1980 Avon Championships of Kansas

{{Short description|Tennis tournament}}

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{{TennisEventInfo|1980|Avon Championships of Kansas|

| date= 14–20 January

| edition=2nd

| category=Avon Championships circuit

| prize_money=$125,000

| draw=32S / 16D

| surface=Carpet (Sporteze) / indoor

| location=Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

| venue=Municipal Auditorium

| attendance=

| champs={{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova

| champd={{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King / {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova

| before_year=1978

| before_name=Virginia Slims of Kansas

| main_name=Virginia Slims of Kansas

}}

The 1980 Avon Championships of Kansas was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States that was part of the 1980 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from January 14 through January 20, 1980.{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=355–356|author=John Dolan}} First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $24,000 first-prize money.{{cite book|title=Slazengers World of Tennis 1981 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation|year=1981|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780362020342|pages=181–182|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}{{cite news|title=Navratilova beats Stevens in finals|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rjNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RxMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6577%2C3886688|work=Star-News|agency=AP|date=January 21, 1980|page=6B}}