1979 Grand Prix (tennis)

The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event.

1979 Grand Prix circuit

Borg playing
Details
Duration	1 January – 24 December
Edition	10th
Tournaments	91
Categories	Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix (71) World Championship Tennis (8) Team Events (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Björn Borg (12)
Most tournament finals	Björn Borg (13)
Prize money leader	Björn Borg
Points leader	Björn Borg
Awards
Player of the year	Björn Borg
Comeback player of the year	Arthur Ashe
← 1978 1980 →

Schedule

The table below shows the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix schedule (a precursor of the ATP Tour).

January

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 January	Australian Hardcourt Championships Hobart, Australia Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–4	Mark Edmondson	Phil Dent Allan Stone	Terry Rocavert Chris Kachel Bob Giltinan Bob Carmichael
		Phil Dent Bob Giltinan 8–6 (Pro set)	Guillermo Vilas Ion Țiriac
	Benson & Hedges Open Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Tim Wilkison 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2	Peter Feigl	Andrew Jarrett Richard Lewis	Rod Frawley Ramesh Krishnan Charles Fancutt Kim Warwick
		Bernard Mitton Kim Warwick 6–3, 2–6, 6–3	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith
	Braniff Airways World Doubles Championship London, England Carpet – $200,000 – D8	John McEnroe Peter Fleming 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1	Ilie Năstase Sherwood Stewart
15 January	Baltimore WCT Baltimore, Maryland, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Harold Solomon 7–5, 6–4	Marty Riessen	Andrew Pattison Peter Fleming	Ferdi Taygan Tom Gorman John Sadri Roscoe Tanner
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 7–6, 6–4	Anand Amritraj Cliff Drysdale
	Birmingham, Alabama, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–2, 3–6, 7–5	Eddie Dibbs	Vitas Gerulaitis Guillermo Vilas	Stan Smith Ilie Năstase Dick Stockton Buster Mottram
		Dick Stockton Stan Smith 6–2, 6–3	Ilie Năstase Tom Okker
22 January	US Pro Indoor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Carpet – $250,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–4, 6–1	Arthur Ashe	Roscoe Tanner Vitas Gerulaitis	Geoff Masters John McEnroe Harold Solomon Brian Gottfried
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 6–3	Peter Fleming John McEnroe
29 January	Fairfield Bay Classic Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 6–2	Butch Walts	John James Bill Scanlon	John Sadri Hank Pfister Colin Dibley Johan Kriek
		Vitas Gerulaitis Vladimir Zednik 5–7, 6–3, 7–5	Phil Dent Colin Dibley
	United Virginia Bank Classic Richmond, Virginia, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–1	Guillermo Vilas	John McEnroe Arthur Ashe	Pat Du Pré Ilie Năstase Brian Gottfried Tim Wilkison
		John McEnroe Brian Gottfried 6–4, 6–3	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas

February

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 February	Pepsi Grand Slam Boca Raton, Florida, USA Clay – $300,000 – S4	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–3	Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe Guillermo Vilas
12 February	Congoleum Classic Rancho Mirage, California, USA Hard – $250,000 – S64/D32	Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2	Brian Gottfried	Eliot Teltscher Harold Solomon	Jimmy Connors Colin Dibley Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker
		Sandy Mayer Gene Mayer 6–4, 7–6	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson
	Sarasota, Florida, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Johan Kriek 7–6, 6–2	Richard Meyer	Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes	Rick Fisher Randy Crawford Ferdi Taygan Noel Phillips
		Ilie Năstase Steve Krulevitz 7–6, 6–3	John James Keith Richardson
19 February	Denver, Colorado, USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 6–1	Victor Amaya	Arthur Ashe Dick Stockton	Bernard Mitton Buster Mottram Tomáš Šmíd Francisco González
		Stan Smith Robert Lutz 7–6, 6–3	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker
	Linz, Austria Hard – $25,000 – S32/D16	Peter Feigl 6–3, 6–4, 7–6	Hans Kary	Douglas Palm Ivan Lendl	Georges Goven Louk Sanders Gilles Moretton Antonio Zugarelli
		Gilles Moretton Patrice Dominguez 6–1, 6–4	Szabolcz Baranyi Péter Szőke
26 February	Lagos, Nigeria Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Hans Kary 6–4, 3–6, 6–2	Peter Feigl	Jan Kodeš Ismail El Shafei	Peter Pearson David Imonitie Patrice Dominguez Karl Meiler
		Bruce Kleege Joel Bailey 6–4, 6–7, 6–3	Ismail El Shafei Peter Feigl
	Memphis, Tennessee, USA Carpet – $250,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–4, 5–7, 6–3	Arthur Ashe	Vitas Gerulaitis Roscoe Tanner	Sandy Mayer Victor Amaya John Alexander Gene Mayer
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 6–4	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton

