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.
McEnroe won the 1979 Grand Prix Circuit | |
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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 | John McEnroe (10) |
Most tournament finals | Björn Borg (13) |
Prize money leader | John McEnroe |
Points leader | John McEnroe |
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
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January 1980
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Jan | 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters New York, USA Carpet (i) – $400,000 – 8S/4D Singles – Doubles |
Björn Borg 6–2, 6–2 |
Vitas Gerulaitis | Jimmy Connors John McEnroe |
Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner José Higueras |
Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 |
Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker |
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+ | |
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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 (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |
Grand Prix Standings
1- John McEnroe (USA)
2. Björn Borg (Sue)
3. Jimmy Connors (USA)
4. Guillermo Vilas (Arg)
5. Vitas Gerulaitis (USA)
6. Roscoe Tanner (USA)
7. José Higueras (Spain)
8. Harold Solomon (USA)
9. Eddie Dibbs (USA)
10. Víctor Pecci (Par)
ATP rankings
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*Due to the date of the Australian Open, the official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 7th, 1980 rather than the last rankings released in 1979.
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 (1) 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
References
- John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
- Grand Prix tennis circuit
- http://www.tenniscom.com/setlectura/grandprix.htm
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.