Borg
- Barcelona Terbuka
- Monte-Carlo Masters
- Serena Williams
- Stockholm Terbuka
- 1980 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1988 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1989 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1982 Grand Prix (tennis)
- Grand Prix tennis circuit
- 1976 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1981 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1972 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1970 Grand Prix (tennis)
- 1987 Grand Prix (tennis)
