1980 BMW Challenge
1980 BMW Challenge | |
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Date | 16–21 June |
Edition | 7th |
Category | Colgate Series (AAA)[a] |
Draw | 64S / 32D |
Prize money | $125,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
Venue | Devonshire Park |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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Doubles | |
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The 1980 BMW Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of the Colgate Series category of the 1980 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 16 June through 21 June 1980.[2] Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.[2][1]
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit] Tracy Austin defeated
Wendy Turnbull 7–6(7–3), 6–2
- It was Austin's 7th singles title of the year and the 17th of her career.
Doubles
[edit] Kathy Jordan /
Anne Smith defeated
Pam Shriver /
Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–1
Prize money
[edit]Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
Singles [2] | $22,000 | $11,000 | $5,000 | $2,700 | $1,350 | $700 | $325 |
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 136, 142–143. ISBN 9780362020342.
- ^ a b c John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 355, 366.