Avon Championships of Houston 1980

Avon Championships of Houston 1980
date	February 25, 1980 - March 2, 1980
Edition	10
navigation	1979  ◄  1980  ►  1981
WTA tour
venue	Houston United States
Tournament number	706
category	Avon Championships Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	33E / 15D
Prize money	US $ 150,000
Last year's winner	Martina Navrátilová
Last year's winner (double)	Martina Navrátilová Janet Newberry
Winner	Billie Jean King
Winner (doubles)	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss
As of August 3, 2018

The 1980 Avon Championships of Houston was a women's tennis tournament in Houston . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1980 and took place from February 25 to March 2, 1980.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová final 02.  Tracy Austin Quarter finals 03.  Billie Jean King victory 04th  Wendy Turnbull Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Dianne Fromholtz Quarter finals 06th  Sue Barker Quarter finals 07th  Virginia Ruzici Quarter finals 08th.  Greer Stevens Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Martina Navrátilová

6th

7th

4th

Wendy Turnbull

2

6th

1

Martina Navrátilová

1

3

3

Billie Jean King

6th

6th

3

Billie Jean King

7th

7th

8th

Greer Stevens

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

D. Morrison

0

2

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

C. Stoll

3

2

S. Margolin

2

3

C. Stoll

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

7th

6th

7th

V. Ruzici

5

2

L. Allen

6th

2

4th

P. Shriver

4th

6th

6th

P. Shriver

4th

3

7th

V. Ruzici

6th

6th

P. Smith

3

2

7th

V. Ruzici

6th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

W. Turnbull

7th

6th

S. Hanika

6th

1

4th

W. Turnbull

6th

6th

R. Casals

2

3

R. Casals

6th

6th

M. Jaušovec

4th

4th

4th

W. Turnbull

6th

6th

5

D. Fromholtz

4th

2

L. duPont

6th

3

7th

B. Stöve

2

6th

6th

L. duPont

0

3

5

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

M. Redondo

3

0

5

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

S. Barker

6th

6th

G. Coles

2

2

6th

S. Barker

6th

6th

Z. Garrison

1

3

C. Jolissaint

3

4th

R. Blount

2

r

Z. Garrison

6th

6th

Z. Garrison

1

6th

S. Barker

4th

5

3

BJ King

6th

7th

R. McCallum

3

6th

6th

A. Kiyomura

6th

3

3

R. McCallum

5

4th

3

BJ King

7th

6th

R. Maršíková

7th

6th

4th

3

BJ King

5

7th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

G. Stevens

7th

6th

B. Bunge

6th

3

8th

G. Stevens

6th

6th

T. Holladay

4th

0

B. Potter

4th

6th

T. Holladay

6th

7th

8th

G. Stevens

6th

6th

2

T. Austin

0

4th

S. Acker

6th

7th

C. Meyer

3

6th

S. Acker

5

1

2

T. Austin

7th

6th

K. Latham

1

0

2

T. Austin

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss   victory 02.  Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull   final 03.  Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura   1 round 04th  Laura duPont Pam Shriver   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

BJ King I. Kloss

w.

O.

R. Blount C. Stoll

1

BJ King I. Kloss

7th

6th

B. Bunge M. Jaušovec

6th

6th

6th

B. Bunge M. Jaušovec

6th

0

L. Allen D. Morrison

2

7th

2

1

BJ King I. Kloss

6th

6th

4th

L. duPont P. Shriver

6th

6th

4th

L. duPont P. Shriver

3

1

R. McCallum B. Potter

2

1

4th

L. duPont P. Shriver

6th

4th

7th

S. Acker G. Stevens

6th

6th

7th

S. Acker G. Stevens

3

6th

6th

S. Hanika R. Maršíková

1

7th

5

1

BJ King I. Kloss

3

6th

6th

C. Meyer P. Smith

4th

6th

7th

2

B. Stove W. Turnbull

6th

1

4th

K. Latham S. Margolin

6th

1

6th

C. Meyer P. Smith

5

6th

1

D. Fromholtz, T. Holladay

6th

7th

6th

D. Fromholtz, T. Holladay

7th

4th

6th

3

S. Barker A. Kiyomura

7th

6th

4th

D. Fromholtz, T. Holladay

6th

3

1

2

B. Stove W. Turnbull

2

6th

6th

G. Coles C. Jolissaint

1

2

R. Casals V. Ruzici

6th

2

0

2

B. Stove W. Turnbull

6th

6th

2

B. Stove W. Turnbull

0

6th

6th

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Avon Championships of Houston 1980 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Avon Championships of Houston 1980 (English) on the ITF website