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1980 Avon Championships of Detroit

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Date
  
February 18–24

Category
  
Virginia Slims circuit

Prize money
  
$200,000

Edition
  
8th

Draw
  
64S/16D

Surface
  
Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor

The 1980 Avon Championships of Detroit was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Cobo Hall & Arena in Detroit, Michigan in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships circuit. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from February 18 through February 24, 1980. Second-seeded Billie Jean King won the singles title and earned $35,000 first-prize money.

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Singles

Billie Jean King defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–0

  • It was King's first title of the year and the 124th of her career.
  • Doubles

    Billie Jean King / Ilana Kloss defeated Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

    References

    1980 Avon Championships of Detroit Wikipedia