Boston 1979

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WTA WTA Tour Carpet Start: Mar 12, 1979 Draw: 32 32 matches

Champion: Dianne Fromholtz

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Chris Evert 6 6

8 Marise Kruger 2 2

3 Greer Stevens 6 6

Lesley Hunt 1 2

5 Virginia Wade 6 7

Rosie Casals 3 5

6 Kerry Reid 6 7

Linda Siegel 2 5

4 Wendy Turnbull 7 7

Carrie Meyer 6 5

Marita Redondo 7 6

Betsy Nagelsen 5 2

2 Dianne Fromholtz 6 6

Betty Stove 3 1

Quarterfinal

1 Chris Evert 3 1

5 Virginia Wade 6 7

3 Greer Stevens 4 6

4 Wendy Turnbull 7 6

6 Kerry Reid 6 1

2 Dianne Fromholtz 6 6

Marita Redondo 1 2

Semifinal

5 Virginia Wade 6 4

2 Dianne Fromholtz 5 6 6

4 Wendy Turnbull 7 2 1

Final

2 Dianne Fromholtz 6 7

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Chris Evert	Pam Teeguarden	6-2	6-2	·
Kathy May	Renata Tomanova	6-1	3-6	6-1
Marise Kruger	Mima Jausovec	4-6	6-4	6-1
Sue Barker	Terry Holladay	6-2	3-1	·
Greer Stevens	Mareen Louie Harper	6-2	6-1	·
Lesley Hunt	Ilana Kloss	6-2	6-4	·
Virginia Wade	Mary Lou Piatek	6-1	6-2	·
Rosie Casals	Jeanne Duvall	6-2	6-4	·
Linda Siegel	Sandy Collins	6-4	6-2	·
Kerry Reid	Renee Richards	6-2	6-4	·
Carrie Meyer	Caroline Stoll	7-5	6-0	·
Wendy Turnbull	Diane Desfor	6-3	6-2	·
Betsy Nagelsen	Patricia Medrado	6-7	6-1	6-1
Marita Redondo	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	7-6	7-5	·
Betty Stove	Anne Smith	6-4	6-1	·
Dianne Fromholtz	Kate Latham	6-1	6-2	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	Winner
	Sue Barker	GBR	Final
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Bronze
VW	Virginia Wade	GBR	Bronze
	Chris Evert	USA	Quarterfinal
GS	Greer Stevens	RSA	Quarterfinal
	Kerry Reid	AUS	Quarterfinal
MR	Marita Redondo	USA	Quarterfinal
BN	Betsy Nagelsen	USA	Round of 16
	Betty Stove	NED	Round of 16
CM	Carrie Meyer	USA	Round of 16
KM	Kathy May	USA	Round of 16
LH	Lesley Hunt	AUS	Round of 16
LS	Linda Siegel	USA	Round of 16
MK	Marise Kruger	RSA	Round of 16
	Rosie Casals	USA	Round of 16
AH	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	USA	Round of 32
	Anne Smith	USA	Round of 32
CS	Caroline Stoll	USA	Round of 32
DD	Diane Desfor	USA	Round of 32
	Ilana Kloss	RSA	Round of 32
JD	Jeanne Duvall	USA	Round of 32
KL	Kate Latham	USA	Round of 32
MH	Mareen Louie Harper	USA	Round of 32
MP	Mary Lou Piatek	USA	Round of 32
MJ	Mima Jausovec	SLO	Round of 32
	Pam Teeguarden	USA	Round of 32
PM	Patricia Medrado	BRA	Round of 32
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Round of 32
RR	Renee Richards	USA	Round of 32
SC	Sandy Collins	USA	Round of 32
TH	Terry Holladay	USA	Round of 32

Other matches

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
BR	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Wade	W/O