1980 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Singles

1980 World Championship Tennis Finals
Final
Champion|  Jimmy Connors
Runner-up|  John McEnroe
Score| 2-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2
Events
| Singles

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1980 tennis event results

John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the final 2-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2 to Jimmy Connors.

## Seeds

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A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

1. John McEnroe (final)
2. Jimmy Connors (champion)

## Draw

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### Key

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* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1 |  John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 |  |  | | |
|  |  Heinz Günthardt | 2 | 1 | 0 |  |  |
| | 1 |  John McEnroe | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 |  |
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| | |  |  Johan Kriek | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 |  |
|  |  Johan Kriek | 7 | 6 | 7 |  |  |

|  |  John Sadri | 5 | 4 | 5 |  |  |
| | 1 |  John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |  |
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| | | 2 |  Jimmy Connors | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 |  |
|  |  Vijay Amritraj | 4 | 1 | 3 |  |  | |

|  |  Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 6 |  |  |
| |  |  Ivan Lendl | 4 | 5 | 3 |  |  |
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| | | 2 |  Jimmy Connors | 6 | 7 | 6 |  |  |
|  |  Bill Scanlon | 6 | 6 | 4 |  |  |

| 2 |  Jimmy Connors | 7 | 7 | 6 |  |  |

## References

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* 1980 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw