1979 BMW Open – Singles

1979 BMW Open
1978 champion   Guillermo Vilas
Champion   Manuel Orantes
Runner-up   Wojtek Fibak
Final score   6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Events
Singles   Doubles

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Manuel Orantes (Champion)
  2. Wojtek Fibak (Final)
  3. Balázs Taróczy (Second Round)
  4. Victor Pecci Sr. (Second Round)
  1. Tom Okker (Second Round)
  2. Ulrich Pinner (Second Round)
  3. Rolf Gehring (Second Round)
  4. Željko Franulović (Second Round)

Draw

Key

NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

Final
1   Manuel Orantes 6 6 6    
2   Wojtek Fibak 3 2 4    

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1   M Orantes 6 6    
    R Case 0 1       1   M Orantes 2 6 6  
    R Simpson 6 6         R Simpson 6 4 3  
    G Gnettner 0 3         1   M Orantes 6 3 6  
    P Hutka 6 5             W Zirngibl 1 6 4  
    W Zirngibl 7 7           W Zirngibl 7 6  
    D Carter 2 3     6   U Pinner 5 1    
6   U Pinner 6 6         1   M Orantes 6 6  
3   B Taróczy 6 6             J Hřebec 4 2  
    K Eberhard 2 4       3   B Taróczy 2 6 6  
    K Meiler 4 5         I Molina 6 0 7  
    I Molina 6 7             I Molina 6 5 2
    J Hřebec 6 6             J Hřebec 1 7 6  
    J Andrew 2 3           J Hřebec 6 6  
    P Dominguez 3 6 5   8   Ž Franulović 4 4    
8   Ž Franulović 6 3 7  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
7   R Gehring 7 6    
    R Moore 6 1       7   R Gehring 6 4    
    J James 6 1     Q   A Gómez 7 6    
Q   A Gómez 7 6         Q   A Gómez 4 7 6  
    J Kodeš 6 7             J Kodeš 6 6 4  
    J Soares 3 5           J Kodeš 4 6 7
Q   S Birner 2 4     4   V Pecci 6 4 6  
4   V Pecci 6 6         Q   A Gómez 4 1  
5   T Okker 4 6 6       2   W Fibak 6 6  
Q   A Muñoz 6 3 1     5   T Okker 6 5    
    P Elter 6 6 6       P Elter 7 7    
    K Johansson 7 2 1           P Elter 2 3  
    R Fagel 6 6         2   W Fibak 6 6    
Q   C Roger-Vasselin 2 1           R Fagel 4 6 3
    J-L Haillet 3 4     2   W Fibak 6 3 6  
2   W Fibak 6 6    

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