Richmond WCT 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Jan 29, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Bjorn Borg

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6

Russell Simpson 1 2

Pat Dupre 3 7 6

Marty Riessen 6 6 2

3 John McEnroe 6 6

Deon Joubert 2 1

6 Ilie Nastase 6 2 6

Jose Higueras 4 6 2

8 Arthur Ashe 7 6 6

Ross Case 6 7 2

4 Brian Gottfried 6 7

Heinz Gunthardt 3 5

Tim Wilkison 6 6

5 Corrado Barazzutti 3 4

2 Guillermo Vilas 5 6 6

Buster C Mottram 7 3 3

Quarterfinal

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6

3 John McEnroe 6 3 6

6 Ilie Nastase 3 6 2

8 Arthur Ashe 6 2 6

4 Brian Gottfried 2 6 3

2 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

Tim Wilkison 2 2

Semifinal

1 Bjorn Borg 4 7 6

3 John McEnroe 6 6 3

2 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

8 Arthur Ashe 3 4

Final

1 Bjorn Borg 6 6

2 Guillermo Vilas 3 1

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Bjorn Borg	Erik Van Dillen	6-4	6-4	·
Russell Simpson	Jaime Fillol	6-1	6-3	·
Marty Riessen	Zeljko Franulovic	2-6	7-6	6-4
Pat Dupre	Manuel Orantes	7-6	3-6	6-4
John McEnroe	Joel Bailey	6-4	6-3	·
Deon Joubert	Sherwood Stewart	2-6	7-5	6-4
Jose Higueras	Dick Stockton	6-4	7-5	·
Ilie Nastase	John Alexander	6-7	6-4	6-4
Arthur Ashe	Eliot Teltscher	7-6	6-2	·
Ross Case	Paul Kronk	6-4	2-6	6-3
Heinz Gunthardt	Fred Mcnair	3-6	7-6	7-5
Brian Gottfried	Frew Mcmillan	6-0	7-5	·
Corrado Barazzutti	Van Winitsky	6-1	6-4	·
Tim Wilkison	Bernard Mitton	6-2	6-1	·
Buster C Mottram	Geoff Masters	6-3	6-3	·
Guillermo Vilas	Angel Gimenez	6-1	6-4	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Bjorn Borg	SWE	Winner
	Guillermo Vilas	ARG	Final
	Arthur Ashe	USA	Semifinal
	John McEnroe	USA	Semifinal
BG	Brian Gottfried	USA	Quarterfinal
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Quarterfinal
	Pat Dupre	USA	Quarterfinal
TW	Tim Wilkison	USA	Quarterfinal
BM	Buster C Mottram	GBR	Round of 16
	Corrado Barazzutti	ITA	Round of 16
DJ	Deon Joubert	RSA	Round of 16
	Heinz Gunthardt	SUI	Round of 16
	Jose Higueras	ESP	Round of 16
	Marty Riessen	USA	Round of 16
RC	Ross Case	AUS	Round of 16
RS	Russell Simpson	NZL	Round of 16
AG	Angel Gimenez	ESP	Round of 32
BM	Bernard Mitton	RSA	Round of 32
	Dick Stockton	USA	Round of 32
ET	Eliot Teltscher	USA	Round of 32
	Erik Van Dillen	USA	Round of 32
FM	Fred Mcnair	USA	Round of 32
FM	Frew Mcmillan	RSA	Round of 32
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 32
	Jaime Fillol	CHI	Round of 32
JB	Joel Bailey	USA	Round of 32
	John Alexander	AUS	Round of 32
	Manuel Orantes	ESP	Round of 32
PK	Paul Kronk	AUS	Round of 32
SS	Sherwood Stewart	USA	Round of 32
VW	Van Winitsky	USA	Round of 32
	Zeljko Franulovic	CRO	Round of 32