1980 Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships
Men's tennis tournament of 1980, Melbourne Indoor
1980 Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships | |||
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Date | 20–26 October | ||
Edition | 1st | ||
Category | Grand Prix | ||
Draw | 32S / 16D | ||
Prize money | $125,000 | ||
Surface | Carpet / indoor | ||
Location | Melbourne , Victoria, Australia | ||
Champions | |||
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Tennis tournament
The 1980 Hortico Melbourne Indoor Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tournament played on indoor carpet courts in the Frankston suburb of Melbourne , Victoria, Australia. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament , which was part of the 1980 Grand Prix tennis circuit , and was held from 20 October until 26 October 1980. First-seeded Vitas Gerulaitis won the singles title. [3] [4]
Finals
Singles
Vitas Gerulaitis
defeated
Peter McNamara
7–5, 6–3
- It was Gerulaitis's 3rd singles title of the year and the 18th of his career.
Doubles
Fritz Buehning
/
Ferdi Taygan
defeated
John Sadri
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Tim Wilkison
6–1, 6–2
References
- ↑ "1980 Melbourne– Singles draw" . Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑ "1980 Melbourne– Doubles draw" . Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ↑ "Indoor tennis" . The Canberra Times . 27 October 1980. p. 19 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ John Barrett , ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation . London: Queen Anne Press . pp. 123–124. ISBN 9780362020342 .