# 1980 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Singles

Manuel Orantes was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.
Rolf Gehring won the title, defeating Christophe Freyss 6–2, 0–6, 6–2, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Víctor Pecci (second round)
* Wojtek Fibak (first round)
* Markus Günthardt (second round)
* Terry Moor (quarterfinals)
* Tom Okker (first round)
* Rolf Gehring (champion)
* Thomaz Koch (first round)
* Chris Lewis (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

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Rolf Gehring | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Q | Stefan Simonsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | Stefan Simonsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Rolf Gehring | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Christophe Freyss | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Q | Klaus Eberhard | 4 | 2 | | | Christophe Freyss | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| | Christophe Freyss | 6 | 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | V Pecci | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Taygan | 2 | 2 | | 1 | V Pecci | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Gattiker | 3 | 3 | | | P Složil | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Složil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Složil | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | D Carter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | R Gehring | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Hjertquist | 2 | 4 | | | D Carter | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Garcia | 3 | 4 | | 6 | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | R Gehring | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | R Gehring | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | M Günthardt | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Simonsson | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | R Moore | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | M Günthardt | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Cahill | 4 | 4 | | Q | S Simonsson | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Simonsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | S Simonsson | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | T Rocavert | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | Q | C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 4 | 7 | Q | C Roger-Vasselin | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kodeš | 7 | 1 | 6 | | J Kodeš | 1 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Okker | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Baumgartner | 2 | 4 | | 8 | C Lewis | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Eberhard | 6 | 6 | | Q | K Eberhard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Bertram | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Q | K Eberhard | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Birner | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | T Moor | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Krulevitz | 6 | 0 | 3 | | S Birner | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Velasco, Sr. | 1 | 4 | | 4 | T Moor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Moor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | K Eberhard | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | T Koch | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | C Freyss | 6 | 6 |
| | P Elter | 4 | 6 | 6 | | P Elter | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ž Franulović | 6 | 6 | | | Ž Franulović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Meiler | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | Ž Franulović | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Pierola | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | C Freyss | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Freyss | 6 | 4 | 6 | | C Freyss | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Zipf | 1 | 6 | 6 | | C Zipf | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | W Fibak | 6 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |