1979 WCT Tournament of Champions

1979 WCT Tournament of Champions
Date February 19 – 25
Edition 3rd
Category WCT
Draw 6S (round robin)
Prize money $200,000
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Dorado, Puerto Rico
Venue Cerrormar Beach Hotel
Champions
Singles
United States Jimmy Connors [1]

The 1979 WCT Tournament of Champions was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Cerromar Beach Hotel in Dorado, Puerto Rico. It was a six men round-robin tournament followed by a final between the two best performing players. The event was part of the 1979 World Championship Tennis (WCT) tour, which in turn was part of the 1979 Grand Prix circuit, but was classified as a special event and as such did not count towards the Grand Prix rankings.[2] It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from February 19 through February 25, 1979. Jimmy Connors won the singles title and the accompanying $100,000 first prize money.[3][4]

Champions

Men's Singles

United States Jimmy Connors defeated United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6–5, 6–0, 6–4


References

  1. "ATP – 1979 Dorado Beach WCT Men's Singles draw". ATP.
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 179, 182. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
  3. "Connors Continues His Dominance Of Gerulaitis". Lakeland Ledger. Feb 26, 1979.
  4. "Success isn't new to Jimmy 'Tennis'". The Miami News. Feb 26, 1979.

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