1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final 1980 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The 1980 Wimbledon Men's Singles final was the championship tennis match of the Men's Singles tournament at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships. In the final, Björn Borg defeated John McEnroe 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6 to win the match. It was regarded at the time as the greatest match ever played. It would be another 28 years before the 2008 Wimbledon men's singles final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal would rival the match as the greatest ever played. The match was eagerly awaited as not only was it a clash between the top
1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1981 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Evonne Goolagong Cawley was the defending champion, but did not compete. Chris Evert Lloyd defeated Hana Mandlíková in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships. Chris Evert Lloyd (Champion) Hana Mandlíková was seeded second, higher than her then current ranking of 5th at the start of the championship, due to her victories in the previous two grand slam singles events in Australia and France. Although perfectly within their remit and rights to alter the seedings from the rankings as they saw fit, the All England