# 1980 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles

First-seeded John Sadri defeated Tim Wilkison 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1980 Benson and Hedges Open singles competition. Wilkison was the defending champion.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* John Sadri (champion)
* Tim Wilkison (final)
* Peter Feigl (semifinals)
* Kim Warwick (second round)
* Rod Frawley (semifinals)
* Paul McNamee (quarterfinals)
* Matt Mitchell (first round)
* Dale Collings (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q - Qualifier
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Sadri | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2 | Tim Wilkison | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |

### Section 1

| 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 | J Sadri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Krajcik | 3 | 2 | | 1 | J Sadri | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Carter | 1 | 6 | 6 | | D Carter | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Lamb | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | J Sadri | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Simpson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | R Simpson | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | C Gunning | 2 | 5 | | | R Simpson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Evett | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | R Evett | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Mitchell | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Sadri | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | K Warwick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | R Frawley | 1 | 3 |
| | D Mustard | 1 | 1 | | 4 | K Warwick | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Austin | 6 | 6 | | | J Austin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Lewis | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | J Austin | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | K Evernden | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | R Frawley | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | J Simpson | 6 | 4 | | | K Evernden | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Harvey | 1 | 1 | | 5 | R Frawley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Frawley | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | P McNamee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ditmer | 2 | 3 | | 6 | P McNamee | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | M Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Hibbert | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | P McNamee | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | P Hampton | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | P Feigl | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Gilmour | 6 | 1 | 1 | | P Hampton | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Stansbury | 1 | 4 | | 3 | P Feigl | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | P Feigl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Feigl | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | D Collings | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Wilkison | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| | B Derlin | 2 | 6 | | 8 | D Collings | 6 | 0 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Crealy | 6 | 6 | | | D Crealy | 4 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C England | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Crealy | 2 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | S Docherty | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | T Wilkison | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | C Bradnam | 2 | 4 | | | S Docherty | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Langsford | 6 | 0 | | 2 | T Wilkison | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Wilkison | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |