1980 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Chris Evert Lloyd in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–4) to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. It was her seventh and last major singles title, and Goolagong Cawley became the first (and still only) mother to win the Wimbledon singles title since World War I. The second-set tiebreak was the first ever played in the ladies singles final at Wimbledon, and the match was the first ever singles final (men's or women's) to end on a tiebreak. Goolagong Cawley was the first and only champion (man or woman) to defeat four top ten ranked players en route to victory.
Women's singles | |
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1980 Wimbledon Championships | |
Champion | Evonne Goolagong Cawley |
Runner-up | Chris Evert Lloyd |
Score | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
Draw | 96 (8 Q / 6 WC ) |
Seeds | 16 |
Martina Navratilova was the two-time defending champion, but lost to Evert Lloyd in the semifinals in a rematch of the previous two year's finals.