1980 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles

1980 Wimbledon Championships
1979 champions   Greer Stevens
Bob Hewitt
Champions   Tracy Austin
John Austin
Runners-up   Dianne Fromholtz
Mark Edmondson
Final score   4–6, 7–6 (8–6), 6–3
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    men    women    seniors
WC Doubles    men    women  

Greer Stevens and Bob Hewitt were the defending champions but only Stevens competed that year with Colin Dowdeswell.

Stevens and Dowdeswell lost in the quarterfinals to Tracy Austin and John Austin.

The Austins won in the final 4–6, 7–6 (8–6), 6–3 against Dianne Fromholtz and Mark Edmondson.

Contents

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. Four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan (Semifinals)
  2. Billie Jean King / Dick Stockton (Quarterfinals)
  3. Evonne Goolagong Cawley / John Newcombe (Second Round)
  4. Wendy Turnbull / Ross Case (Semifinals)
  1. Anne Smith / Vijay Amritraj (Second Round)
  2. Dianne Fromholtz / Mark Edmondson (Final)
  3. Greer Stevens / Colin Dowdeswell (Quarterfinals)
  4. Rosemary Casals / Anand Amritraj (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
  1   Betty Stöve
  Frew McMillan
4 2    
    Tracy Austin
  John Austin
6 6    
      Tracy Austin
  John Austin
4 78 6
  6   Dianne Fromholtz
  Mark Edmondson
6 66 3
4   Wendy Turnbull
  Ross Case
6 4  
  6   Dianne Fromholtz
  Mark Edmondson
7 6    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1   B Stöve
  F McMillan
w/o      
    M Bueno
  V Pecci
6 6           M Bueno
  V Pecci
       
Q   N Sato
  J Kamiwazumi
4 4         1   B Stöve
  F McMillan
6 6    
    D Jevans
  A Jarrett
w/o               D Jevans
  A Jarrett
2 2    
    R Giscafre
  T Koch
              D Jevans
  A Jarrett
w/o    
        R Fox
  V Winitsky
       
      1   B Stöve
  F McMillan
7 6  
          A Kiyomura
  T Leonard
5 2  
        L Charles
  D Lloyd
6 3 2  
    A Kiyomura
  T Leonard
7 6           A Kiyomura
  T Leonard
3 6 6  
    T Harford
  J Feaver
6 4             A Kiyomura
  T Leonard
1 6 6
    R Tomanová
  J Marks
6 7             R Tomanová
  J Marks
6 3 2  
Q   C Griffiths
  C Letcher
4 5           R Tomanová
  J Marks
6 6 6
    5   A Smith
  V Amritraj
3 7 2  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
3   E Goolagong Cawley
  J Newcombe
6 7 7  
    A Hobbs
  R Beven
7 5 5     3   E Goolagong Cawley
  J Newcombe
6 6 4  
        T Austin
  J Austin
2 7 6  
          T Austin
  J Austin
6 6    
          I Kloss
  B Mitton
4 2    
        I Kloss
  B Mitton
7 6  
    B Bunge
  F McNair
3 6 6         B Bunge
  F McNair
6 4    
    A Jaeger
  O Davidson
6 4 3           T Austin
  J Austin
7 6  
Q   Y Vermaak
  S van der Merwe
3 6         7   G Stevens
  C Dowdeswell
6 1  
    J Russell
  D Ralston
6 7           J Russell
  D Ralston
7 4 6  
        J Durie
  J Dier
6 6 1  
          J Russell
  D Ralston
     
      7   G Stevens
  C Dowdeswell
w/o      
        L Allen
  C Lewis
     
    P Whytcross
  C Kachel
3 6       7   G Stevens
  C Dowdeswell
w/o      
7   G Stevens
  C Dowdeswell
6 7    

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
8   R Casals
  A Amritraj
6 7    
    S Simmonds
  R Taylor
2 6       8   R Casals
  A Amritraj
6 6    
    E Little
  P McNamara
w/o             E Little
  P McNamara
4 4    
    B Nagelsen
  F González
            8   R Casals
  A Amritraj
w/o      
    V Ruzici
  I Ţiriac
                R Fairbank
  J Yuill
       
    R Fairbank
  J Yuill
w/o             R Fairbank
  J Yuill
w/o    
        B Potter
  F Stolle
       
      8   R Casals
  A Amritraj
1 6 1
    V Wade
  E Aguirre
w/o           4   W Turnbull
  R Case
6 4 6
    K Latham
  M Doyle
              V Wade
  E Aguirre
4 7 1  
        F Mihai
  B Mottram
6 6 6  
          F Mihai
  B Mottram
3 5  
    K May-Teacher
  B Teacher
w/o           4   W Turnbull
  R Case
6 7    
    K Jordan
  P Rennert
              K May-Teacher
  B Teacher
6 2  
    4   W Turnbull
  R Case
7 6    
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    6   D Fromholtz
  M Edmondson
7 6    
    C Drury
  W Davies
5 4           S Leo
  R Ruffels
5 2    
    S Leo
  R Ruffels
7 6         6   D Fromholtz
  M Edmondson
6 6    
          J Stratton
  D Sherbeck
3 3    
        J Stratton
  D Sherbeck
w/o    
    B A Dent
  P Dent
              D Desfor
  R Van't Hof
       
    D Desfor
  R Van't Hof
w/o           6   D Fromholtz
  M Edmondson
6 7  
    M Rodriguez
  J L Clerc
w/o           2   B J King
  D Stockton
3 6  
    D-H Lee
  S Krulevitz
              M Rodriguez
  J L Clerc
w/o      
        L Morse
  G Malin
       
          M Rodriguez
  J L Clerc
3 0  
      2   B J King
  D Stockton
6 6    
        P Bostrom
  R Drysdale
     
    V Segal
  A Gómez
          2   B J King
  D Stockton
w/o      
2   B J King
  D Stockton
w/o      

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