Brian Teacher defeated Kim Warwick in the final, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1980 Australian Open. The men's tournament was held from late December to early January 1981 – separately from the women's event, which was already held during late November.

Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Vilas was the No. 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977, and won four Grand Slam tournaments, one year-end Masters, nine Grand Prix Super Se ...

was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Warwick.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Brian Teacher is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

''(semifinals)'' # Ivan Lendl ''(second round)'' #

José Luis Clerc José Luis Clerc (born 16 August 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 4 singles ranking on 3 August 1981, following a run of 25 consecutive matc ...

''(second round)'' # Vitas Gerulaitis ''(first round)'' # Brian Gottfried ''(third round)'' # John Sadri ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Victor Amaya Victor Amaya (born July 2, 1954) is a retired tennis player from the U.S. The left-handed Amaya's career-high singles ranking was World No. 15, attained in August 1980. One of Amaya's memorable matches was a loss to Björn Borg in the first ro ...

''(third round)'' # Brian Teacher (champion) #

Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade c ...

''(first round)'' #

Bill Scanlon William Neil Scanlon (November 13, 1956 – June 2, 2021) was a tennis player from the United States, who won seven singles and two doubles titles during his 13-year professional career. The right-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Víctor Pecci Sr. ''(second round)'' # Paul McNamee ''(quarterfinals)'' # Peter Fleming ''(first round)'' # Kim Warwick ''(final)'' #

Peter McNamara Peter McNamara (5 July 1955 – 20 July 2019) was an Australian tennis player and coach. McNamara won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March ...

''(semifinals)'' # Phil Dent ''(third round)''

Qualifying

Draw

Key

* Q =

Qualifier In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which ''modifies'' the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", provi ...

* WC = Wild card * LL =

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...

* r =

Retired Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload. Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...

Final eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1980 Australian Open Men's Singles draw

1980 Australian Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1980 Australian Open - Men's Singles Mens singles Australian Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles