1980 French Open - Women's Singles
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Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

 defeated Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Ruzici
Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....

 6-0 6-3 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1980 French Open
1980 French Open
List of the 1980 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Björn Borg def. Vitas Gerulaitis, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2*It was Borg's 9th career Grand Slam title, and his 5th French Open title.-Women's singles: Chris Evert def...

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See also:
1980 French Open - Men's Singles
1980 French Open - Men's Singles
Björn Borg defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 6–4 6–1 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1980 French Open. See also:-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* r. = retired-Final Eight:-Section 1:-Section 2:...


Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Chris Evert
Chris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Chris Evert
    Chris Evert
    Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

     (Champion)

  2.   Billie Jean King
    Billie Jean King
    Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  3.   Wendy Turnbull
    Wendy Turnbull
    Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  4.   Virginia Wade
    Virginia Wade
    Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is a former English tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships. She won the women's singles championship at Wimbledon on 1 July 1977, in that tournament's centenary year, the last time any Briton has won a...

     (Third round)

  5.   Dianne Fromholtz
    Dianne Fromholtz
    Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Balestrat began playing tennis at the age of 7. She left school at the age of 16 to play in international tournaments...

     (Semifinalist)

  6.   Kathy Jordan
    Kathy Jordan
    Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  7.   Hana Mandlíková
    Hana Mandlíková
    Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

     (Semifinalist)

  8.   Virginia Ruzici
    Virginia Ruzici
    Virginia Ruzici is a former professional tennis player from Romania. She was born in Câmpia Turzii, Romania and turned professional in 1975. One of her main assets on court was her powerful forehand....

     (Finalist)



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  3.   Andrea Jaeger
    Andrea Jaeger
    Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...

     (First round)

  4.   Sylvia Hanika
    Sylvia Hanika
    Sylvia Hanika is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She is best remembered for finishing runner-up at the French Open in 1981, and for winning the Avon Championships in 1982. She was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world and played left-handed.-Career:Hanika turned professional in 1977...

     (Third round)

  5.   Caroline Stoll (Second round)

  6.   Mima Jaušovec
    Mima Jaušovec
    Mima Jaušovec is a Slovenian female former tennis player. She was born on July 20, 1956, in Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia). In singles she reached a career high of No. 6 in 1982, in doubles she reached a career high of No. 211 in 1986....

     (Third round)

  7.   Kate Latham
    Kate Latham
    Kate Latham is a former professional tennis player. She competed in Grand Slam tournaments from 1973 to 1984.-External links:...

     (First round)

  8.   Bettina Bunge
    Bettina Bunge
    Bettina Bunge is a retired German tennis player. She was born in Adliswil, Switzerland. She was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, and Eva Pfaff.-Career:With German nationality as the daughter of a...

     (Third round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

Finals

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

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