1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
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1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
| 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals | ||||||||||
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| 1978 champion |  Vitas Gerulaitis |
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| Champion | John McEnroe |
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| Runner-up |  Björn Borg |
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| Final score | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 | |||||||||
| Events | ||||||||||
| Singles | Doubles | |||||||||
Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.
John McEnroe won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Borg.
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Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
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Draw
Key
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| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy Connors |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gene Mayer |
7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jimmy Connors |
1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | John McEnroe |
6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | John McEnroe |
6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  John Alexander |
4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | John McEnroe |
7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Björn Borg |
5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Vitas Gerulaitis |
6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brian Gottfried |
4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Vitas Gerulaitis |
5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Björn Borg |
7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Geoff Masters |
3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Björn Borg |
6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived 2009-05-06)
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