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1980 Avon Championships of Boston
Date	March 10–16
Edition	7th
Category	Virginia Slims circuit
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$125,000
Surface	Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Venue	Walter Brown Arena Boston Garden
Champions
Singles
Tracy Austin
Doubles
Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull
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The 1980 Avon Championships of Boston was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Boston University Walter Brown Arena in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States that was part of the 1980 Avon Championships circuit. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from Monday, March 10 through Sunday March 16, 1980. First-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Tracy Austin defeated Virginia Wade 6–2, 6–1

• It was Austin's 3rd title of the year and the 13th of her career.

Doubles

Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull defeated Billie Jean King / Ilana Kloss 6–4, 7–6

Prize money

Notes

1. The finals on Sunday were played at the Boston Garden.

References

1. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 355, 362.
2. Bud Collins (March 7, 1980). "School's out... but money's rolling in". The Boston Globe. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com. The occasion is the Boston layover on the Avon professional tour: six days at Boston University's shrine and a Sunday final at Ghastly Garden.
3. John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 181, 183. ISBN 9780362020342.

External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament edition details
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details Archived 2018-08-03 at the Wayback Machine

• 1980 WTA Tour
• Virginia Slims of Boston
• 1980 in sports in Massachusetts
• 1980 in American tennis