March

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 March	Washington Indoor Washington, D.C., USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–4	Brian Gottfried	Marty Riessen Arthur Ashe	Eddie Dibbs Andrew Pattison Victor Amaya Jeff Borowiak
		Stan Smith Robert Lutz 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 7–6	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher
19 March	Lorraine Open Nancy, France Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Yannick Noah 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 7–5	Jean-Louis Haillet	Patrice Dominguez Balázs Taróczy	Corrado Barazzutti Victor Pecci Georges Goven Eric Deblicker
		Karl Meiler Klaus Eberhard 4–6, 7–6, 6–3	Robin Drysdale Andrew Jarrett
	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–4, 6–2	Roscoe Tanner	Ferdi Taygan Björn Borg	Tom Gullikson Raymond Moore Tomáš Šmíd Brian Gottfried
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–1, 6–3	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
	San José, Costa Rica Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Bernard Mitton 6–4, 6–4, 6–3	Tom Gorman	Butch Walts George Hardie	Guillermo Vilas Mike Shore Sashi Menon Bruce Kleege
		Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	Anand Amritraj Colin Dibley
26 March	Dayton, Ohio, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Butch Walts 6–3, 6–4	Marty Riessen	Tom Gorman Tim Gullikson	Kim Warwick Eliot Teltscher Victor Amaya Sherwood Stewart
		Bruce Manson Cliff Drysdale 3–6, 6–3, 7–6	Ross Case Phil Dent
	Ramazzotti Cup Milan, Italy Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–4, 6–3	John Alexander	Adriano Panatta Vitas Gerulaitis	Björn Borg Gene Mayer Andrew Pattison Tomáš Šmíd
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–1, 6–3	José Luis Clerc Tomáš Šmíd
	Stuttgart Indoor Stuttgart, Germany Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Wojciech Fibak 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2	Guillermo Vilas	Heinz Günthardt Vijay Amritraj	Stanislav Birner Ulrich Pinner Brian Teacher Pavel Složil
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–3, 5–7, 7–6	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher

April

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 April	Nice, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Victor Pecci 6–3, 6–2, 7–5	John Alexander	Corrado Barazzutti Jean-François Caujolle	Patrick Proisy Tomáš Šmíd Carlos Kirmayr Balázs Taróczy
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
	ABN World Tennis Tournament Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–4, 6–2	John McEnroe	Peter Fleming Vijay Amritraj	Johan Kriek Raúl Ramírez Wojciech Fibak Vitas Gerulaitis
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–4	Heinz Günthardt Bernard Mitton
9 April	Cairo, Egypt Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Peter Feigl 7–5, 3–6, 6–1	Carlos Kirmayr	Peter McNamara Stan Smith	Georges Goven Ismail El Shafei Patrick Proisy Vijay Amritraj
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 7–5, 6–4	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj
	Monte Carlo Open Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–1, 6–3	Vitas Gerulaitis	Victor Pecci John Alexander	José Luis Clerc Yannick Noah Raúl Ramírez Ilie Năstase
		Raúl Ramírez Ilie Năstase 6–3, 6–4	Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy
	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–7, 7–5, 6–1	Eddie Dibbs	Butch Walts Eliot Teltscher	Tim Wilkison Billy Martin Tom Gorman Jaime Fillol
		Eliot Teltscher Francisco González 6–7, 7–5, 6–3	Colin Dibley Tom Gullikson
16 April	Houston, Texas, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	José Higueras 6–3, 2–6, 7–6	Gene Mayer	Manuel Orantes Roscoe Tanner	Ricardo Ycaza Hans Gildemeister Eddie Dibbs Corrado Barazzutti
		Sherwood Stewart Gene Mayer 6–1, 5–7, 6–4	John Alexander Geoff Masters
	Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 6–2, 6–1	Deon Joubert	Patrice Dominguez Peter McNamara	Heinz Günthardt David Schneider Andrew Pattison Carlos Kirmayr
		Heinz Günthardt Colin Dowdeswell 6–3, 7–6	Raymond Moore Ilie Năstase
	San Jose, California, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 7–6, 7–6	Peter Fleming	Butch Walts Nick Saviano	Bill Scanlon Bruce Manson Hank Pfister Ferdi Taygan
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–3, 6–4	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe
23 April	Alan King Tennis Classic Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Hard – $300,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–2	Jimmy Connors	Gene Mayer John McEnroe	Tim Gullikson Adriano Panatta Johan Kriek Roscoe Tanner
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(9–7)	Adriano Panatta Raúl Ramírez
30 April	Dallas WCT Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet – $200,000 – S8	John McEnroe 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6	Björn Borg	Jimmy Connors Vitas Gerulaitis	Gene Mayer John Alexander Brian Gottfried Geoff Masters

