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Wimbledon 1979

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ATP Grand Slam Grass Start: Jun 25, 1979 Draw: 128 127 matches
Champion: Bjorn Borg

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
Bill Scanlon 6 6 6 7
Brad Drewett 4 4 7 5
Adriano Panatta 7 6 7
Sandy Mayer 6 3 6
Tom Okker 7 5 6 6
Gene Mayer 6 7 4 4
Pat Dupre 3 7 4 6 8
Robert Lutz 6 5 6 4 6
5 Roscoe Tanner 6 7 6 6
14 Jose Luis Clerc 7 6 4 1
3 Jimmy Connors 6 6 6
Mark Cox 2 1 1
15 Tim Gullikson 6 6 6
2 John McEnroe 4 2 4
1 Bjorn Borg 6 5 6 7
Brian Teacher 4 7 4 5
Quarterfinal
Pat Dupre 3 6 6 6 6
Adriano Panatta 6 4 7 4 3
5 Roscoe Tanner 6 6 6 6
15 Tim Gullikson 1 4 7 2
3 Jimmy Connors 6 4 7 6
Bill Scanlon 3 6 6 4
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 6
Tom Okker 2 1 3
Semifinal
5 Roscoe Tanner 6 7 6
Pat Dupre 3 6 3
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 6
3 Jimmy Connors 2 3 2
Final
1 Bjorn Borg 6 6 3 6 6
5 Roscoe Tanner 7 1 6 3 4

Early rounds

Round of 128 64 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Ricardo Ycaza David Whyte 6-4 1-6 6-2 6-0 ·
Tim Wilkison Noel Phillips 6-2 6-2 6-2 · ·
Brian Teacher Colin Dibley 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-5 ·
Balazs Taroczy Randy Crawford 6-2 6-2 6-4 · ·
Stan Smith David Carter 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-1 ·
Jonathan Smith Alvin Gardiner 1-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tomas Smid Haroon Ismail 7-5 7-6 6-2 · ·
David Schneider Bob Carmichael 6-4 7-6 6-1 · ·
Bill Scanlon Robin Drysdale 6-3 6-3 7-5 · ·
Nick Saviano Rick Fagel 6-0 6-1 6-2 · ·
John Sadri Ismail El Shafei 3-6 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-4
Marty Riessen Ulf Eriksson 6-3 6-4 7-5 · ·
Raul Ramirez Jorge Andrew 6-2 6-3 6-1 · ·
Pascal Portes Ferdi Taygan 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 ·
Hank Pfister Jan Kodes 6-3 3-6 7-6 7-6 ·
Onny Parun David Lloyd 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-3 ·
Adriano Panatta Angel Gimenez 6-3 6-3 6-4 · ·
Tom Okker Roger Guedes 6-1 7-5 6-1 · ·
Jan Norback Alvaro Fillol 7-5 6-1 3-6 6-3 ·
Yannick Noah Ramesh Krishnan 7-6 6-3 7-5 · ·
Antonio Munoz Dale Collings 7-6 6-3 3-6 7-5 ·
Buster C Mottram Richard Lewis 6-4 6-3 7-5 · ·
Gilles Moretton Alejandro Cortes 7-5 6-7 6-2 1-0 ·
Peter Mcnamara Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-2 6-3 · ·
Sandy Mayer Charlie Pasarell 6-1 6-7 6-3 6-3 ·
Gene Mayer Victor Amaya 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5 ·
Andreas Maurer Anand Amritraj 6-3 7-6 7-6 · ·
Robert Lutz Rejean Genois 6-3 6-2 6-2 · ·
Cliff Letcher Kim Warwick 7-6 6-1 2-6 7-6 ·
Johan Kriek Peter Feigl 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-0 ·
Carlos Kirmayr John Feaver 6-1 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4
John James Erick Iskersky 6-2 6-1 6-4 · ·
Heinz Gunthardt Bernard Mitton 6-4 6-1 6-3 · ·
Tom Gullikson Pavel Slozil 4-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-1
Francisco Gonzalez Rohun Beven 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-4 ·
Peter Fleming Jaime Fillol 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 ·
Brad Drewett John Marks 7-5 2-6 7-6 6-2 ·
Colin Dowdeswell John Fitzgerald 6-4 6-7 7-6 6-2 ·
Patrice Dominguez Pavel Hutka 6-3 6-3 6-4 · ·
Phil Dent Rick Fisher 7-5 6-1 7-6 · ·
Jose Luis Damiani Cassio Motta 7-5 6-3 6-4 · ·
Mark Cox Karl Meiler 7-5 6-3 6-3 · ·
Ross Case Billy Martin 7-5 6-7 6-2 4-6 6-2
Fritz Buehning Richard Meyer 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Jeff Borowiak Paul Kronk 6-2 6-2 6-4 · ·
Ove Nils Bengtson John Lloyd 6-3 6-4 6-1 · ·
John Austin Cliff Drysdale 6-2 7-6 6-3 · ·
Vijay Amritraj Mark Edmondson 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Andrew Pattison Corrado Barazzutti 6-3 6-4 5-7 4-6 6-4
Tim Gullikson Mike Cahill 6-4 6-2 6-4 · ·
Jose Luis Clerc Bob Giltinan 6-4 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3
Manuel Orantes Raymond Moore 7-6 6-7 7-6 4-6 6-4
Jose Higueras John Yuill 6-2 7-5 5-7 3-6 6-4
John Alexander Dick Stockton 6-1 7-6 4-6 7-5 ·
Bruce Manson Wojtek Fibak 4-6 6-7 6-4 6-2 9-7
Brian Gottfried Andrew Jarrett 6-2 7-6 6-1 · ·
Victor Pecci Sherwood Stewart 7-5 6-2 6-3 · ·
Chris Kachel Arthur Ashe 6-4 7-6 6-3 · ·
Guillermo Vilas Roger Taylor 6-3 6-2 6-4 · ·
Roscoe Tanner Van Winitsky 6-1 6-4 6-4 · ·
Pat Dupre Vitas Gerulaitis 7-6 6-3 3-6 3-6 6-3
Jimmy Connors Jean Francois Caujolle 6-2 6-7 7-5 6-3 ·
John McEnroe Terry Moor 7-5 6-1 6-4 · ·
Bjorn Borg Tom Gorman 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-1 ·
Round of 64 32 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Brian Teacher David Schneider 6-4 6-4 6-4 · ·
Stan Smith Jose Luis Damiani 6-3 6-2 7-6 · ·
Bill Scanlon Francisco Gonzalez 7-6 6-4 6-4 · ·
Hank Pfister Peter Fleming 6-1 6-3 3-6 6-4 ·
Andrew Pattison Colin Dowdeswell 6-3 6-4 6-0 · ·
Adriano Panatta Jonathan Smith 2-6 6-2 6-7 7-5 6-3
Tom Okker John Austin 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 ·
Yannick Noah Nick Saviano 6-3 6-4 7-5 · ·
Sandy Mayer Raul Ramirez 6-3 7-6 4-6 7-6 ·
Gene Mayer Onny Parun 6-4 6-1 6-2 · ·
Bruce Manson Fritz Buehning 7-6 4-6 6-4 6-4 ·
Robert Lutz Ricardo Ycaza 6-0 6-3 6-2 · ·
Cliff Letcher Patrice Dominguez 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4 ·
Johan Kriek Jan Norback 6-1 6-3 6-1 · ·
Tom Gullikson Andreas Maurer 6-1 6-4 6-4 · ·
Pat Dupre Carlos Kirmayr 4-6 7-6 6-3 6-4 ·
Brad Drewett John James 7-5 7-5 6-3 · ·
Mark Cox Balazs Taroczy 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6 ·
Ross Case Pascal Portes 6-2 6-1 7-5 · ·
Ove Nils Bengtson Chris Kachel 7-5 6-3 0-6 6-7 6-4
Tim Gullikson Tomas Smid 7-5 6-7 6-2 6-4 ·
Jose Luis Clerc Antonio Munoz 6-1 6-3 6-4 · ·
Gilles Moretton Manuel Orantes 7-6 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-1
John Sadri Jose Higueras 6-3 5-7 6-4 7-5 ·
John Alexander Heinz Gunthardt 6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-2
Brian Gottfried Jeff Borowiak 7-6 6-4 6-4 · ·
Victor Pecci Phil Dent 6-4 7-6 6-3 · ·
Tim Wilkison Guillermo Vilas 5-7 6-2 6-1 7-6 ·
