Defending champion Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-Lloyd in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was her second Wimbledon singles title and second major singles title overall.
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Both Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Billie Jean King were given protected seedings above their actual rankings, as they were returning from almost year-long injury absences.
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Defending champion Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd in a rematch of the previous year s final 6 4 6 4 to win the ladies singles tennis title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships 1 It was her second Wimbledon singles title and second major singles title overall Women s singles1979 Wimbledon ChampionshipsFinalChampionMartina NavratilovaRunner upChris Evert LloydScore6 4 6 4DetailsDraw96 8Q 6WC Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girls 1978 Wimbledon Championships 1980 Main article 1979 Wimbledon Championships Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSeeds Edit0 1 Martina Navratilova champion 0 2 Chris Evert Lloyd final 0 3 Evonne Goolagong Cawley semifinals 0 4 Tracy Austin semifinals 0 5 Virginia Wade quarterfinals 0 6 Dianne Fromholtz quarterfinals 0 7 Billie Jean King quarterfinals 0 8 Wendy Turnbull quarterfinals 0 9 Kerry Reid fourth round 10 Virginia Ruzici fourth round 11 Greer Stevens fourth round 12 Sue Barker first round 13 Regina Marsikova third round 14 Kathy Jordan fourth round 15 Betty Stove fourth round 16 Pam Shriver second round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Both Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Billie Jean King were given protected seedings above their actual rankings as they were returning from almost year long injury absences Qualifying EditMain article 1979 Wimbledon Championships Women s singles qualifyingDraw EditKey Edit 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 SR Special ranking Finals Edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 Martina Navratilova2666 Dianne Fromholtz6301 Martina Navratilova764 Tracy Austin514 Tracy Austin6667 Billie Jean King4721 Martina Navratilova662 Chris Evert Lloyd445 Virginia Wade403 Evonne Goolagong Cawley663 Evonne Goolagong Cawley322 Chris Evert Lloyd668 Wendy Turnbull342 Chris Evert Lloyd66Top half Edit Section 1 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 M Navratilova466Q T Harford6211 M Navratilova66WC J Durie411 M Navratilova66 R Casals77 R Casals33 H Eisterlehner66 R Casals76 F Durr521 M Navratilova76611 G Stevens673 V Gonzalez631 R Gerulaitis66 R Gerulaitis366WC A Cooper34 R Gerulaitis32 M Kruger74511 G Stevens66WC G Coles567WC G Coles0311 G Stevens66Section 2 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round15 B Stove66 J DuVall1415 B Stove66 C O Neil3115 B Stove266 K McDaniel746 K McDaniel632 K Ebbinghaus561 K McDaniel76 M Pinterova6215 B Stove66 K Latham6546 D Fromholtz77 D Porzio376 D Porzio65Q M Mesker77Q M Mesker546 D Fromholtz76Q M Blackwood23 B Hallquist326 D Fromholtz666 D Fromholtz66Section 3 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 T Austin466 B Cuypers66 B Cuypers612 E Vessies Appel414 T Austin66 BA Stuart23 I Kloss564 BA Stuart466 BA Stuart736 D Evers6414 T Austin6610 V Ruzici24 A Smith46 M Wikstedt67 M Wikstedt67 S Walsh26 M Wikstedt30 I Budarova2210 V Ruzici66 S Collins66 S Collins3410 V Ruzici66Section 4 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round13 R Marsikova659 A Hobbs67 A Hobbs377Q L Charles2513 R Marsikova32Q D Morrison34 H Mandlikova66 H Mandlikova66 H Mandlikova76 A M Fernandez51 H Mandlikova43 M Jausovec667 BJ King66Q S Simmonds22 M Jausovec54 D Desfor76 D Desfor327 BJ King66 L Siegel13 Y Vermaak417 BJ King667 BJ King66Bottom half Edit Section 5 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 V Wade66 M Louie045 V Wade66 B Jordan015 V Wade67 S Hanika36 L Antonoplis56 S Hanika66 S Hanika77 B Potter435 V Wade66 I Riedel266WC D Jevans12 F Thibault613 I Riedel161WC D Jevans636WC D Jevans376 A Tobin652 A Tobin477 I Madruga648 I Madruga66512 S Barker366Section 6 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 K Jordan66Q M Pakker666 B Bunge14 B Bunge37814 K Jordan66 H Strachonova22 H Strachonova267 P Teeguarden76 P Teeguarden645 R Tomanova6414 K Jordan671 E Raponi243 E Goolagong Cawley766 C Doerner66 C Doerner566WC B Thompson730 C Doerner523 E Goolagong Cawley76 S Acker31 M Louie033 E Goolagong Cawley663 E Goolagong Cawley66Section 7 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 W Turnbull66 L Forood477 L Forood33 D Gilbert6558 W Turnbull66 M Carillo13 E Nagelsen02 A Kiyomura264 M Carillo66WC M Carillo6368 W Turnbull6469 K Reid363 M Simionescu41 G Lovera42 R Fox66 R Fox66 R Fox319 K Reid66 C Meyer12 R Blount109 K Reid669 K Reid66Section 8 Edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round16 P Shriver66 P Medrado4316 P Shriverw o L duPont L duPont76 S Margolin76 W White53 J Russell52 S Margolin167 W White639 L duPont212 C Evert Lloyd66 K Teacher67 M Tyler43 A Moulton15 A Moulton66 K Teacher432 C Evert Lloyd66Q A Whitmore12 M Redondo422 C Evert Lloyd662 C Evert Lloyd66See also EditEvert Navratilova rivalryReferences Edit Barrett John 2014 Wimbledon The Official History 4th ed Vision Sports Publishing ISBN 9 781909 534230 External links EditSource for the draw at Wimbledon com 1979 Wimbledon Championships Women s draws and results at the International Tennis FederationPreceded by1979 French Open Women s singles Grand Slam women s singles Succeeded by1979 US Open Women s singles Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 Wimbledon Championships Women 27s singles amp oldid 1128389397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,