# 1980 Paris Open – Singles

Harold Solomon was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Brian Gottfried won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6 against Adriano Panatta.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Brian Gottfried (champion)
* Yannick Noah (second round)
* Corrado Barazzutti (second round, retired)
* Adriano Panatta (final)
* Pascal Portes (quarterfinals)
* Paul Kronk (semifinals)
* Mark Cox (quarterfinals)
* Jean-François Caujolle (second round)

## 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
* 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 | Brian Gottfried | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
| 4 | Adriano Panatta | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |

### 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 | B Gottfried | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Potier | 2 | 3 | | 1 | B Gottfried | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Krajcik | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | F Krajcik | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bedel | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | B Gottfried | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Cain | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | M Cox | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | R Lewis | 3 | 6 | 1 | | T Cain | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fritz | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | M Cox | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Cox | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Gottfried | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | C Barazzutti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | P Kronk | 2 | 1 |
| | R Moore | 3 | 2 | | 3 | C Barazzutti | 4$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Haillet | 7 | 7 | | | J-L Haillet | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Naegelen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J-L Haillet | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Brunet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | P Kronk | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Tulasne | 4 | 0 | | | R Brunet | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Simonsson | 5 | 5 | | 6 | P Kronk | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Kronk | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | J-F Caujolle | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Vizcaino | 2 | 6 | | 8 | J-F Caujolle | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Bertolucci | 6 | 6 | | | P Bertolucci | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Drysdale | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | P Bertolucci | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Mir | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Panatta | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Vattuone | 7 | 6 | 3 | | M Mir | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Casa | 5 | 2 | | 4 | A Panatta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Panatta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Panatta | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | P Portes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J López-Maeso | 1 | 2 |
| | H Leconte | 3 | 3 | | 5 | P Portes | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Edwards | 6 | 6 | | | E Edwards | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Fromm | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 5 | P Portes | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | J López-Maeso | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | J López-Maeso | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Dominguez | 3 | 3 | | Q | J López-Maeso | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Freyss | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Y Noah | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Noah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |