Sarasota 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Feb 12, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Johan Kriek

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Ilie Nastase 6 6

Bhanu Nunna 2 1

Rick Fisher 2 6 7

6 Tomas Smid 6 3 5

Randy Crawford 6 6

Bruce Kleege 3 4

Richard Meyer 6 6

8 Bill Scanlon 3 2

5 Johan Kriek 4 6 6

Van Winitsky 6 3 0

Ferdi Taygan 6 6

Brad Drewett 4 4

2 Manuel Orantes 7 2 6

Andrew Jarrett 5 6 2

Quarterfinal

1 Ilie Nastase 6 3 6

Rick Fisher 4 6 3

Richard Meyer 6 7 6

Randy Crawford 7 6 3

5 Johan Kriek 7 7

Ferdi Taygan 6 5

2 Manuel Orantes 6 6

Noel Phillips 4 2

Semifinal

Richard Meyer 6 1 6

1 Ilie Nastase 4 6 2

5 Johan Kriek 6 6 6

2 Manuel Orantes 7 1 3

Final

5 Johan Kriek 7 6

Richard Meyer 6 2

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Ilie Nastase	John James	6-1	6-2	·
Bhanu Nunna	Warren Maher	7-6	6-3	·
Rick Fisher	John Austin	2-6	6-3	7-5
Tomas Smid	Joel Bailey	6-3	7-6	·
Randy Crawford	Andy Mccurry	6-4	7-5	·
Bruce Kleege	John Yuill	6-4	6-4	·
Richard Meyer	Jose Luis Damiani	7-6	6-0	·
Bill Scanlon	Trey Waltke	7-6	6-7	6-4
Johan Kriek	Peter Campbell	6-3	6-2	·
Van Winitsky	Keith Richardson	6-3	6-3	·
Brad Drewett	Steve Krulevitz	0-6	6-4	6-3
Ferdi Taygan	John Alexander	7-6	6-3	·
Deon Joubert	Alvin Gardiner	2-6	6-1	6-4
Noel Phillips	Christophe Freyss	6-4	6-4	·
Andrew Jarrett	Willem Prinsloo	6-1	3-6	6-4
Manuel Orantes	Joao Soares	6-2	6-1	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
JK	Johan Kriek	USA	Winner
RM	Richard Meyer	USA	Final
	Ilie Nastase	ROU	Semifinal
	Manuel Orantes	ESP	Semifinal
FT	Ferdi Taygan	USA	Quarterfinal
NP	Noel Phillips	AUS	Quarterfinal
RC	Randy Crawford	USA	Quarterfinal
RF	Rick Fisher	USA	Quarterfinal
AJ	Andrew Jarrett	GBR	Round of 16
BN	Bhanu Nunna	IND	Round of 16
BS	Bill Scanlon	USA	Round of 16
	Brad Drewett	AUS	Round of 16
BK	Bruce Kleege	USA	Round of 16
DJ	Deon Joubert	RSA	Round of 16
TS	Tomas Smid	CZE	Round of 16
VW	Van Winitsky	USA	Round of 16
AG	Alvin Gardiner	AUS	Round of 32
AM	Andy Mccurry	USA	Round of 32
CF	Christophe Freyss	FRA	Round of 32
JS	Joao Soares	BRA	Round of 32
JB	Joel Bailey	USA	Round of 32
	John Alexander	AUS	Round of 32
JA	John Austin	USA	Round of 32
JJ	John James	AUS	Round of 32
JY	John Yuill	RSA	Round of 32
JD	Jose Luis Damiani	URU	Round of 32
KR	Keith Richardson	USA	Round of 32
PC	Peter Campbell	AUS	Round of 32
SK	Steve Krulevitz	USA	Round of 32
TW	Trey Waltke	USA	Round of 32
WM	Warren Maher	AUS	Round of 32
WP	Willem Prinsloo	RSA	Round of 32