1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Chris Evert Lloyd in the final, 6–1, 7–6^(7–4) to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was her seventh and last major singles title, becoming the first (and still only) mother to win the Wimbledon singles title since World War I. The second-set tiebreak was the first played in the ladies singles final at Wimbledon, and the match was the first singles final (men's or women's) to end on a tiebreak. Goolagong Cawley was the first Wimbledon champion to defeat four top-ten ranked players en route to victory.^[2]

Women's singles
1980 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Runner-up	Chris Evert Lloyd
Score	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Draw	96 (8 Q / 6 WC )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1980 Wimbledon Championships

Martina Navratilova was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Evert Lloyd in the semifinals in a rematch of the previous two year's finals.

Seeds

01.   Martina Navratilova (semifinals)

02.   Tracy Austin (semifinals)

03.   Chris Evert Lloyd (final)

04.   Evonne Goolagong Cawley (champion)

05.   Billie Jean King (quarterfinals)

06.   Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)

07.   Virginia Wade (fourth round)

08.   Dianne Fromholtz (fourth round)

09.   Hana Mandlíková (fourth round)

10.   Kathy Jordan (fourth round)

11.   Greer Stevens (quarterfinals)

12.   Virginia Ruzici (second round)

13.   Sue Barker (second round)

14.   Andrea Jaeger (quarterfinals)

15.   Regina Maršíková (second round)

16.   Sylvia Hanika (second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Main article: 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• 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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova	7	1	10
	5	Billie Jean King	6	6	8
								1	Martina Navratilova	6	4	2
								3	Chris Evert Lloyd	4	6	6
	3	Chris Evert Lloyd	6	6
	14	Andrea Jaeger	1	1
															3	Chris Evert Lloyd	1	64
															4	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6	77
	6	Wendy Turnbull	3	2
	4	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6	6
								4	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6	0	6
								2	Tracy Austin	3	6	4
	11	Greer Stevens	3	3
	2	Tracy Austin	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	M Navratilova	6	6
		I Kloss	0	3				1	M Navratilova	6	6
									R Fox	1	1
															1	M Navratilova	6	3	6
																T Harford	3	6	3
									R Casals	3	6	6
		T Harford	6	6					T Harford	6	4	8
		Y Vermaak	1	4																		1	M Navratilova	6	6
		M Carillo	2	1																		10	K Jordan	4	2
		P Teeguarden	6	6					P Teeguarden	6	7
									M Mesker	0	6
																P Teeguarden	4	3
															10	K Jordan	6	6
									K McDaniel	3	1
		K Sands	1	1				10	K Jordan	6	6
	10	K Jordan	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								16	S Hanika	3	6	7
		H Eisterlehner	4	6	1				P Shriver	6	1	9
		P Shriver	6	3	6											P Shriver	6	6
																B Jordan	4	4
									B Jordan	6	6
		D Gilbert	6	3	6				K Brasher	4	0
	WC	K Brasher	3	6	8																		P Shriver	7	6	8
		A Kiyomura	6	6																		5	BJ King	5	7	10
		Y Brzáková	3	1					A Kiyomura	6	3	4
									M Louie	3	6	6
																M Louie	2	2
		J DuVall	2	2											5	BJ King	6	6
		A Smith	6	6					A Smith	3	6
								5	BJ King	6	7

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	C Evert Lloyd	6	6
		N Yeargin	2	4					C Jolissaint	0	1
		C Jolissaint	6	6											3	C Evert Lloyd	6	6
																L Morse	1	4
									L Morse	6	6
		K Teacher	3	6	6				K Teacher	4	4
		R Tomanová	6	3	4																	3	C Evert Lloyd	6	6
																							J Russell	3	2
									D Morrison	6	2	3
		I Budařová	3	4					N Bohm	4	6	6
		N Bohm	6	6												N Bohm	1	6	3
																J Russell	6	3	6
									J Russell	6	3	6
		S Simmonds	6	4				12	V Ruzici	2	6	4
	12	V Ruzici	7	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	A Jaeger	6	6
	WC	A Cooper	3	3				14	A Jaeger	6	6
									M Redondo	2	3
															14	A Jaeger	6	6
																J Stratton	1	1
									J Stratton	7	4	7
		S Collins	3	2					D Desfor	5	6	5
		D Desfor	6	6																		14	A Jaeger	6	7
																						7	V Wade	2	6
									E Nagelsen	4	6	6
		K Latham	6	6					K Latham	6	1	4
		G Coles	4	0												E Nagelsen	7	5	3
															7	V Wade	6	7	6
									H Anliot	1	3
		I Madruga	4	4				7	V Wade	6	6
	7	V Wade	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								6	W Turnbull	6	6
		E Ekblom	6	6	6				E Ekblom	1	4
		L Allen	3	7	3										6	W Turnbull	6	6
																S Acker	3	2
									S Acker	6	3	6
		M-L Piatek	2	6	1			WC	D Jevans	1	6	2
	WC	D Jevans	6	4	6																	6	W Turnbull	6	6
																						Q	L Forood	0	2
									D-h Lee	4	1
		A Tobin-Evans	3	4				Q	L Forood	6	6
	Q	L Forood	6	6											Q	L Forood	6	2	6
	WC	L Geeves	6	3	3											BA Dent	2	6	3
		BA Dent	3	6	6				BA Dent	3	7	6
								13	S Barker	6	5	2

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								9	H Mandlíková	6	6	6
		W White	6	6					W White	4	7	4
	Q	P Whytcross	2	3											9	H Mandlíková	6	6
																R Fairbank	2	4
								Q	A Buchanan	1	2
		R Fairbank	6	6					R Fairbank	6	6
		T Lewis	4	4																		9	H Mandlíková	7	3	1
																						4	E Goolagong Cawley	6	6	6
									A Hobbs	0	4
		B Stöve	7	6					B Stöve	6	6
	Q	L Antonoplis	6	2												B Stöve	6	2	3
															4	E Goolagong Cawley	3	6	6
								Q	J Walker	2	2
		S Walsh	1	2				4	E Goolagong Cawley	6	6
	4	E Goolagong Cawley	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	D Fromholtz	7	6
		R McCallum	5	3				8	D Fromholtz	6	6
									B Simon	2	0
															8	D Fromholtz	6	6
	WC	L Charles	6	5	6											S Margolin	4	2
		J Harrington	3	7	1			WC	L Charles	6	6	3
									S Margolin	2	7	6
																						8	D Fromholtz	2	2
																						11	G Stevens	6	6
									B Norton	4	0
		J Durie	4	6	4				B Bunge	6	6
		B Bunge	6	4	6											B Bunge	4	3
															11	G Stevens	6	6
								Q	M Blackwood	3	1
		P Smith	1	4				11	G Stevens	6	6
	11	G Stevens	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								15	R Maršíková	2	6	1
		F Mihai	7	1	1			Q	S Saliba	6	3	6
	Q	S Saliba	6	6	6										Q	S Saliba	3	4
	WC	S Rollinson	2	2												T Holladay	6	6
		T Holladay	6	6					T Holladay	6	6
									S Mascarin	1	0
																							T Holladay	2	3
		R Gerulaitis	3	6																		2	T Austin	6	6
		R Blount	6	7					R Blount	6	5
									B Potter	7	7
																B Potter	2	7	2
															2	T Austin	6	6	6
								Q	N Gregory	1	2
		A Moulton	1	2				2	T Austin	6	6
	2	T Austin	6	6

See also

• Evert–Navratilova rivalry