1980 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1980 Benson & Hedges Championships
Champion	Peter Fleming ; John McEnroe
Runner-up	Bill Scanlon ; Eliot Teltscher
Score	7–5, 6–3
Draw	16
Seeds	4

The 1980 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles was an event of the 1980 Benson & Hedges Championships tennis tournament and was played on iindoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 11 November and 16 November 1980. The draw consisted of 16 teams and four of them were seeded. The first-seeded team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending Wembley Championships doubles champions and retained the singles title after a straight-sets win in the final against unseeded pairing Bill Scanlon and Eliot Teltscher, 7–5, 6–3.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

Peter Fleming / John McEnroe (champions)
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer (semifinals)
Brian Gottfried / Frew McMillan (first round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4	6	6
	Wojciech Fibak Tomáš Šmíd	6	4	1	1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6	7
	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6	6	6		Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4	6
	Colin Dowdeswell Richard Lewis	1	7	3						1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6	6
	Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6	6								Colin Dibley Paul Kronk	1	0
4	Brian Gottfried Frew McMillan	3	2			Heinz Günthardt Paul McNamee	6	1	4
	Colin Dibley Paul Kronk	6	3	6		Colin Dibley Paul Kronk	4	6	6
	Richard Meyer Christophe Roger-Vasselin	2	6	1											1	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7	6
	Johan Kriek Bernard Mitton	4	6	7												Bill Scanlon Eliot Teltscher	5	3
	Ilie Năstase Gianni Ocleppo	6	4	5		Johan Kriek Bernard Mitton
3	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	6	6		3	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	w/o
	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	2	1							3	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	5	7	3
	Bill Scanlon Eliot Teltscher	6	6								Bill Scanlon Eliot Teltscher	7	5	6
	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	2	4			Bill Scanlon Eliot Teltscher	6	6
	Billy Martin Russell Simpson	3	4		2	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	4	2
2	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	6	6

References

^ John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 9780362020342.
^ "1980 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

ITF tournament edition details

[wot1981-1] John Barrett, ed. (1981). Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 9780362020342.

[md-2] "1980 Wembley – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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