1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

1979 World Championship Tennis Finals
1978 champion   Vitas Gerulaitis
Champion   John McEnroe
Runner-up   Björn Borg
Final score   7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Events
Singles   Doubles

Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.

John McEnroe won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Borg.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Jimmy Connors (Semifinals)
  2. Björn Borg (Final)
  3. John McEnroe (Champion)
  4. Brian Gottfried (Quarterfinals)
  1. Vitas Gerulaitis (Semifinals)
  2. John Alexander (Quarterfinals)
  3. Gene Mayer (Quarterfinals)
  4. Geoff Masters (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

  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