1980 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles

Singles
1980 Benson & Hedges Championships
Champion	John McEnroe
Runner-up	Gene Mayer
Score	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Draw	32
Seeds	8

The 1980 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles 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 comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. First-seeded John McEnroe was the defending Wembley Championships singles champion and retained the singles title after a win in the final against second-seeded Gene Mayer, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.^[1][2]

	Semifinals							Final
	1	John McEnroe	6	6
	3	Harold Solomon	3	2
								1	John McEnroe	6	6	6
								2	Gene Mayer	4	3	3
		Stan Smith	0	4
	2	Gene Mayer	6	6

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	John McEnroe	6	6
		Trey Waltke	1	1				1	John McEnroe	6	6
		Bob Lutz	7	6					Bob Lutz	2	1
	Q	Billy Martin	6	4											1	John McEnroe	6	6
	Q	Richard Meyer	6	6	6										Q	Richard Meyer	3	3
		Mark Cox	2	7	3			Q	Richard Meyer	2	7	6
	7	Wojciech Fibak	6	6				7	Wojciech Fibak	6	6	4
		Christophe Roger-Vasselin	4	4																		1	John McEnroe	6	6
	3	Harold Solomon	4	6	6																	3	Harold Solomon	3	2
		Heinz Günthardt	6	2	4			3	Harold Solomon	5	6	6
		Sandy Mayer	7	6					Sandy Mayer	7	4	3
		Ilie Năstase	5	2											3	Harold Solomon	7	1	6
		Tomáš Šmíd	6	6												Tomáš Šmíd	5	6	3
		Roger Taylor	3	2					Tomáš Šmíd	6	6
		Colin Dibley	7	3	10				Colin Dibley	2	4
	5	Eliot Teltscher	5	6	8

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	Eddie Dibbs	6	6
		Robert Van't Hof	2	2				6	Eddie Dibbs	3	1
		Butch Walts	6	6					Butch Walts	6	6
		Hank Pfister	4	0												Butch Walts	1	3
		Stan Smith	4	6	6											Stan Smith	6	6
		Bill Scanlon	6	3	0				Stan Smith	5	7	6
	4	Brian Gottfried	6	4	7			4	Brian Gottfried	7	6	4
		Bernard Mitton	1	6	5																		Stan Smith	0	4
	8	Victor Amaya	7	7																		2	Gene Mayer	6	6
		Andrew Pattison	6	5				8	Victor Amaya	4	4
		Paul McNamee	6	6					Paul McNamee	6	6
		Gianni Ocleppo	4	4												Paul McNamee	2	3
		Johan Kriek	6	6	6										2	Gene Mayer	6	6
		Shlomo Glickstein	3	7	2				Johan Kriek	3	1
	2	Gene Mayer	6	6				2	Gene Mayer	6	6
		Paul Kronk	0	1

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