Monte Carlo 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Clay Start: Apr 9, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Bjorn Borg

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6

Jose Higueras 4 4

7 Jose Luis Clerc 3 7 6

Ulrich Pinner 6 6 1

Yannick Noah 6 6

Zeljko Franulovic 4 4

Victor Pecci 6 6 7

Rolf Gehring 4 7 5

8 Raul Ramirez 6 6

3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 7

Francois Jauffret 7 3 5

John Alexander 4 7 7

2 Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6

Quarterfinal

1 Bjorn Borg 4 6 6

7 Jose Luis Clerc 6 2 1

Victor Pecci 6 7

Yannick Noah 0 6

3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6

8 Raul Ramirez 0 3

John Alexander 6 5 6

5 Ilie Nastase 3 7 4

Semifinal

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6

Victor Pecci 4 1

3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 7

John Alexander 2 6

Final

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 6

3 Vitas Gerulaitis 2 1 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Bjorn Borg	Paolo Bertolucci	6-0	6-1	·
Jose Higueras	Pat Dupre	7-5	6-1	·
Ulrich Pinner	Bernard Fritz	2-6	6-2	6-2
Jose Luis Clerc	Bernard Balleret	6-2	6-0	·
Zeljko Franulovic	Manuel Orantes	6-2	7-5	·
Yannick Noah	Luis Borfiga	6-1	6-3	·
Victor Pecci	Ivan Lendl	6-1	6-3	·
Rolf Gehring	Corrado Barazzutti	7-6	6-2	·
Raul Ramirez	Pascal Portes	7-5	6-1	·
Tomas Smid	Andrew Pattison	6-3	6-2	·
Francois Jauffret	Dick Crealy	6-4	6-4	·
Vitas Gerulaitis	Jean Francois Caujolle	6-3	5-7	6-4
Ilie Nastase	Angel Gimenez	6-2	6-3	·
Geoff Masters	Johan Kriek	6-2	6-4	·
John Alexander	Adriano Panatta	7-5	6-7	7-6
Guillermo Vilas	Balazs Taroczy	3-6	6-3	6-2

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Bjorn Borg	SWE	Winner
	Vitas Gerulaitis	USA	Final
	John Alexander	AUS	Semifinal
	Victor Pecci	PAR	Semifinal
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Quarterfinal
	Jose Luis Clerc	ARG	Quarterfinal
	Raul Ramirez	MEX	Quarterfinal
	Yannick Noah	FRA	Quarterfinal
	Francois Jauffret	FRA	Round of 16
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 16
	Guillermo Vilas	ARG	Round of 16
	Jose Higueras	ESP	Round of 16
RG	Rolf Gehring	GER	Round of 16
TS	Tomas Smid	CZE	Round of 16
	Ulrich Pinner	GER	Round of 16
	Zeljko Franulovic	CRO	Round of 16
	Adriano Panatta	ITA	Round of 32
AP	Andrew Pattison	USA	Round of 32
AG	Angel Gimenez	ESP	Round of 32
	Balazs Taroczy	HUN	Round of 32
BB	Bernard Balleret	MON	Round of 32
BF	Bernard Fritz	FRA	Round of 32
	Corrado Barazzutti	ITA	Round of 32
	Dick Crealy	AUS	Round of 32
	Ivan Lendl	USA	Round of 32
JC	Jean Francois Caujolle	FRA	Round of 32
JK	Johan Kriek	USA	Round of 32
LB	Luis Borfiga	MON	Round of 32
	Manuel Orantes	ESP	Round of 32
	Paolo Bertolucci	ITA	Round of 32
PP	Pascal Portes	FRA	Round of 32
	Pat Dupre	USA	Round of 32