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 May	Nations Cup Germany Clay – $250,000 – S16/D8	Australia 2–1	Italy
14 May	Florence, Italy Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0	Karl Meiler	Jean-François Caujolle Pascal Portes	Arthur Ashe Pavel Složil Buster Mottram Yannick Noah
		Adriano Panatta Paolo Bertolucci 6–4, 6–3	Ivan Lendl Pavel Složil
	Hamburg, Germany Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	José Higueras 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1	Harold Solomon	Eliot Teltscher Ulrich Pinner	José Luis Clerc Eddie Dibbs Tomáš Šmíd Wojciech Fibak
		Tomáš Šmíd Jan Kodeš 6–3, 6–1, 7–6	Mark Edmondson John Marks
21 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–7, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2	Guillermo Vilas	Gene Mayer Eddie Dibbs	Adriano Panatta Terry Moor Harold Solomon Gianni Ocleppo
		Tomáš Šmíd Peter Fleming 4–6, 6–1, 7–5	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase
	BMW Open Munich, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Manuel Orantes 6–3, 6–2, 6–4	Wojciech Fibak	Jiří Hřebec Andrés Gómez	Werner Zirngibl Iván Molina Jan Kodeš Peter Elter
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 7–6, 7–5	Jürgen Fassbender Jean-Louis Haillet
28 May 4 June	French Open Paris, France Clay	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–1, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4	Victor Pecci	Vitas Gerulaitis Jimmy Connors	Hans Gildemeister José Higueras Guillermo Vilas Eddie Dibbs
		Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer 6–4, 6–4, 6–4	Ross Case Phil Dent
		Wendy Turnbull Bob Hewitt 6–3, 2–6, 6–3	Virginia Ruzici Ion Țiriac

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 June	Brussels, Belgium Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Balázs Taróczy 6–1, 1–6, 6–3	Ivan Lendl	Tomáš Šmíd Bernard Boileau	Werner Zirngibl Ulrich Pinner Stefan Simonsson Andreas Maurer
		Billy Martin Peter McNamara 5–7, 7–5, 6–4	Carlos Kirmayr Balázs Taróczy
	Queen's Club London, England Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–1, 6–1	Victor Pecci	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	Robert Lutz Dick Stockton Nick Saviano Sandy Mayer
		Tom Gullikson Tim Gullikson 6–4, 6–4	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart
18 June	Berlin, Germany Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Peter McNamara 6–4, 6–0, 6–7, 6–2	Patrice Dominguez	Balázs Taróczy Tomáš Šmíd	Fernando Luna Carlos Kirmayr Klaus Eberhard Ivan Lendl
		Ivan Lendl Carlos Kirmayr 6–2, 6–1	Jorge Andrew Stanislav Birner
	Surbiton, England Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	Victor Amaya 6–4, 7–5	Mark Edmondson	Brian Gottfried Colin Dibley	Tim Wilkison Hank Pfister Pat Du Pré Bernard Mitton
		Tom Gullikson Tim Gullikson 6–3, 6–7, 8–6	Pat Du Pré Marty Riessen
25 June 2 July	Wimbledon London, England Grass	Björn Borg 6–7^(4–7), 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Roscoe Tanner	Jimmy Connors Pat Du Pré	Tom Okker Bill Scanlon Adriano Panatta Tim Gullikson
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
		Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt 7–5, 7–6^(9–7)	Betty Stöve Frew McMillan

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 July	Forest Hills WCT Forest Hills, New York, USA Clay – $200,000 – S16/D8	Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 6–1	Harold Solomon	Victor Pecci Wojciech Fibak
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–7, 7–6, 6–3	Sandy Mayer Gene Mayer
	Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Ulrich Pinner 6–2, 6–4, 7–5	Peter McNamara	Ismail El Shafei José Luis Clerc	Pascal Portes Heinz Günthardt Tom Okker Patrick Proisy
		John Marks Mark Edmondson 2–6, 6–1, 6–4	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas
	Newport, Rhode Island, USA Grass – $100,000 – S32/D16	Brian Teacher 1–6, 6–3, 6–4	Stan Smith	Hank Pfister Tim Wilkison	Tim Gullikson Geoff Masters Robert Lutz Chris Kachel
		Stan Smith Robert Lutz 6–4, 7–6	John James Chris Kachel
16 July	Washington, D.C., USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Guillermo Vilas 7–6, 7–6	Victor Pecci	José Luis Clerc Eddie Dibbs	Geoff Masters Hans Gildemeister José Higueras Eliot Teltscher
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 2–6, 6–3, 6–4	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–1, 7–5	Balázs Taróczy	Kjell Johansson Patrick Proisy	Billy Martin Heinz Günthardt Mark Edmondson Per Hjertquist
		Bob Hewitt Heinz Günthardt 6–2, 6–2	Mark Edmondson John Marks
	Stuttgart Outdoor Stuttgart, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 6–0, 6–2	Ulrich Pinner	Rolf Gehring Colin Dowdeswell	Wojciech Fibak Željko Franulović Peter McNamara Pavel Hutka
		Frew McMillan Colin Dowdeswell 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Wojciech Fibak Pavel Složil
23 July	Dutch Open Hilversum, Netherlands Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Balázs Taróczy 6–2, 6–2, 6–1	Tomáš Šmíd	Ulrich Pinner Jan Kodeš	Jean-Louis Haillet Buster Mottram Peter McNamara Louk Sanders
		Balázs Taróczy Tom Okker 6–1, 6–3	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
	Kitzbühel, Austria Clay – $75,000 – S32/D64	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 6–2, 6–4	Pavel Složil	Heinz Günthardt Christophe Freyss	Željko Franulović Wojciech Fibak Chris Lewis Antonio Muñoz
		Heinz Günthardt Željko Franulović 6–2, 6–4	Dick Crealy Antonio Zugarelli
	Louisville, Kentucky, USA Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	John Alexander 7–6, 6–7, 3-3, ret.	Terry Moor	Eliot Teltscher José Luis Clerc	Harold Solomon Deon Joubert Ross Case Eddie Dibbs
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 6–2, 1–6, 6–1	Vijay Amritraj Raúl Ramírez
30 July	Volvo International North Conway, New Hampshire, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Harold Solomon 5–7, 5-3, 7–6	José Higueras	Eddie Dibbs Guillermo Vilas	Balázs Taróczy José Luis Clerc Victor Pecci Corrado Barazzutti
		Guillermo Vilas Ion Țiriac 6–4, 7–6	John Sadri Tim Wilkison
	South Orange, New Jersey, USA Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–4, 6–0	John Lloyd	Jay Lapidus Vitas Gerulaitis	Chris Kachel Fred McNair Anand Amritraj Emilio Montaño
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–1, 6–3	Fritz Buehning Bruce Nichols

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 August	Columbus, Ohio, USA Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Brian Gottfried 6–3, 6–0	Eddie Dibbs	Bernard Mitton Ilie Năstase	Terry Moor Francisco González Tom Gullikson Vijay Amritraj
		Brian Gottfried Robert Lutz 4–6, 6–3, 7–6	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson
	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 6–1, 2–6, 6–4	Guillermo Vilas	José Higueras John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl Corrado Barazzutti José Luis Clerc Manuel Orantes
		John McEnroe Gene Mayer 6–4, 7–6	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
13 August	Cleveland, Ohio, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Stan Smith 7–6, 7–5	Ilie Năstase	Gene Malin Robert Lutz	Ramesh Krishnan John Yuill Chris Kachel Francisco González
		Stan Smith Robert Lutz 6–3, 6–4	Francisco González Fred McNair
	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–3	John McEnroe	Ivan Lendl Vitas Gerulaitis	Gene Mayer Phil Dent Paul Kronk Wojciech Fibak
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–7, 7–6, 6–1	Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt
	Stowe, Vermont, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–0, 6–1	Mike Cahill	Johan Kriek Tim Gullikson	Anand Amritraj Fritz Buehning Tom Gullikson Bill Maze
		Steve Krulevitz Mike Cahill 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Anand Amritraj Colin Dibley
20 August	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Boston, Massachusetts, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	José Higueras 6–3, 6–1	Hans Gildemeister	Tomáš Šmíd Manuel Orantes	Vijay Amritraj Pavel Složil Johan Kriek Ivan Lendl
		Kim Warwick Syd Ball	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil
	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Hard – $200,000 – S64/D32	Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–2	Roscoe Tanner	Bernard Mitton Pat Du Pré	Ilie Năstase Tom Gorman Stan Smith Harold Solomon
		Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase 1–6, 6–3, 7–6	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
27 August 3 September	US Open Flushing Meadow, New York, USA Hard	John McEnroe 7–5, 6–3, 6–3	Vitas Gerulaitis	Roscoe Tanner Jimmy Connors	Björn Borg Johan Kriek Eddie Dibbs Pat Du Pré
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–2, 6–4	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
		Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt 6–3, 7–5	Betty Stöve Frew McMillan

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 September	Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Marty Riessen 6–4, 5–7, 6–2	Pat Du Pré	Brad Drewett Vince Van Patten	Kevin Curren Victor Amaya Rick Fisher Tom Gorman
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 6–4, 6–4	Vijay Amritraj Eric Friedler
10 September	Atlanta, Georgia, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Eliot Teltscher 6–3, 4–6, 6–2	John Alexander	Terry Moor Eric Friedler	Terry Rocavert Russell Simpson Kevin Curren David Schneider
		Ilie Năstase Raymond Moore 6–4, 6–2	Steve Docherty Eliot Teltscher
17 September	Woodlands Doubles Woodlands, Texas, USA Hard – $150,000 – S32/D32	Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 6–2, 2-2, ret.	Bob Carmichael Tim Gullikson	Sandy Mayer / Gene Mayer John Marks / Mark Edmondson	Wojciech Fibak / Tom Okker Ross Case / Phil Dent Victor Amaya / Hank Pfister Frew McMillan / Bob Hewitt
	Jack Kramer Open Los Angeles, California, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S64/D32	Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–4	John McEnroe	Eliot Teltscher Victor Amaya	Gene Mayer Hank Pfister Vince Van Patten Roscoe Tanner
		Sherwood Stewart Marty Riessen 6–4, 6–4	Wojciech Fibak Frew McMillan
	Palermo, Sicily, Italy Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–4, 6–0, 6–4	Corrado Barazzutti	Buster Mottram Adriano Panatta	Per Hjertquist Louk Sanders Carlos Kirmayr Peter McNamara
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 7–5, 7–6	Ismail El Shafei John Feaver
24 September	Madrid, Spain Clay – $75,000 – S64/D32	Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2	Manuel Orantes	José Higueras José Luis Clerc	Keith Richardson Gabriel Urpi Peter McNamara Paul McNamee
		Cassio Motta Carlos Kirmayr 7–6, 6–4	Robin Drysdale John Feaver
	San Francisco, California, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 4–6, 7–5, 6–2	Peter Fleming	Tim Gullikson Pat Du Pré	Butch Walts Hank Pfister Raymond Moore Billy Martin
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–1, 6–4	Wojciech Fibak Frew McMillan

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 October	Bordeaux Open Bordeaux, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Yannick Noah 6–0, 6–7, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4	Harold Solomon	Carlos Kirmayr Angél Giménez	Eric Deblicker Eliot Teltscher Terry Moor Patrick Proisy
		Patrice Dominguez Denis Naegelen 6–4, 6–4	Bernard Fritz Iván Molina
	Maui, Hawaii, USA Hard – $100,000 – S48/D24	Bill Scanlon 6–1, 6–1	Peter Fleming	Victor Amaya Tom Gorman	Vince Van Patten Trey Waltke Bruce Manson Bill Scanlon
		Nick Saviano John Lloyd 7–5, 6–4	Rod Frawley Francisco González
8 October	Barcelona, Spain Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Hans Gildemeister 6–4, 6–3, 6–1	Eddie Dibbs	Raúl Ramírez Harold Solomon	Manuel Orantes Adriano Panatta Tomáš Šmíd Carlos Kirmayr
		Adriano Panatta Paolo Bertolucci 6–4, 6–3	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta
	Tel Aviv Open Tel Aviv, Israel Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Tom Okker 6–4, 6–3	Per Hjertquist	Colin Dibley Stefan Simonsson	Richard Lewis Andreas Maurer David Schneider Shlomo Glickstein
		Tom Okker Ilie Năstase 7–5, 6–4	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley
	Brisbane, Australia Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	Phil Dent 7–6, 6–2, 6–3	Ross Case	Mark Edmondson Ken Rosewall	Matt Mitchell Brad Drewett Kim Warwick Tom Gorman
		Geoff Masters Ross Case 7–6, 6–2	John James Chris Kachel
15 October	Basel, Switzerland Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Brian Gottfried 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3	Johan Kriek	Yannick Noah Eddie Dibbs	Björn Borg Ivan Lendl Raúl Ramírez Pascal Portes
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–4	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
	Sydney Indoor Sydney, Australia Hard – $175,000 – S32/D16	Vitas Gerulaitis 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6	Guillermo Vilas	Francisco González Kim Warwick	John Newcombe Dale Collings Phil Dent Peter Feigl
		Francisco González Rod Frawley Walkover	Vijay Amritraj Pat Du Pré
22 October	Tokyo Outdoor Tokyo, Japan Clay – $125,000 – S64/D32	Terry Moor 3–6, 7–6, 6–2	Pat Du Pré	John Sadri Buster Mottram	Jun Kamiwazumi Kim Warwick Rod Frawley Chris Delaney
		Colin Dibley Pat Du Pré 3–6, 6–1, 6–1	Rod Frawley Francisco González
	Vienna, Austria Hard – $100,000 – S48/D24	Stan Smith 6–4, 6–0, 6–2	Wojciech Fibak	Ivan Lendl Gene Mayer	Corrado Barazzutti Mark Cox Željko Franulović Frew McMillan
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–1, 6–4	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
29 October	Cologne, Germany Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Gene Mayer 6–3, 3–6, 6–1	Wojciech Fibak	Nick Saviano Heinz Günthardt	Željko Franulović Bruce Manson Stan Smith Eliot Teltscher
		Stan Smith Gene Mayer 6–3, 6–4	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil
	Bercy Paris, France Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Harold Solomon 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4	Corrado Barazzutti	Vince Van Patten Brian Gottfried	Raúl Ramírez Jean-Louis Haillet Pascal Portes Jean-François Caujolle
		Gilles Moretton Jean-Louis Haillet 7–6, 7–6	John Lloyd Tony Lloyd
	Tokyo Indoor Tokyo, Japan Carpet – $300,000 – S64/D32	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–2	Jimmy Connors	John Sadri Vitas Gerulaitis	Robert Lutz Vijay Amritraj Yannick Noah Tim Gullikson
		Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 7–6	Mike Cahill Terry Moor

November

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 November	Hong Kong Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–3, 6–1	Pat Du Pré	Buster Mottram Roscoe Tanner	Butch Walts John Sadri Tim Wilkison Mark Edmondson
		Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz 6–3, 6–4	Steve Denton Mark Turpin
	Quito, Ecuador Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Victor Pecci 2–6, 6–4, 6–2	José Higueras	Andrés Gómez José Luis Clerc	João Soares Iván Molina Hans Gildemeister Jaime Fillol
		Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 6–7, 6–3, 6–1	Iván Molina Jairo Velasco, Sr.
	Stockholm, Sweden Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–3, 6–3	Gene Mayer	Wojciech Fibak Brian Gottfried	Nick Saviano Peter Fleming Tim Gullikson Harold Solomon
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–4, 6–4	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker
12 November	Bogotá, Colombia Clay – $50,000 – S32/D12	Victor Pecci 6–3, 6–4	Jairo Velasco, Sr.	Reinhart Probst Raúl Viver	José Higueras Roger Guedes Alejandro Cortes Thomaz Koch
		Jairo Velasco, Sr. Emilio Montaño 6–2, 6–4	Bruce Nichols Charles Owens
	Taipei, Taiwan Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Robert Lutz 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3	Pat Du Pré	Kim Warwick Bill Scanlon	Roscoe Tanner Jürgen Fassbender Mark Edmondson Stefan Simonsson
		John Marks Mark Edmondson 6–1, 3–6, 6–4	Pat Du Pré Robert Lutz
	Wembley London, England Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–3, 6–4, 7–5	Harold Solomon	Gianni Ocleppo Hank Pfister	Wojciech Fibak Ferdi Taygan Stan Smith Tim Gullikson
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–3, 6–2	Tomáš Šmíd Stan Smith
19 November	Bologna, Italy Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Butch Walts 6–3, 6–2	Gianni Ocleppo	John McEnroe Mark Cox	Stanislav Birner Bernard Fritz Corrado Barazzutti Fritz Buehning
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–1, 6–1	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan
	Bombay, India Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Vijay Amritraj 6–1, 7–5	Peter Elter	Wolfgang Popp Louk Sanders	Ernie Ewert Jean-Louis Haillet Tony Graham Kim Warwick
		Jim Delaney Chris Delaney 7–6, 6–2	Thomas Fürst Wolfgang Popp
	South American Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–2, 6–2	José Luis Clerc	Eddie Dibbs Ivan Lendl	Tomáš Šmíd Balázs Taróczy Terry Moor José Higueras
		Sherwood Stewart Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 7–5	Marcos Hocevar João Soares
26 November	Santiago, Chile Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Hans Gildemeister 7–5, 5–7, 6–4	José Higueras	Pedro Rebolledo Jaime Fillol	Jairo Velasco, Sr. Juan Nunez Ricardo Cano Ricardo Acuña
		José Higueras / Jairo Velasco, Sr. vs Álvaro Fillol / Jaime Fillol Suspended
	South African Open Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $175,000 – S32/D16	Andrew Pattison 6–2, 6–3	Victor Pecci	Ferdi Taygan José Luis Clerc	Bernard Mitton Terry Moor Heinz Günthardt Rolf Gehring
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 1–6, 6–1, 6–4	Mike Cahill Buster Mottram

December

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 December	WCT Challenge Cup Canada Carpet – S8	Björn Borg 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Jimmy Connors	Johan Kriek Tim Gullikson	Round Robin Pat Du Pré Hans Gildemeister Ilie Năstase Peter Fleming
10 December	South Australian Open Adelaide, Australia Grass – $100,000 – S32/D16	Kim Warwick 7–5, 6–4	Bernard Mitton	Tony Roche John Alexander	Dale Collings Geoff Masters Chris Delaney Matt Mitchell
		Chris Kachel Colin Dibley 6–7, 7–6, 6–4	John Alexander Phil Dent
17 December	New South Wales Championships Sydney, Australia Grass – $100,000 – S64/D32	Phil Dent 6–4, 6–4, 7–5	Hank Pfister	Guillermo Vilas John James	Brad Drewett Kim Warwick Balázs Taróczy Sherwood Stewart
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 7–6, 6–3	Steve Docherty John Chris Lewis
24 December	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia	Guillermo Vilas 7–6, 6–3, 6–2	John Sadri	Victor Amaya Colin Dibley	Phil Dent Peter Rennert Rod Frawley Mark Edmondson
		Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 7–6, 6–2	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher
31 December	Hobart, Australia Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Shlomo Glickstein 7–5, 6–4	Robert Van't Hof	Terry Rocavert Rick Fisher	Raymond Moore John Marks Chris Kachel Syd Ball
		John James Chris Kachel 6–4, 6–4	Phil Davies Brad Guan
	Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	John Sadri 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2	Tim Wilkison	Rod Frawley Peter Feigl	Russell Simpson John Austin Paul McNamee Dick Crealy
		Peter Feigl Rod Frawley 6–2, 7–5	John Sadri Tim Wilkison
	Masters Doubles WCT Great Britain Carpet – $200,000 – D8	Raúl Ramírez Brian Gottfried 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker

January 1980

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 January	Perth, Australia Grass – $25,000 – S64/D32	Colin Dibley 6–2, 6–4	Chris Delaney	Peter Feigl Syd Ball	John James Shlomo Glickstein Wayne Hampson Rod Frawley
		Cliff Letcher Syd Ball 6–3, 6–4	Dale Collings Dick Crealy
	Volvo Masters New York, USA Carpet – $400,000 – S8/D4	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–2	Vitas Gerulaitis	Gene Mayer Jimmy Connors	John McEnroe José Luis Clerc Guillermo Vilas Harold Solomon
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–4, 6–3	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee

Points system

The tournaments listed above were divided into twelve point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round.^[1] The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:

	Grand Slam	$300,000+	$275,000+	$250,000+	$225,000+	$200,000+	$175,000+	$150,000+	$125,000+	$100,000+	$75,000+	$50,000+
Winner	350 (70)	300 (60)	275 (55)	250 (50)	225 (45)	200 (40)	175 (35)	150 (30)	125 (25)	100 (20)	75 (15)	50 (10)
Runner-up	245 (49)	210 (42)	192 (38)	175 (35)	157 (31)	140 (28)	122 (24)	104 (20)	87 (17)	70 (14)	52 (10)	35 (7)
Semifinalist	140 (28)	120 (24)	110 (22)	100 (20)	90 (18)	80 (16)	70 (14)	60 (12)	50 (10)	40 (8)	30 (6)	20 (4)
Quarterfinalist	70 (14)	60 (12)	55 (11)	50 (10)	45 (9)	40 (8)	35 (7)	30 (6)	25 (5)	20 (4)	15 (3)	10 (2)
Fourth round	35 (7)	30 (6)	27 (6)	25 (5)	22 (5)	20 (4)	17 (3)	14 (3)	12 (2)	10 (2)	7 (–)	5 (–)
Third round	17 (3)	15 (–)	13 (–)	12 (–)	11 (–)	10 (–)	9 (–)	7 (–)	6 (–)	5 (–)	– (–)	– (–)
Second round	9 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	6 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

ATP rankings

As of 1 January 1979 Rk Name 1  Jimmy Connors (USA) 2  Björn Borg (SWE) 3  Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 4  John McEnroe (USA) 5  Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) 6  Eddie Dibbs (USA) 7  Brian Gottfried (USA) 8  Raúl Ramírez (MEX) 9  Harold Solomon (USA) 10  Corrado Barazzutti (ITA) 11  Roscoe Tanner (USA) 12  Manuel Orantes (ESP) 13  Arthur Ashe (USA) 14  José Higueras (ESP) 15  José Luis Clerc (ARG) 16  Ilie Năstase (ROU) 17  Sandy Mayer (USA) 18  Tim Gullikson (USA) 19  Dick Stockton (USA) 20  Balázs Taróczy (HUN)

Year-end rankings (December 1979) Rk Name Points Average High Low Change 1  Björn Borg (SWE) 1497 93.56 +1 2  Jimmy Connors (USA) 1366 91.07 –1 3  John McEnroe (USA) 1614 84.95 +1 4  Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) 1166 64.78 +1 5  Roscoe Tanner (USA) 1139 59.95 +6 6  Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 1199 52.13 –3 7  Arthur Ashe (USA) 535 44.58 +6 8  Harold Solomon (USA) 815 40.75 +1 9  José Higueras (ESP) 853 40.62 +5 10  Eddie Dibbs (USA) 750 39.47 –4 11  Victor Pecci (PAR) 748 35.62 +35 12  Gene Mayer (USA) 742 32.26 +52 13  Peter Fleming (USA) 663 31.57 +13 14  Hans Gildemeister (CHI) 406 31.23 +13 15  Wojciech Fibak (POL) 652 29.64 +6 16  José Luis Clerc (ARG) 629 27.35 –1 17  Brian Gottfried (USA) 650 27.08 –10 18  Pat Du Pré (USA) 643 23.81 +15 19  Manuel Orantes (ESP) 375 23.44 –7 20  Ivan Lendl (TCH) 416 21.89 +54

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

• John Alexander (1) Louisville
• Victor Amaya (1) Surbiton
• Vijay Amritraj (1) Bombay
• Björn Borg (12) Richmond WCT, Boca Raton, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, French Open, Wimbledon, Båstad, Toronto, Palermo, Tokyo Indoor, WCT Challenge Cup
• José Luis Clerc (1) Johannesburg
• Jimmy Connors (7) Birmingham, Philadelphia, Memphis, Tulsa, Indianapolis, Stowe, Hong Kong
• Phil Dent (2) Brisbane, Sydney Outdoor
• Eddie Dibbs (1) Forest Hills WCT
• Peter Feigl (2) Linz, Cairo
• Wojciech Fibak (2) Denver, Stuttgart Indoor
• Peter Fleming (2) Cincinnati, Los Angeles
• Vitas Gerulaitis (3) Rome, Kitzbühel, Sydney Indoor
• Hans Gildemeister (2) Barcelona, Santiago
• Brian Gottfried (2) Columbus, Basel
• José Higueras (3) Houston, Hamburg, Boston
• Hans Kary (1) Lagos
• Johan Kriek (1) Sarasota
• Robert Lutz (1) Taiwan
• Gene Mayer (1) Cologne
• John McEnroe (10) New Orleans, Milan, San Jose, Dallas WCT, Queen's Club, South Orange, US Open, San Francisco, Stockholm, Wembley
• Peter McNamara (1) Berlin
• Bernard Mitton (1) Costa Rica
• Terry Moor (1) Tokyo Outdoor
• Yannick Noah (3) Nancy, Madrid, Bordeaux
• Tom Okker (1) Tel Aviv
• Manuel Orantes (1) Munich
• Andrew Pattison (1) Johannesburg
• Victor Pecci (3) Nice, Quito, Bogotá
• Ulrich Pinner (1) Gstaad
• Raúl Ramírez (1) Florence
• Marty Riessen (1) Lafayette
• Bill Scanlon (1) Maui
• Tomáš Šmíd (1) Stuttgart Outdoor
• Stan Smith (2) Cleveland, Vienna
• Harold Solomon (3) Baltimore WCT, North Conway, Bercy
• Roscoe Tanner (2) Rancho Mirage, Washington Indoor
• Balázs Taróczy (2) Brussels, Hilversum
• Brian Teacher (1) Newport
• Guillermo Vilas (4) Hobart, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Australian Open
• Butch Walts (2) Dayton, Bologna
• Kim Warwick (1) Adelaide
• Tim Wilkison (1) Auckland

The following players won their first title in 1979:

• Hans Gildemeister Barcelona
• Hans Kary Lagos
• Johan Kriek Sarasota
• Peter McNamara Berlin

See also

• World Championship Tennis
• 1979 WTA Tour

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.

External links

• ATP Archive 1979: Colgate Palmolive Grand Prix Tournaments.
• ATP – History Mens Professional Tours.

Further reading

• Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.