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WTA WTA Tour Clay Start: May 7, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Tracy Austin

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Chris Evert 6 6

Janet Newberry 2 1

Ivanna Madruga 6 7

Regina Marsikova 1 5

Virginia Ruzici 6 6

Caroline Stoll 3 1

3 Tracy Austin 7 6

Yvonne Vermaak 5 1

4 Dianne Fromholtz 6 6

Betty Stove 1 2

Sylvia Hanika 6 6

Renata Tomanova 2 2

8 Evonne Goolagong 6 6

Lele Forood 3 0

Iris Riedel Kuhn 6 6

Rosie Casals 4 4

Quarterfinal

1 Chris Evert 3 6 6

Ivanna Madruga 6 1 4

3 Tracy Austin 6 6

Virginia Ruzici 3 2

Sylvia Hanika 6 1 6

4 Dianne Fromholtz 3 6 2

8 Evonne Goolagong 6 6

Iris Riedel Kuhn 3 0

Semifinal

3 Tracy Austin 6 2 7

1 Chris Evert 4 6 6

Sylvia Hanika 7 3 7

8 Evonne Goolagong 5 6 5

Final

3 Tracy Austin 6 1 6

Sylvia Hanika 4 6 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Chris Evert	Joanne Russell	6-1	6-2	·
Janet Newberry	Betty Ann Grubb	6-0	7-6	·
Ivanna Madruga	Linda Siegel	6-1	6-4	·
Regina Marsikova	Greer Stevens	6-3	7-5	·
Virginia Ruzici	Kerry Reid	7-5	6-0	·
Caroline Stoll	Sabina Simmonds	6-3	6-2	·
Yvonne Vermaak	Terry Holladay	6-0	6-0	·
Tracy Austin	Mima Jausovec	7-5	6-2	·
Dianne Fromholtz	Daniela Marzano	6-0	7-6	·
Betty Stove	Sherry Acker	6-0	6-1	·
Sylvia Hanika	Barbara Potter	7-6	6-1	·
Renata Tomanova	Wendy Turnbull	6-4	2-6	6-4
Evonne Goolagong	Jeanne Duvall	6-3	6-3	·
Lele Forood	Anne Smith	6-2	3-6	6-3
Rosie Casals	Ilana Kloss	6-2	6-2	·
Iris Riedel Kuhn	Virginia Wade	6-1	6-3	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Tracy Austin	USA	Winner
SH	Sylvia Hanika	GER	Final
	Chris Evert	USA	Semifinal
	Evonne Goolagong	AUS	Semifinal
	Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	Quarterfinal
IK	Iris Riedel Kuhn	FRG	Quarterfinal
IM	Ivanna Madruga	ARG	Quarterfinal
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Quarterfinal
	Betty Stove	NED	Round of 16
CS	Caroline Stoll	USA	Round of 16
JN	Janet Newberry	USA	Round of 16
LF	Lele Forood	USA	Round of 16
RM	Regina Marsikova	CZE	Round of 16
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Round of 16
	Rosie Casals	USA	Round of 16
YV	Yvonne Vermaak	RSA	Round of 16
	Anne Smith	USA	Round of 32
BP	Barbara Potter	USA	Round of 32
BG	Betty Ann Grubb	USA	Round of 32
DM	Daniela Marzano	ITA	Round of 32
GS	Greer Stevens	RSA	Round of 32
	Ilana Kloss	RSA	Round of 32
JD	Jeanne Duvall	USA	Round of 32
JR	Joanne Russell	USA	Round of 32
	Kerry Reid	AUS	Round of 32
LS	Linda Siegel	USA	Round of 32
MJ	Mima Jausovec	SLO	Round of 32
SS	Sabina Simmonds	ITA	Round of 32
SA	Sherry Acker	USA	Round of 32
TH	Terry Holladay	USA	Round of 32
VW	Virginia Wade	GBR	Round of 32
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Round of 32