The 1980 Birmingham International Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the eighth and last edition of the Grand Prix Birmingham, and part of the 1980 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It took place in Birmingham, Alabama, United States from January 14 through January 20, 1980. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title, his sixth at the event.
Finals
Singles
Jimmy Connors defeated Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 6–2 It was Connors' 1st singles title of the year and the 80th of his career.
Doubles
Wojciech Fibak / Tom Okker defeated José Luis Clerc / Ilie Nastase, 6–3, 6–3
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Rank1 SeedJimmy Connors21Vitas Gerulaitis42N/AN/AN/A3N/AN/AN/A4Eddie Dibbs105Peter Fleming136Wojciech Fibak157José Luis Clerc178 1 Rankings as of December 26, 1979.
Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers: Manuel Diaz Tim Garcia
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: David Dowlen Joel Bailey
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Country Player SeedPeter FlemingHeinz Gunthardt1Wojciech FibakTom Okker2Pat DupreStan Smith3Vijay AmritrajRaúl Ramírez4
References
External links ITF tournament edition details