Palermo 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Clay Start: Sep 17, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Bjorn Borg

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Bjorn Borg 6 4 6

Angel Gimenez 0 6 1

Per Hjertquist 6 1 6

6 Terry Moor 4 6 1

4 Buster C Mottram 6 6

Ramiro Benavides 2 1

Louk Sanders 6 6

Ernie Ewert 1 2

7 Carlos Kirmayr 6 6

Jorge Andrew 4 3

3 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6

5 Peter Mcnamara 6 7

Klaus Eberhard 2 6

2 Adriano Panatta 7 7

John Feaver 5 5

Quarterfinal

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6

Per Hjertquist 2 4

4 Buster C Mottram 6 6

Louk Sanders 2 3

3 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6

7 Carlos Kirmayr 3 2

2 Adriano Panatta 4 6 7

5 Peter Mcnamara 6 1 6

Semifinal

4 Buster C Mottram

3 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6

2 Adriano Panatta 1 2

Final

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 6

3 Corrado Barazzutti 4 0 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Bjorn Borg	Antonio Munoz	6-4	6-0	·
Angel Gimenez	Victor Amaya	6-2	7-5	·
Per Hjertquist	Torquato Rossini	7-5	6-3	·
Terry Moor	Stefan Simonsson	6-2	6-4	·
Buster C Mottram	John Yuill	6-2	6-0	·
Ramiro Benavides	Valerio Baiardo	7-5	6-1	·
Louk Sanders	Vittorio Magnelli	7-6	6-3	·
Ernie Ewert	Paul Mcnamee	3-6	6-2	6-3
Carlos Kirmayr	Marco Consolini	6-3	6-0	·
Jorge Andrew	Javier Soler	6-4	2-6	6-4
Onny Parun	Bruno Capineri	6-2	6-0	·
Corrado Barazzutti	Graziano Risi	6-4	6-2	·
Peter Mcnamara	Roger Guedes	6-2	6-1	·
Klaus Eberhard	Ismail El Shafei	6-4	6-1	·
John Feaver	Roberto Lombardi	3-6	6-4	6-4
Adriano Panatta	Roberto Meneschincheri	6-3	6-2	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Bjorn Borg	SWE	Winner
	Corrado Barazzutti	ITA	Final
	Adriano Panatta	ITA	Semifinal
BM	Buster C Mottram	GBR	Semifinal
CK	Carlos Kirmayr	BRA	Quarterfinal
LS	Louk Sanders	NED	Quarterfinal
PH	Per Hjertquist	SWE	Quarterfinal
PM	Peter Mcnamara	AUS	Quarterfinal
AG	Angel Gimenez	ESP	Round of 16
EE	Ernie Ewert	AUS	Round of 16
JF	John Feaver	GBR	Round of 16
JA	Jorge Andrew	VEN	Round of 16
KE	Klaus Eberhard	GER	Round of 16
	Onny Parun	NZL	Round of 16
RB	Ramiro Benavides	BOL	Round of 16
	Terry Moor	USA	Round of 16
AM	Antonio Munoz	ESP	Round of 32
BC	Bruno Capineri	ITA	Round of 32
GR	Graziano Risi	ITA	Round of 32
	Ismail El Shafei	EGY	Round of 32
JS	Javier Soler	ESP	Round of 32
JY	John Yuill	RSA	Round of 32
MC	Marco Consolini	ITA	Round of 32
PM	Paul Mcnamee	AUS	Round of 32
RL	Roberto Lombardi	ITA	Round of 32
RM	Roberto Meneschincheri	ITA	Round of 32
RG	Roger Guedes	BRA	Round of 32
SS	Stefan Simonsson	SWE	Round of 32
TR	Torquato Rossini	ITA	Round of 32
VB	Valerio Baiardo	ITA	Round of 32
VA	Victor Amaya	USA	Round of 32
VM	Vittorio Magnelli	ITA	Round of 32