Cleveland 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Hard Start: Aug 13, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Stan Smith

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Gene Stuart Malin 6 4 7

1 Adriano Panatta 2 6 6

7 Ramesh Krishnan 6 6

Tom Leonard 4 2

3 Ilie Nastase 6 6

Larry Stefanki 2 4

Robin Drysdale 5 4

Chris Kachel 4 7 7

5 Sandy Mayer 6 5 5

4 Robert Lutz 7 7

Warrick Jones 6 6

8 Francisco Gonzalez 6 6

2 Stan Smith 7 6

Chris Gunning 6 2

Quarterfinal

Gene Stuart Malin 3 6 6

7 Ramesh Krishnan 6 4 0

3 Ilie Nastase 7 6

4 Robert Lutz 7 6

Chris Kachel 5 3

2 Stan Smith 7 6

8 Francisco Gonzalez 5 3

Semifinal

3 Ilie Nastase 7 6 6

Gene Stuart Malin 6 7 3

2 Stan Smith 6 6

4 Robert Lutz 4 4

Final

2 Stan Smith 7 7

3 Ilie Nastase 6 5

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Adriano Panatta	Dale Collings	6-4	6-2	·
Gene Stuart Malin	Willem Prinsloo	6-3	2-6	6-2
Tom Leonard	Fred Mcnair	6-4	6-3	·
Ramesh Krishnan	Jorge Andrew	6-4	4-6	6-0
Ilie Nastase	Cary Stansbury	6-3	6-2	·
Larry Stefanki	Steve Denton	6-1	6-2	·
Robin Drysdale	Deon Joubert	7-6	6-3	·
John Yuill	Tom Gorman	6-4	6-4	·
Sandy Mayer	Eric Friedler	4-6	7-5	6-4
Chris Kachel	Jim Delaney	6-0	6-2	·
Warrick Jones	Tim Garcia	6-3	7-5	·
Robert Lutz	Cliff Letcher	6-2	7-5	·
Francisco Gonzalez	Noel Phillips	6-0	6-3	·
Nial Brash	Onny Parun	6-4	1-6	7-6
Chris Gunning	Peter Campbell	6-4	7-6	·
Stan Smith	Ricardo Ycaza	7-5	6-2	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Stan Smith	USA	Winner
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Final
GM	Gene Stuart Malin	USA	Semifinal
RL	Robert Lutz	USA	Semifinal
CK	Chris Kachel	AUS	Quarterfinal
FG	Francisco Gonzalez	PAR	Quarterfinal
JY	John Yuill	RSA	Quarterfinal
	Ramesh Krishnan	IND	Quarterfinal
	Adriano Panatta	ITA	Round of 16
CG	Chris Gunning	NZL	Round of 16
LS	Larry Stefanki	USA	Round of 16
NB	Nial Brash	USA	Round of 16
RD	Robin Drysdale	GBR	Round of 16
SM	Sandy Mayer	USA	Round of 16
TL	Tom Leonard	USA	Round of 16
WJ	Warrick Jones	USA	Round of 16
CS	Cary Stansbury	USA	Round of 32
CL	Cliff Letcher	AUS	Round of 32
DC	Dale Collings	AUS	Round of 32
DJ	Deon Joubert	RSA	Round of 32
EF	Eric Friedler	USA	Round of 32
FM	Fred Mcnair	USA	Round of 32
JD	Jim Delaney	USA	Round of 32
JA	Jorge Andrew	VEN	Round of 32
NP	Noel Phillips	AUS	Round of 32
	Onny Parun	NZL	Round of 32
PC	Peter Campbell	AUS	Round of 32
RY	Ricardo Ycaza	ECU	Round of 32
SD	Steve Denton	USA	Round of 32
TG	Tim Garcia	USA	Round of 32
TG	Tom Gorman	USA	Round of 32
WP	Willem Prinsloo	RSA	Round of 32