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) JohannesburgThe following players won their first title in 1980:
Dominique Bedel Bogotá Per Hjertquist Sofia Ivan Lendl Houston Paul McNamee Palm Harbor
