Sydney 1979

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WTA WTA Tour Grass Start: Dec 3, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Sue Barker

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Diane Desfor 6 7

Sharon Walsh Pete 2 6

6 Virginia Ruzici 6 6 6

Anne Smith 4 7 4

Rosalyn Fairbank 6 7

3 Dianne Fromholtz 4 5

8 Hana Mandlikova 6 6

Renata Tomanova 2 4

5 Sue Barker 6 6

Chris Oneil 3 2

4 Wendy Turnbull 6 6

Diane Morrison 3 4

7 Regina Marsikova 6 6

Betty Ann Grubb 7 6

2 Billie Jean King 5 4

Quarterfinal

Diane Desfor 6 6

6 Virginia Ruzici 3 4

Rosalyn Fairbank 6 6

8 Hana Mandlikova 3 0

5 Sue Barker 7 6

4 Wendy Turnbull 6 4

7 Regina Marsikova 6 1 6

Betty Ann Grubb 4 6 3

Semifinal

Rosalyn Fairbank 6 6

Diane Desfor 4 4

5 Sue Barker 6 7

7 Regina Marsikova 3 5

Final

5 Sue Barker 6 7

Rosalyn Fairbank 0 5

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Sharon Walsh Pete	Dianne Evers	6-4	6-3	·
Diane Desfor	Rayni Fox	6-2	7-5	·
Anne Smith	Ilana Kloss	6-3	6-3	·
Virginia Ruzici	Barbara Hallquist	6-4	6-2	·
Dianne Fromholtz	Pam Shriver	6-3	6-1	·
Rosalyn Fairbank	Roberta Mccallum	6-1	6-2	·
Renata Tomanova	Barbara Jordan	6-2	3-6	6-3
Hana Mandlikova	Marcella Mesker	6-1	6-0	·
Sue Barker	Sherry Acker	6-1	7-6	·
Chris Oneil	Mimi Wikstedt	5-7	6-1	6-4
Diane Morrison	Cynthia Doerner	6-3	3-6	8-6
Wendy Turnbull	Petra Delhees Jauch	6-3	6-2	·
Regina Marsikova	Kym Ruddell	6-2	7-5	·
Naoko Sato	Janet Newberry	6-3	4-6	6-2
Betty Ann Grubb	Debbie Freeman	6-4	2-6	6-3
Billie Jean King	Bettina Bunge	7-5	6-3	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Sue Barker	GBR	Winner
RF	Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	Final
DD	Diane Desfor	USA	Semifinal
RM	Regina Marsikova	CZE	Semifinal
BG	Betty Ann Grubb	USA	Quarterfinal
	Hana Mandlikova	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Quarterfinal
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Anne Smith	USA	Round of 16
	Billie Jean King	USA	Round of 16
CO	Chris Oneil	AUS	Round of 16
DM	Diane Morrison	USA	Round of 16
	Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	Round of 16
NS	Naoko Sato	JPN	Round of 16
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Round of 16
SP	Sharon Walsh Pete	USA	Round of 16
BH	Barbara Hallquist	USA	Round of 32
BJ	Barbara Jordan	USA	Round of 32
BB	Bettina Bunge	GER	Round of 32
CD	Cynthia Doerner	AUS	Round of 32
DF	Debbie Freeman	AUS	Round of 32
DE	Dianne Evers	AUS	Round of 32
	Ilana Kloss	RSA	Round of 32
JN	Janet Newberry	USA	Round of 32
KR	Kym Ruddell	AUS	Round of 32
	Marcella Mesker	NED	Round of 32
MW	Mimi Wikstedt	SWE	Round of 32
	Pam Shriver	USA	Round of 32
PJ	Petra Delhees Jauch	SUI	Round of 32
RF	Rayni Fox	USA	Round of 32
RM	Roberta Mccallum	USA	Round of 32
SA	Sherry Acker	USA	Round of 32