New Orleans 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Mar 19, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: John McEnroe

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Ferdi Taygan 6 6

Deon Joubert 0 4

Tomas Smid 6 2 7

Robert Lutz 2 6 6

Raymond Moore 4 6 6

Johan Kriek 6 4 4

6 Roscoe Tanner 0 7 6

Geoff Masters 6 6 4

5 Brian Gottfried 6 7

Sherwood Stewart 3 5

3 John McEnroe 6 6

Kim Warwick 4 2

2 Bjorn Borg 6 6

Dick Stockton 3 3

Tom Gullikson 3 6 6

1 Jimmy Connors 6 4 2

Quarterfinal

Ferdi Taygan 4 6 6

Raymond Moore 6 2 4

6 Roscoe Tanner 6 6

Tom Gullikson 3 4

3 John McEnroe 6 3 6

Tomas Smid 2 6 3

2 Bjorn Borg 6 5 6

5 Brian Gottfried 1 7 3

Semifinal

6 Roscoe Tanner 6 6

Ferdi Taygan 1 2

3 John McEnroe 5 6 7

2 Bjorn Borg 7 1 6

Final

3 John McEnroe 6 6

6 Roscoe Tanner 4 2

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Kim Warwick	Sandy Mayer	6-6	·	·
Ferdi Taygan	Marty Riessen	2-6	6-2	6-3
Dick Stockton	Stan Smith	6-7	6-4	6-4
Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming	6-4	6-4	·
Tomas Smid	John Lloyd	6-0	6-3	·
Raymond Moore	Mike Cahill	3-6	6-2	6-4
Geoff Masters	Jim Ward	6-4	6-3	·
Tom Gullikson	Jeff Borowiak	6-3	6-3	·
Deon Joubert	Tim Gullikson	6-3	3-6	6-1
Robert Lutz	Ilie Nastase	7-6	3-6	·
Roscoe Tanner	Tim Wilkison	6-4	6-3	·
Brian Gottfried	Terry Moor	7-6	6-1	·
Johan Kriek	Eddie Dibbs	6-3	4-6	6-0
John McEnroe	Hubertus Hoyt	6-3	6-2	·
Bjorn Borg	Gene Mayer	6-4	6-3	·
Jimmy Connors	John Sadri	5-7	6-3	6-0

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	John McEnroe	USA	Winner
	Roscoe Tanner	USA	Final
	Bjorn Borg	SWE	Semifinal
FT	Ferdi Taygan	USA	Semifinal
BG	Brian Gottfried	USA	Quarterfinal
	Raymond Moore	RSA	Quarterfinal
TG	Tom Gullikson	USA	Quarterfinal
TS	Tomas Smid	CZE	Quarterfinal
DJ	Deon Joubert	RSA	Round of 16
	Dick Stockton	USA	Round of 16
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 16
	Jimmy Connors	USA	Round of 16
JK	Johan Kriek	USA	Round of 16
KW	Kim Warwick	AUS	Round of 16
RL	Robert Lutz	USA	Round of 16
SS	Sherwood Stewart	USA	Round of 16
	Eddie Dibbs	USA	Round of 32
	Gene Mayer	USA	Round of 32
HH	Hubertus Hoyt	USA	Round of 32
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Round of 32
JB	Jeff Borowiak	USA	Round of 32
JW	Jim Ward	USA	Round of 32
	John Lloyd	GBR	Round of 32
	John Sadri	USA	Round of 32
	Marty Riessen	USA	Round of 32
MC	Mike Cahill	USA	Round of 32
	Peter Fleming	USA	Round of 32
SM	Sandy Mayer	USA	Round of 32
	Stan Smith	USA	Round of 32
	Terry Moor	USA	Round of 32
	Tim Gullikson	USA	Round of 32
TW	Tim Wilkison	USA	Round of 32