1979 ATP Buenos Aires – Singles

Main article: 1979 ATP Buenos Aires

Guillermo Vilas defeated José Luis Clerc 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to win the 1979 ATP Buenos Aires singles competition. José Luis Clerc was the defending champion.

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Guillermo Vilas (Champion)
  2. José Higueras (Quarterfinals)
  3. Victor Pecci Sr. (First Round)
  4. Eddie Dibbs (Semifinals)
  1. Hans Gildemeister (Second Round)
  2. José Luis Clerc (Final)
  3. Ivan Lendl (Semifinals)
  4. Tomáš Šmíd (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1   Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6    
6   José Luis Clerc 1 2 2    

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1   G Vilas 6 6    
    B Prajoux 3 4       1   G Vilas 7 7    
    P Kronk 2 6         C Gattiker 5 6    
    C Gattiker 6 7         1   G Vilas 6 6    
    F Luna 2 4         8   T Šmíd 1 2    
    C Lewis 6 6           C Lewis 1 4  
Q   A Gimenez 2 2     8   T Šmíd 6 6    
8   T Šmíd 6 6         1   G Vilas 6 6  
4   E Dibbs 5 6 6       4   E Dibbs 1 1  
    R Cano 7 1 2     4   E Dibbs 6 6    
    C Kirmayr 6 7         C Kirmayr 2 3    
    R Fagel 2 5         4   E Dibbs 6 6  
Q   P Rebolledo 3 4             B Taróczy 4 4    
    B Taróczy 6 6           B Taróczy 6 6  
    C Owens 7 2 3   5   H Gildemeister 1 2    
5   H Gildemeister 6 6 6  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6   J-L Clerc 6 6    
    J Velasco Sr. 2 4       6   J-L Clerc 6 6    
    R Gehring 6 6         R Gehring 2 2    
    T Koch 1 1         6   J-L Clerc 6 6    
    T Moor 6 6             T Moor 4 1    
Q   A Gattiker 1 1           T Moor 6 6 8
    P McNamara 6 6         P McNamara 7 4 6  
3   V Pecci Sr. 3 4         6   J-L Clerc 6 3 6
7   I Lendl 6 6         7   I Lendl 3 6 4
Q   R Arguello 3 2       7   I Lendl 6 7 6  
    A Pierola 6 6         A Pierola 7 5 4  
    R Frawley 1 3         7   I Lendl 6 6  
    F Dalla-Fontana 6 2 6       2   J Higueras 2 2    
    A Gómez 3 6 8         A Gómez 3 3  
    C Motta 1 3     2   J Higueras 6 6    
2   J Higueras 6 6    

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