1980 Australian Open - Men's Singles
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Brian Teacher
Brian Teacher
Brian David Teacher is a 6' 3" right handed American former professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981....

 defeated Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...

 7–5 7–6 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1980 Australian Open
1980 Australian Open
The 1980 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 69th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 26 December 1980 through 4 January 1981.-Men's Singles:...

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See also:
1980 Australian Open - Women's Singles
1980 Australian Open - Women's Singles
Hana Mandlíková defeated Wendy Turnbull 6–0 7–5 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1980 Australian Open.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...

1980 Australian Open - Men's Doubles
1980 Australian Open - Women's Doubles
1980 Australian Open - Mixed Doubles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Brian Teacher
Brian Teacher
Brian David Teacher is a 6' 3" right handed American former professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981....

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1.   Guillermo Vilas
    Guillermo Vilas
    Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...

    , (Semifinals)
  2.   Ivan Lendl
    Ivan Lendl
    Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...

    , (Second Round)
  3.   José Luis Clerc
    José Luis Clerc
    José Luis Clerc is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history....

    , (Second Round)
  4.   Vitas Gerulaitis
    Vitas Gerulaitis
    Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was a Lithuanian–American professional tennis player. He is known for winning the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Gerulaitis won the tournament held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament...

    , (First Round)
  5.   Brian Gottfried
    Brian Gottfried
    Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No....

    , (Third Round)
  6.   John Sadri
    John Sadri
    John Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States.Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No...

    , (Quarterfinals)
  7.   Victor Amaya
    Victor Amaya
    Victor Amaya is a former American male professional tour tennis player.The left-handed Amaya's career high ranking was World No. 15, which he attained in June, 1980....

    , (Third Round)


  1.   Brian Teacher
    Brian Teacher
    Brian David Teacher is a 6' 3" right handed American former professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981....

    , (Champion)

  2.   Yannick Noah
    Yannick Noah
    Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...

    , (First Round)
  3.   Bill Scanlon
    Bill Scanlon
    Bill Scanlon is a former tennis player from the United States, who won nine singles and two doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on January 9, 1984, when he reached number 9...

    , (Quarterfinals)
  4.   Victor Pecci, Sr., (Second Round)
  5.   Paul McNamee
    Paul McNamee
    Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.-Tennis career:...

    , (Quarterfinals)
  6.   Peter Fleming, (First Round)
  7.   Kim Warwick
    Kim Warwick
    Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...

    , (Finals)
  8.   Peter McNamara
    Peter McNamara
    Peter McNamara is a retired Australian tennis player.He won five singles and nineteen doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March 1983 when he became World number 7...

    , (Semifinals)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • L = Loser
  • r. = retired

Final Eight

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Section 3

Section 4

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