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1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
| Champion | John McEnroe |
| Runner-up | Björn Borg |
| 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
- SR = Special ranking
| 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)