The 1980 Avon Championships were the ninth
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Organizations
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, the annual
tennis
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tournament for the best female tennis players on the
1980 WTA Tour. It was held in the week of 17 March 1980, in
Madison Square Garden in
New York City
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, United States.
Second-seeded
Tracy Austin
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won the singles title and earner $100,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Tracy Austin
Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. She won three Grand Slam titles: the women's singles titles at the 1979 and 1981 US Opens, and the mixed doubles title at the 1980 Wimbledon ...
defeated
Martina Navratilova, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Doubles
Billie Jean King /
Martina Navratilova defeated
Rosemary Casals
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/
Wendy Turnbull
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, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
See also
*
1980 Colgate Series Championships
References
External links
*
International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details
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