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.
The table below shows the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix schedule.
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.
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
Roscoe Tanner (1) Manchester
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
