Sydney Indoor 1979

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ATP ATP 500/250 Hard Start: Oct 15, 1979 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Vitas Gerulaitis

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6

Terry Rocavert 1 2

John Newcombe 6 6

5 Vijay Amritraj 4 4

Francisco Gonzalez 6 7

Allan Stone 3 5

Dale Collings 7 5 6

7 Geoff Masters 6 7 2

Kim Warwick 7 6

8 Tom Gorman 6 2

Matt Mitchell 3 2

6 Peter Feigl 7 6

Emilio Montano 5 3

2 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

Cliff Drysdale 2 4

Quarterfinal

1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6

John Newcombe 1 3

Francisco Gonzalez 6 6

Dale Collings 1 4

Kim Warwick 6 4 6

Phil Dent 3 6 0

2 Guillermo Vilas 7 7

6 Peter Feigl 6 5

Semifinal

1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 7

Francisco Gonzalez 1 5

2 Guillermo Vilas 6 3 6

Kim Warwick 4 6 1

Final

1 Vitas Gerulaitis 4 6 6 7

2 Guillermo Vilas 6 3 1 6

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Vitas Gerulaitis	Mark Edmondson	4-6	6-2	7-5
Terry Rocavert	Alvin Gardiner	6-4	6-2	·
John Newcombe	Ross Case	6-3	6-1	·
Vijay Amritraj	Sashi Menon	6-3	7-5	·
Allan Stone	Charlie Fancutt	6-3	6-1	·
Francisco Gonzalez	Rod Frawley	7-5	2-6	6-3
Dale Collings	Ken Rosewall	6-2	4-6	7-6
Geoff Masters	Brad Drewett	6-3	3-6	6-1
Tom Gorman	Chris Kachel	7-5	3-6	6-3
Kim Warwick	John James	6-1	6-3	·
Phil Dent	Paul Kronk	6-2	3-6	6-3
Matt Mitchell	Pat Dupre	6-7	6-2	6-2
Peter Feigl	George Hardie	6-3	6-3	·
Emilio Montano	John Marks	6-4	6-3	·
Cliff Drysdale	Dick Crealy	6-4	6-3	·
Guillermo Vilas	Cliff Letcher	6-4	6-2	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Vitas Gerulaitis	USA	Winner
	Guillermo Vilas	ARG	Final
FG	Francisco Gonzalez	PAR	Semifinal
KW	Kim Warwick	AUS	Semifinal
DC	Dale Collings	AUS	Quarterfinal
	John Newcombe	AUS	Quarterfinal
PF	Peter Feigl	AUT	Quarterfinal
PD	Phil Dent	AUS	Quarterfinal
AS	Allan Stone	AUS	Round of 16
	Cliff Drysdale	RSA	Round of 16
EM	Emilio Montano	MEX	Round of 16
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 16
MM	Matt Mitchell	USA	Round of 16
TR	Terry Rocavert	AUS	Round of 16
TG	Tom Gorman	USA	Round of 16
	Vijay Amritraj	IND	Round of 16
AG	Alvin Gardiner	AUS	Round of 32
	Brad Drewett	AUS	Round of 32
CF	Charlie Fancutt	AUS	Round of 32
CK	Chris Kachel	AUS	Round of 32
CL	Cliff Letcher	AUS	Round of 32
	Dick Crealy	AUS	Round of 32
GH	George Hardie	USA	Round of 32
JJ	John James	AUS	Round of 32
JM	John Marks	AUS	Round of 32
	Ken Rosewall	AUS	Round of 32
ME	Mark Edmondson	AUS	Round of 32
	Pat Dupre	USA	Round of 32
PK	Paul Kronk	AUS	Round of 32
RF	Rod Frawley	AUS	Round of 32
RC	Ross Case	AUS	Round of 32
SM	Sashi Menon	IND	Round of 32