1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.
Singles | |
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1979 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Final score | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
John McEnroe won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Borg.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Jimmy Connors (Semifinals)
Björn Borg (Final)
John McEnroe (Champion)
Brian Gottfried (Quarterfinals)
Vitas Gerulaitis (Semifinals)
John Alexander (Quarterfinals)
Gene Mayer (Quarterfinals)
Geoff Masters (Quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special Exempt
- PR = Protected Ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior Exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived 2009-05-06)
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