1980 Colgate Series Championships

1980 Colgate Series Championships
Date	January 7–12, 1981
Edition	4th
Category	Virginia Slims circuit
Draw	8S / 4D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor
Location	Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Venue	Capital Centre
Champions
Singles
Tracy Austin
Doubles
Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull

The 1980 Colgate Series Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in the United States that was the season-ending tournament of the 1980 Colgate World Championship Series. The eight singles players with the most ranking points qualified for the tournament. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from January 7 through January 12, 1981.^[1] Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $75,000 first-prize money.^[2][3][4][5]

Finals

Singles

Tracy Austin defeated Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull defeated Candy Reynolds / Paula Smith 6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)

Prize money

Event	W	F	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Singles [1]	$75,000	$40,000	$22,000	$17,800	$11,000	$9,000	$7,000	$6,000
Doubles [1]	$30,000	$16,000	$10,000	$7,000	NA	NA	NA	NA

Doubles prize money is per team.

See also

• 1980 Avon Championships

References

1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 503.
2. John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 164–166. ISBN 9780362020342.
3. Neil Amdur (January 7, 1981). "Tennis Captures the Limelight". The New York Times.
4. Ross Atkin (January 9, 1981). "Tennis; Tournaments in Limbo". The Christian Science Monitor.
5. Neil Amdur (January 14, 1981). "Miss Austin Stakes Claim to No. 1 Spot". The New York Times.

External links

• International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details