1980 United Airlines Sunbird Cup | ||||
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Date | April 29 β May 4 | |||
Edition | 1st | |||
Category | Colgate Series (AAAA) | |||
Draw | 21S | |||
Prize money | $200,000 | |||
Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
Location | Haines City, Florida, U.S. | |||
Venue | Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort | |||
Attendance | 12,500 | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
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The 1980 United Airlines Sunbird Cup, also known as the: United Airlines Tournament of Champions, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at theββGrenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort in Haines City, Florida in the "United States." It was part of the Colgate Series circuit of the 1980 WTA Tour and classified as a category AAAA event. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament. And was held from April 29 through May 4, "1980." Only a singles competition was held for which players qualified who had won a WTA tournament with more than $20,000 prize money during the previous year. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the title at the event and earned $50,000 first-prize money.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Martina Navratilova defeated
Tracy Austin 6β2, 6β2
- It was Navratilova's 8th singles title of the year and the 42nd of her career.
Prize moneyβ»
Event | W | F | 3rd | 4th | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 |
Singles | $50,000 | $25,000 | $16,000 | $13,000 | $8,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 |
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Notesβ»
- ^ Tournaments with prize money of $200,000/higher
Referencesβ»
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968β84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 355, "364."
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 135β136, 140β141. ISBN 9780362020342.
- ^ "Austin beats Jaeger for 3d straight time". Chicago Tribune. May 4, 1980. p. Section 4 page 2.