# 1980 Australian Hard Court Championships – Singles

Guillermo Vilas, the defending champion, was still competing at the Australian Open, eventually winning the title.
Shlomo Glickstein won the title by defeating Robert Van't Hof 7–6, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Hank Pfister (second round)
* (n/a)
* Chris Kachel (quarterfinals)
* Mark Edmondson (second round)
* Brad Drewett (first round)
* Raymond Moore (quarterfinals)
* Paul Kronk (second round)
* John Marks (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Terry Rocavert | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | |
| Shlomo Glickstein | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Shlomo Glickstein | 1 | 6 | 6 | Shlomo Glickstein | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | Robert Van't Hof | 6 | 4 |
| Robert Van't Hof | 7 | 6 | | Robert Van't Hof | 6 | 4 |
| Rick Fisher | 6 | 3 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | H Pfister | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Fitzgerald | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | H Pfister | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Petrovic | 6 | 5 | | | T Rocavert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Rocavert | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | T Rocavert | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Letcher | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | R Moore | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Cohen | 6 | 6 | | | J Cohen | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Guan | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | R Moore | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Moore | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | T Rocavert | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | M Edmondson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Glickstein | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | G Whitecross | 3 | 3 | | 4 | M Edmondson | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Glickstein | 6 | 6 | | | S Glickstein | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Campbell | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | S Glickstein | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Siegler | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | J Marks | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | R Beven | 6 | 1 | 6 | | R Beven | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Maher | 2 | 4 | | 8 | J Marks | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Marks | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | B Drewett | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Delaney | 7 | 3 | 6 | | C Delaney | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | E Ewert | 6 | 1 | 2 | | R Van't Hof | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | R Van't Hof | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | R Van't Hof | 7 | 6 | | | |
| Q | W Hampson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | C Kachel | 6 | 1 | | | |
| | J James | 4 | 6 | | Q | W Hampson | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | H Fritz | 5 | 0 | | 3 | C Kachel | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C Kachel | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | R Van't Hof | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | P Kronk | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | R Fisher | 6 | 3 |
| Q | P Davies | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | P Kronk | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | S Ball | 7 | 6 | | | S Ball | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | C Fancutt | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | S Ball | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | R Fisher | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | R Fisher | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | B Maze | 5 | 4 | | | R Fisher | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | C Johnstone | 2 | 6 | 4 | | W Pascoe | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | W Pascoe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |