1979 French Open

1979 French Open
Date	28 May - 11 June
Edition	78th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Prize money	$375,000
Surface	Clay / Outdoor
Location	Paris (XVI^e), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Björn Borg ^[1]
Women's Singles
Chris Evert ^[2]
Men's Doubles
Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer ^[3]
Women's Doubles
Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull ^[2]
Mixed Doubles
Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt ^[2]

The 1979 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 28 May until 11June. It was the 78th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1979.^[4]^[5]

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 1979 French Open – Men's Singles

Björn Borg defeated Víctor Pecci, 6–3, 6–1, 6–7^(6-8), 6–4 ^[1]

It was Borg's 7th career Grand Slam title, and his 4th French Open title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1979 French Open – Women's Singles

Chris Evert-Lloyd defeated Wendy Turnbull, 6–2, 6–0 ^[2]

It was Evert's 9th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd French Open title.

Men's doubles

Gene Mayer / Sandy Mayer defeated Ross Case / Phil Dent, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 ^[3]

Women's doubles

Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull defeated Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 ^[2]

Mixed doubles

Wendy Turnbull / Bob Hewitt defeated Virginia Ruzici / Ion Ţiriac, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 ^[2]

Prize money

Event		W	F	SF	QF	4R	3R	2R	1R
Singles ^[6]	Men	FF208,200	FF104,100	FF52,050	FF26,370	FF15,270	FF8,325	FF4,860	FF2,775
Singles ^[6]	Women	FF126,900	FF63,450	FF31,300	FF13,960	-	FF6,870	FF3,600	FF696

Total prize money for the event was FF2,050,012.

References

1 2 "Roland Garros - 1979 Men's Singles". ATP.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "WTA Tournament Archive – 1979 Roland Garros" (PDF). WTA.
1 2 "Roland Garros - 1979 Men's Doubles". ATP.
↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 390, 397, 400, 402–3. ISBN 978-0942257700.
↑ Gilles Delamarre (1991). Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire. Paris: Fédération Française de Tennis. pp. 240–245. ISBN 2906450510.
↑ John Barrett, ed. (1981). World of Tennis 1980. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0362020120.

External links

French Open Official website

Preceded by 1978 Australian Open	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 1979 Wimbledon Championships

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