From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1980 tennis event results
Four-time defending champion
Bjorn Borg
defeated
John McEnroe
in
the final
, 1?6, 7?5, 6?3, 6?7
(16?18)
, 8?6 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. It was his fifth consecutive
Wimbledon
title and tenth
major
title overall.
[1]
The final has often been called one of the greatest and most exciting matches of all time, and was the core of the
Borg?McEnroe rivalry
.
[2]
A dramatic depiction of the final featured as the central event of the 2017 movie
Borg vs McEnroe
.
Seeds
[
edit
]
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Harold Solomon
and
Yannick Noah
withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by Qualifiers
Kevin Curren
and
Wayne Hampson
respectively.
Qualifying
[
edit
]
Draw
[
edit
]
Finals
[
edit
]
Top half
[
edit
]
Section 1
[
edit
]
Section 2
[
edit
]
Section 3
[
edit
]
Section 4
[
edit
]
Bottom half
[
edit
]
Section 5
[
edit
]
Section 6
[
edit
]
Section 7
[
edit
]
Section 8
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Barrett, John (2014).
Wimbledon: The Official History
(4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing.
ISBN
9-781909-534230
.
- ^
"#10: 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles Final". In
ESPN SportCentury's Ten Greatest Games of the 20th Century
. ABC-TV. Original Air Date: 23 May 1999. Hosted by Al Michaels.
External links
[
edit
]