Roscoe Tanner Peter Mcnamara 6-1 7-6 6-4 · ·
Jimmy Connors Marty Riessen 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-0 ·
John McEnroe Buster C Mottram 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-2 ·
Bjorn Borg Vijay Amritraj 2-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2
Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Bill Scanlon Andrew Pattison 7-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 ·
Adriano Panatta Ove Nils Bengtson 7-6 7-6 7-6 · ·
Tom Okker Tim Wilkison 7-5 7-5 6-4 · ·
Sandy Mayer John Sadri 6-7 7-5 7-6 6-2 ·
Robert Lutz Bruce Manson 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-2 ·
Pat Dupre Yannick Noah 7-5 1-6 6-3 6-1 ·
Mark Cox Gilles Moretton 3-6 6-7 6-1 7-6 7-5
Tim Gullikson Cliff Letcher 6-0 6-4 6-1 · ·
Jose Luis Clerc Stan Smith 6-7 7-6 6-3 7-5 ·
Gene Mayer John Alexander 6-4 6-4 6-4 · ·
Brian Teacher Brian Gottfried 6-3 7-5 5-7 6-3 ·
Brad Drewett Victor Pecci 4-6 7-6 7-6 6-4 ·
Roscoe Tanner Ross Case 6-4 7-5 7-6 · ·
Jimmy Connors Johan Kriek 6-4 6-1 7-6 · ·
John McEnroe Tom Gullikson 6-4 6-4 7-6 · ·
Bjorn Borg Hank Pfister 6-4 6-1 6-3 · ·

Players (128)

PlayerCountryReached
Bjorn Borg Bjorn Borg SWE Winner
Roscoe Tanner Roscoe Tanner USA Final
Jimmy Connors Jimmy Connors USA Semifinal
Pat Dupre Pat Dupre USA Semifinal
Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta ITA Quarterfinal
BS Bill Scanlon USA Quarterfinal
Tim Gullikson Tim Gullikson USA Quarterfinal
Tom Okker Tom Okker NED Quarterfinal
Brad Drewett Brad Drewett AUS Round of 16
BT Brian Teacher USA Round of 16
Gene Mayer Gene Mayer USA Round of 16
John McEnroe John McEnroe USA Round of 16
Jose Luis Clerc Jose Luis Clerc ARG Round of 16
MC Mark Cox GBR Round of 16
RL Robert Lutz USA Round of 16
SM Sandy Mayer USA Round of 16
AP Andrew Pattison USA Round of 32
BG Brian Gottfried USA Round of 32
BM Bruce Manson USA Round of 32
CL Cliff Letcher AUS Round of 32
GM Gilles Moretton FRA Round of 32
Hank Pfister Hank Pfister USA Round of 32
JK Johan Kriek USA Round of 32
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Round of 32
John Sadri John Sadri USA Round of 32
OB Ove Nils Bengtson SWE Round of 32
RC Ross Case AUS Round of 32
Stan Smith Stan Smith USA Round of 32
TW Tim Wilkison USA Round of 32
TG Tom Gullikson USA Round of 32
Victor Pecci Victor Pecci PAR Round of 32
Yannick Noah Yannick Noah FRA Round of 32
AM Andreas Maurer GER Round of 64
AM Antonio Munoz ESP Round of 64
Balazs Taroczy Balazs Taroczy HUN Round of 64
BM Buster C Mottram GBR Round of 64
CK Carlos Kirmayr BRA Round of 64
CK Chris Kachel AUS Round of 64
CD Colin Dowdeswell GBR Round of 64
DS David Schneider USA Round of 64
FG Francisco Gonzalez PAR Round of 64
FB Fritz Buehning USA Round of 64
Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas ARG Round of 64
Heinz Gunthardt Heinz Gunthardt SUI Round of 64
JN Jan Norback SWE Round of 64
JB Jeff Borowiak USA Round of 64
JA John Austin USA Round of 64
JJ John James AUS Round of 64
JS Jonathan Smith GBR Round of 64
Jose Higueras Jose Higueras ESP Round of 64
