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Birmingham 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Jan 15, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches
Champion: Jimmy Connors

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
1 Jimmy Connors 6 6
Eliot Teltscher 1 4
Stan Smith 6 6
6 Corrado Barazzutti 2 4
3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6
Deon Joubert 1 1
8 Ilie Nastase 6 6 6
Terry Moor 2 7 0
Dick Stockton 7 2 6
5 Brian Gottfried 6 6 3
4 Eddie Dibbs 6 6 6
Pat Dupre 2 7 4
Buster C Mottram 6 6
Gene Mayer 1 4
2 Guillermo Vilas 6 7
Vladimir Zednik 2 6
Quarterfinal
1 Jimmy Connors 6 6
Stan Smith 4 1
3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6
8 Ilie Nastase 2 0
4 Eddie Dibbs 3 6 6
Dick Stockton 6 0 3
2 Guillermo Vilas 6 6
Buster C Mottram 2 3
Semifinal
1 Jimmy Connors 7 6
3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 2
4 Eddie Dibbs 6 1 6
2 Guillermo Vilas 0 6 2
Final
1 Jimmy Connors 6 3 7
4 Eddie Dibbs 2 6 5

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
Jimmy Connors Charles Owens 6-2 6-4 ·
Eliot Teltscher Vijay Amritraj 6-1 6-3 ·
Stan Smith Geoff Masters 7-5 6-3 ·
Corrado Barazzutti Hank Pfister 7-5 6-2 ·
Vitas Gerulaitis Tim Vann 6-1 7-5 ·
Deon Joubert Mike Cahill 6-7 7-6 6-3
Terry Moor Bernard Mitton 3-6 6-3 7-6
Ilie Nastase Zeljko Franulovic 7-6 6-4 ·
Brian Gottfried Fred Mcnair 6-7 6-2 6-0
Dick Stockton Brian Teacher 6-3 2-6 6-4
Pat Dupre Tom Okker 3-6 7-6 6-4
Eddie Dibbs John Alexander 7-6 6-4 ·
Buster C Mottram Manuel Orantes 6-3 6-4 ·
Gene Mayer Tom Leonard 6-3 3-6 6-4
Vladimir Zednik Joel Bailey 6-4 4-6 6-4
Guillermo Vilas Ion Tiriac 6-1 6-4 ·

Players (32)

PlayerCountryReached
Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors USA Winner
Eddie Dibbs Eddie Dibbs USA Final
Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas ARG Semifinal
Vitas Gerulaitis Vitas Gerulaitis USA Semifinal
BM Buster C Mottram GBR Quarterfinal
Dick Stockton Dick Stockton USA Quarterfinal
Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase ROU Quarterfinal
Stan Smith Stan Smith USA Quarterfinal
BG Brian Gottfried USA Round of 16
Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti ITA Round of 16
DJ Deon Joubert RSA Round of 16
ET Eliot Teltscher USA Round of 16
Gene Mayer Gene Mayer USA Round of 16
Pat Dupre Pat Dupre USA Round of 16
Terry Moor Terry Moor USA Round of 16
VZ Vladimir Zednik CZE Round of 16
BM Bernard Mitton RSA Round of 32
BT Brian Teacher USA Round of 32
CO Charles Owens USA Round of 32
FM Fred Mcnair USA Round of 32
Geoff Masters Geoff Masters AUS Round of 32
Hank Pfister Hank Pfister USA Round of 32
Ion Tiriac Ion Tiriac ROU Round of 32
JB Joel Bailey USA Round of 32
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Round of 32
Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes ESP Round of 32
MC Mike Cahill USA Round of 32
TV Tim Vann USA Round of 32
TL Tom Leonard USA Round of 32
Tom Okker Tom Okker NED Round of 32
Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj IND Round of 32
Zeljko Franulovic Zeljko Franulovic CRO Round of 32