Seattle 1979

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WTA WTA Tour Carpet Start: Feb 5, 1979 Draw: 15 32 matches

Champion: Chris Evert

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Chris Evert 6 6

Mareen Louie Harper 1 0

Kathy Jordan 6 6

7 Marita Redondo 0 3

4 Kerry Reid 6 6 6

Julie Harrington 4 7 2

6 Virginia Ruzici 6 6

Hana Strachonova 4 2

Renee Richards 6 7

Sherry Acker 3 5

3 Wendy Turnbull 6 6

Diane Desfor 1 1

Betty Stove 3 6 6

8 Sue Barker 6 4 4

Jeanne Duvall 0 6 7

2 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 6 4 6

Quarterfinal

1 Chris Evert 6 6

Kathy Jordan 2 2

4 Kerry Reid 6 6

6 Virginia Ruzici 4 2

Renee Richards 6 6

3 Wendy Turnbull 4 2

Jeanne Duvall 6 7

Betty Stove 3 6

Semifinal

1 Chris Evert 6 6

4 Kerry Reid 1 2

Renee Richards 6 6

Jeanne Duvall 3 2

Final

1 Chris Evert 6 3 6

Renee Richards 1 6 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Chris Evert	Yvonne Vermaak	6-2	6-2	·
Mareen Louie Harper	Nancy Yeargin	6-2	6-3	·
Marita Redondo	Francoise Durr	3-6	6-3	6-2
Kathy Jordan	Janet Newberry	6-2	6-2	·
Kerry Reid	Barbara Potter	6-1	6-4	·
Julie Harrington	Betsy Nagelsen	6-2	6-3	·
Virginia Ruzici	Maria Fernandez	6-4	6-4	·
Hana Strachonova	Kate Latham	6-4	·	·
Renee Richards	Lesley Hunt	6-3	6-4	·
Sherry Acker	Sandy Stap	6-1	6-1	·
Diane Desfor	Mima Jausovec	3-6	6-4	7-6⁷
Wendy Turnbull	Sharon Walsh Pete	2-6	6-4	7-6⁴
Betty Stove	Lisa Doherty	6-3	6-2	·
Sue Barker	Bettina Bunge	6-4	6-2	·
Jeanne Duvall	Rosie Casals	3-6	6-4	6-4
Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	Ruta Gerulaitis	6-4	6-2	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Chris Evert	USA	Winner
	Kerry Reid	AUS	Bronze
RR	Renee Richards	USA	Final
JD	Jeanne Duvall	USA	Bronze
	Betty Stove	NED	Quarterfinal
KJ	Kathy Jordan	USA	Quarterfinal
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Quarterfinal
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Quarterfinal
AH	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	USA	Round of 16
DD	Diane Desfor	USA	Round of 16
HS	Hana Strachonova	SUI	Round of 16
JH	Julie Harrington	USA	Round of 16
MH	Mareen Louie Harper	USA	Round of 16
MR	Marita Redondo	USA	Round of 16
SA	Sherry Acker	USA	Round of 16
	Sue Barker	GBR	Round of 16
BP	Barbara Potter	USA	Round of 32
BN	Betsy Nagelsen	USA	Round of 32
BB	Bettina Bunge	GER	Round of 32
	Francoise Durr	FRA	Round of 32
JN	Janet Newberry	USA	Round of 32
KL	Kate Latham	USA	Round of 32
LH	Lesley Hunt	AUS	Round of 32
LD	Lisa Doherty	USA	Round of 32
MF	Maria Fernandez	USA	Round of 32
MJ	Mima Jausovec	SLO	Round of 32
NY	Nancy Yeargin	USA	Round of 32
	Rosie Casals	USA	Round of 32
RG	Ruta Gerulaitis	USA	Round of 32
SS	Sandy Stap	USA	Round of 32
SP	Sharon Walsh Pete	USA	Round of 32
YV	Yvonne Vermaak	RSA	Round of 32

Other matches

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
BR	Kerry Reid	Jeanne Duvall	7-6(3)