JD Jose Luis Damiani URU Round of 64
Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes ESP Round of 64
Marty Riessen Marty Riessen USA Round of 64
NS Nick Saviano USA Round of 64
Onny Parun Onny Parun NZL Round of 64
PP Pascal Portes FRA Round of 64
Patrice Dominguez Patrice Dominguez FRA Round of 64
Peter Fleming Peter Fleming USA Round of 64
PM Peter Mcnamara AUS Round of 64
PD Phil Dent AUS Round of 64
Raul Ramirez Raul Ramirez MEX Round of 64
RY Ricardo Ycaza ECU Round of 64
TS Tomas Smid CZE Round of 64
Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj IND Round of 64
AC Alejandro Cortes COL Round of 128
AF Alvaro Fillol CHI Round of 128
AG Alvin Gardiner AUS Round of 128
AA Anand Amritraj IND Round of 128
AJ Andrew Jarrett GBR Round of 128
AG Angel Gimenez ESP Round of 128
Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe USA Round of 128
BM Bernard Mitton RSA Round of 128
BM Billy Martin USA Round of 128
Bob Carmichael Bob Carmichael AUS Round of 128
BG Bob Giltinan AUS Round of 128
CM Cassio Motta BRA Round of 128
Charlie Pasarell Charlie Pasarell USA Round of 128
Cliff Drysdale Cliff Drysdale RSA Round of 128
Colin Dibley Colin Dibley AUS Round of 128
Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti ITA Round of 128
DC Dale Collings AUS Round of 128
DC David Carter AUS Round of 128
DL David Lloyd GBR Round of 128
DW David Whyte AUS Round of 128
Dick Stockton Dick Stockton USA Round of 128
EI Erick Iskersky USA Round of 128
FT Ferdi Taygan USA Round of 128
HI Haroon Ismail ZIM Round of 128
Ismail El Shafei Ismail El Shafei EGY Round of 128
Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl USA Round of 128
Jaime Fillol Jaime Fillol CHI Round of 128
Jan Kodes Jan Kodes CZE Round of 128
JC Jean Francois Caujolle FRA Round of 128
JF John Feaver GBR Round of 128
JF John Fitzgerald AUS Round of 128
John Lloyd John Lloyd GBR Round of 128
JM John Marks AUS Round of 128
JY John Yuill RSA Round of 128
JA Jorge Andrew VEN Round of 128
KM Karl Meiler GER Round of 128
KW Kim Warwick AUS Round of 128
ME Mark Edmondson AUS Round of 128
MC Mike Cahill USA Round of 128
NP Noel Phillips AUS Round of 128
PK Paul Kronk AUS Round of 128
PH Pavel Hutka CZE Round of 128
PS Pavel Slozil CZE Round of 128
PF Peter Feigl AUT Round of 128
Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan IND Round of 128
RC Randy Crawford USA Round of 128
Raymond Moore Raymond Moore RSA Round of 128
RG Rejean Genois CAN Round of 128
RL Richard Lewis GBR Round of 128
RM Richard Meyer USA Round of 128
RF Rick Fagel USA Round of 128
RF Rick Fisher USA Round of 128
RD Robin Drysdale GBR Round of 128
RG Roger Guedes BRA Round of 128
Roger Taylor Roger Taylor GBR Round of 128
RB Rohun Beven GBR Round of 128
SS Sherwood Stewart USA Round of 128
Terry Moor Terry Moor USA Round of 128
TG Tom Gorman USA Round of 128
UE Ulf Eriksson SWE Round of 128
VW Van Winitsky USA Round of 128
VA Victor Amaya USA Round of 128
Vitas Gerulaitis Vitas Gerulaitis USA Round of 128
Wojtek Fibak Wojtek Fibak POL Round of 128