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Milan 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Mar 26, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches
Champion: John McEnroe

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6
Antonio Zugarelli 3 1
John Alexander 6 6
Gianni Ocleppo 2 3
Gene Mayer 6 6
Franco Merlone 4 1
Adriano Panatta 6 7
7 Jose Luis Clerc 2 6
Andrew Pattison 5 6 6
6 Ilie Nastase 7 4 3
3 John McEnroe 6 6
Buster C Mottram 4 4
Tomas Smid 6 0 6
8 Balazs Taroczy 0 6 1
2 Vitas Gerulaitis 2 7 6
Peter Fleming 6 6 3
Quarterfinal
John Alexander 6 3 6
1 Bjorn Borg 3 6 4
Adriano Panatta 6 3 7
Gene Mayer 3 6 5
3 John McEnroe 6 6
Andrew Pattison 1 3
2 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6
Tomas Smid 3 2
Semifinal
John Alexander 6 6
Adriano Panatta 3 4
3 John McEnroe 6 6
2 Vitas Gerulaitis 0 3
Final
3 John McEnroe 6 6
John Alexander 4 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
Bjorn Borg Geoff Masters 6-1 6-2 ·
Antonio Zugarelli Peter Feigl 3-6 6-4 6-4
Gianni Ocleppo Paolo Bertolucci 6-1 6-4 ·
John Alexander Corrado Barazzutti 6-3 3-6 7-5
Gene Mayer Raul Ramirez 7-5 6-4 ·
Franco Merlone Angel Gimenez 2-6 6-4 7-6
Adriano Panatta Ismail El Shafei 7-6 6-2 ·
Jose Luis Clerc Hans Kary 7-5 6-2 ·
Ilie Nastase Johan Kriek 7-5 6-4 ·
Andrew Pattison Deon Joubert 2-6 6-4 7-5
Buster C Mottram Victor Pecci 6-2 6-4 ·
John McEnroe Andrew Jarrett 4-6 6-1 6-2
Balazs Taroczy Pat Dupre 6-3 6-1 ·
Tomas Smid Dick Crealy 6-3 6-3 ·
Peter Fleming Massimo Rivaroli 6-3 6-3 ·
Vitas Gerulaitis Zeljko Franulovic 6-7 6-3 6-2

Players (32)

PlayerCountryReached
John McEnroe John McEnroe USA Winner
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Final
Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta ITA Semifinal
Vitas Gerulaitis Vitas Gerulaitis USA Semifinal
AP Andrew Pattison USA Quarterfinal
Bjorn Borg Bjorn Borg SWE Quarterfinal
Gene Mayer Gene Mayer USA Quarterfinal
TS Tomas Smid CZE Quarterfinal
AZ Antonio Zugarelli ITA Round of 16
Balazs Taroczy Balazs Taroczy HUN Round of 16
BM Buster C Mottram GBR Round of 16
FM Franco Merlone ITA Round of 16
GO Gianni Ocleppo ITA Round of 16
Ilie Nastase Ilie Nastase ROU Round of 16
Jose Luis Clerc Jose Luis Clerc ARG Round of 16
Peter Fleming Peter Fleming USA Round of 16
AJ Andrew Jarrett GBR Round of 32
AG Angel Gimenez ESP Round of 32
Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti ITA Round of 32
DJ Deon Joubert RSA Round of 32
Dick Crealy Dick Crealy AUS Round of 32
Geoff Masters Geoff Masters AUS Round of 32
HK Hans Kary AUT Round of 32
Ismail El Shafei Ismail El Shafei EGY Round of 32
JK Johan Kriek USA Round of 32
MR Massimo Rivaroli ITA Round of 32
Paolo Bertolucci Paolo Bertolucci ITA Round of 32
Pat Dupre Pat Dupre USA Round of 32
PF Peter Feigl AUT Round of 32
Raul Ramirez Raul Ramirez MEX Round of 32
Victor Pecci Victor Pecci PAR Round of 32
Zeljko Franulovic Zeljko Franulovic CRO Round of 32