1980 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1980 Benson & Hedges Championships
ChampionUnited States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Runner-upUnited States Bill Scanlon
United States Eliot Teltscher
Score7–5, 6–3
Draw16
Seeds4

The 1980 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1980 Benson & Hedges Championships tennis tournament and was played on iindoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 11 November and 16 November 1980. The draw consisted of 16 teams and four of them were seeded. The first-seeded team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending Wembley Championships doubles champions and retained the singles title after a straight-sets win in the final against unseeded pairing Bill Scanlon and Eliot Teltscher, 7–5, 6–3.[1][2]

Seeds

  1. United States Peter Fleming / United States John McEnroe (champions)
  2. United States Bob Lutz / United States Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Gene Mayer / United States Sandy Mayer (semifinals)
  4. United States Brian Gottfried / South Africa Frew McMillan (first round)

Draw

Key

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
4 6 6
Poland Wojciech Fibak
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6 4 1 1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 7
United States Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
6 6 6 United States Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
4 6
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
United Kingdom Richard Lewis
1 7 3 1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
6 6
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Australia Paul McNamee
6 6 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Paul Kronk
1 0
4 United States Brian Gottfried
South Africa Frew McMillan
3 2 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Australia Paul McNamee
6 1 4
Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Paul Kronk
6 3 6 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Paul Kronk
4 6 6
United States Richard Meyer
France Christophe Roger-Vasselin
2 6 1 1 United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
7 6
United States Johan Kriek
South Africa Bernard Mitton
4 6 7 United States Bill Scanlon
United States Eliot Teltscher
5 3
Romania Ilie Năstase
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
6 4 5 United States Johan Kriek
South Africa Bernard Mitton
3 United States Gene Mayer
United States Sandy Mayer
6 6 3 United States Gene Mayer
United States Sandy Mayer
w/o
United States Victor Amaya
United States Hank Pfister
2 1 3 United States Gene Mayer
United States Sandy Mayer
5 7 3
United States Bill Scanlon
United States Eliot Teltscher
6 6 United States Bill Scanlon
United States Eliot Teltscher
7 5 6
Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison
United States Butch Walts
2 4 United States Bill Scanlon
United States Eliot Teltscher
6 6
United States Billy Martin
New Zealand Russell Simpson
3 4 2 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
4 2
2 United States Bob Lutz
United States Stan Smith
6 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 9780362020342.
  2. ^ "1980 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).