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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. Eight World Championship Tennis tournaments were incorporated into the circuit.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.

Key

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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

<small>*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 4th, 1981.</small>

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

The following players won their first title in 1980:

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

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