John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis in the final, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1979 US Open. It was his first major singles title.
Jimmy Connors was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by McEnroe. Connors' loss ended a record streak of five consecutive US Open finals (a record since broken by Ivan Lendl).
During the second round, Ilie Năstase was defaulted from his match against John McEnroe. The umpire had docked Năstase a point in the third set and then a game in the fourth for arguing and stalling. A near riot followed as the crowd disagreed with the umpire's decision, by throwing beer cans and cups on court. The match was eventually restarted with the umpire being replaced before McEnroe came out the winner.[1][2][3][4] McEnroe did not have to play in the third round (a walkover against John Lloyd) and only had to play three games in the quarterfinals (retirement by Eddie Dibbs).
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John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis in the final 7 5 6 3 6 3 to win the men s singles tennis title at the 1979 US Open It was his first major singles title Men s singles1979 US OpenFinalChampionJohn McEnroeRunner upVitas GerulaitisScore7 5 6 3 6 3DetailsDraw128 14Q Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends men women mixed 1978 US Open 1980 Main article 1979 US Open tennis Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but was defeated in the semifinals by McEnroe Connors loss ended a record streak of five consecutive US Open finals a record since broken by Ivan Lendl During the second round Ilie Năstase was defaulted from his match against John McEnroe The umpire had docked Năstase a point in the third set and then a game in the fourth for arguing and stalling A near riot followed as the crowd disagreed with the umpire s decision by throwing beer cans and cups on court The match was eventually restarted with the umpire being replaced before McEnroe came out the winner 1 2 3 4 McEnroe did not have to play in the third round a walkover against John Lloyd and only had to play three games in the quarterfinals retirement by Eddie Dibbs Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2 1 Key 2 2 Final eight 2 3 Section 1 2 4 Section 2 2 5 Section 3 2 6 Section 4 2 7 Section 5 2 8 Section 6 2 9 Section 7 2 10 Section 8 3 References 4 External linksSeeds editThe seeded players are listed below John McEnroe is the champion others show the round in which they were eliminated nbsp Bjorn Borg quarterfinalist nbsp Jimmy Connors semifinalist nbsp John McEnroe champion nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis finalist nbsp Roscoe Tanner semifinalist nbsp Guillermo Vilas fourth round nbsp Harold Solomon fourth round nbsp Victor Pecci Sr third round nbsp Eddie Dibbs quarterfinalist nbsp Jose Luis Clerc fourth round nbsp Brian Gottfried fourth round nbsp Wojtek Fibak second round nbsp Gene Mayer third round nbsp Tim Gullikson fourth round nbsp Adriano Panatta first round nbsp John Alexander second round Draw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser r Retired Final eight edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Bjorn Borg262625 nbsp Roscoe Tanner646775 nbsp Roscoe Tanner6665334 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis3277664 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis5666 nbsp Johan Kriek73434 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis5333 nbsp John McEnroe7669 nbsp Eddie Dibbs1r3 nbsp John McEnroe23 nbsp John McEnroe6672 nbsp Jimmy Connors335 nbsp Pat DuPre2112 nbsp Jimmy Connors666 Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp Borg666 nbsp Mitchell1121 nbsp Borg666 nbsp Cox63721Q nbsp Carter111Q nbsp Carter065661 nbsp Borg666 nbsp Fleming7606 nbsp Fillol Sr 032 nbsp Okker6463 nbsp Fleming1722 nbsp Bedel6162 nbsp Fillol Sr 6566 nbsp Fillol Sr 46761 nbsp Borg6177 nbsp Rennert434 nbsp Stockton4665Q nbsp Foxworth666Q nbsp Foxworth3636 nbsp Ycaza120 nbsp Stockton6467 nbsp Stockton666 nbsp Stockton766 nbsp Richardson36616 nbsp Richardson633Q nbsp Siegler63163 nbsp Richardson767 nbsp Curren677 nbsp Curren54515 nbsp Panatta356 Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 nbsp Gullikson6366 nbsp Teltscher464414 nbsp Gullikson667Q nbsp Garcia645 nbsp Pattison326 nbsp Pattison76714 nbsp Gullikson3666 nbsp Mottram4767 nbsp Mottram6342Q nbsp Van t Hof6546 nbsp Mottram676 nbsp Schneider67431 nbsp Kodes362 nbsp Kodes3566614 nbsp Gullikson345 nbsp Drewett3235 nbsp Tanner667 nbsp James666 nbsp James3746 nbsp Saviano64704 nbsp Saviano6567 nbsp Teacher16664r nbsp Saviano4463 nbsp Van Patten4105 nbsp Tanner6636 nbsp Lendl666 nbsp Lendl321 nbsp Marks4205 nbsp Tanner6665 nbsp Tanner666 Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp Gerulaitis667 nbsp Edmondson3254 nbsp Gerulaitis666 nbsp Taygan766 nbsp Taygan233Q nbsp Leonard6434 nbsp Gerulaitis776 nbsp Martin51674 nbsp Smith663 nbsp Simpson76156 nbsp Simpson213 nbsp Portes234 nbsp Smith666 nbsp Smith6664 nbsp Gerulaitis766 nbsp Fisher632410 nbsp Clerc622Q nbsp Trogolo1666Q nbsp Trogolo6266Q nbsp Norback7667Q nbsp Norback4622 nbsp Kleege6716Q nbsp Trogolo6111 nbsp Purcell566610 nbsp Clerc4666 nbsp Moretton7243 nbsp Purcell264Q nbsp Nichols10410 nbsp Clerc67610 nbsp Clerc666 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp Fibak776 nbsp Carmichael65212 nbsp Fibak446 nbsp Noah6647 nbsp Noah667Q nbsp Cramer3066 nbsp Noah766 nbsp Dominguez016 nbsp Walts632 nbsp Krulevitz667 nbsp Krulevitz36602 nbsp Lewis321 nbsp Walts63466 nbsp Walts666 nbsp Noah36664 nbsp Krishnan666 nbsp Kriek67416 nbsp Dent303 nbsp Krishnan523 nbsp Kriek66406 nbsp Kriek766 nbsp Molina04663 nbsp Kriek666 nbsp Gomez336668 nbsp Pecci Sr 320 nbsp Lapidus66342 nbsp Gomez224 nbsp Kohlberg647348 nbsp Pecci Sr 6668 nbsp Pecci Sr 36566 Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round6 nbsp Vilas667 nbsp Parun1266 nbsp Vilas666 nbsp Lutz661r nbsp Benavides110 nbsp Benavides1726 nbsp Vilas27666 nbsp Bailey65636 nbsp Van Dillen65721 nbsp Bengtson47464 nbsp Bailey342 nbsp Dowdeswell74634 nbsp Van Dillen666 nbsp Van Dillen662666 nbsp Vilas3751 nbsp Mitton6669 nbsp Dibbs6576 nbsp Amaya214 nbsp Mitton666 nbsp Crawford6433 nbsp Stewart132 nbsp Stewart4666 nbsp Mitton423Q nbsp Molin07049 nbsp Dibbs666 nbsp Malin6666 nbsp Malin1652 nbsp Wilkison665239 nbsp Dibbs61769 nbsp Dibbs42766 Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round16 nbsp Alexander677 nbsp Schoenfield15516 nbsp Alexander34661 nbsp Pfister666 nbsp Pfister66346 nbsp Docherty433 nbsp Pfister6434 nbsp Rocavert667 nbsp Gorman4666 nbsp Warwick016 nbsp Rocavert122 nbsp Gorman676 nbsp Gorman666 nbsp Owens254 nbsp Gorman241Q nbsp Pasarell13713 nbsp McEnroe666 nbsp Lloyd6666 nbsp Lloyd56777 nbsp Barbosa404 nbsp McNamee77566 nbsp McNamee666 nbsp Lloydw o nbsp Năstase773 nbsp McEnroeQ nbsp Palin55r nbsp Năstase4632 nbsp Slozil1243 nbsp McEnroe64663 nbsp McEnroe666 Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round7 nbsp Solomon666 nbsp Damiani4037 nbsp Solomon666 nbsp Austin27716 nbsp Austin304Q nbsp Mayotte665637 nbsp Solomon667 nbsp Moore4 nbsp Moore305 nbsp Borowiak3r nbsp Moore75 nbsp Hrebec677 nbsp Hrebec60r nbsp Alvarez1557 nbsp Solomon63264 nbsp Du Pre7706 nbsp Du Pre36646 nbsp Ramirez6562 nbsp Du Pre6616 nbsp Scanlon33633 nbsp Smid2263 nbsp Smid66266 nbsp Du Pre76 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
