The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event.
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Duration | 1 January 1979 – 24 December 1979 |
Edition | 10th |
Tournaments | 91 |
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Most tournament finals | ![]() |
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Player of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The table below shows the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix schedule.
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Dec | WCT Challenge Cup Montreal, Canada Carpet (i) – S8 | ![]() 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Round robin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
17 Dec | New South Wales Championships Sydney, Australia Grass – $100,000 – 64S/32D | ![]() 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
24 Dec 31 Dec | Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – $350,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 7–6, 6–3, 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6, 6–2 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Jan | 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters New York City, US Carpet (i) – $400,000 – 8S/4D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–2, 6–2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Round robin ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–3, 7–6, 6–1 | ![]() ![]() |
The tournaments were divided into twelve point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round. [1] The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, was as follows:
Grand Slam | $300,000+ | $275,000+ | $250,000+ | $225,000+ | $200,000+ | $175,000+ | $150,000+ | $125,000+ | $100,000+ | $75,000+ | $50,000+ | |
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Winner | 350 (70) | 300 (60) | 275 (55) | 250 (50) | 225 (45) | 200 (40) | 175 (35) | 150 (30) | 125 (25) | 100 (20) | 75 (15) | 50 (10) |
Runner-up | 245 (49) | 210 (42) | 192 (38) | 175 (35) | 157 (31) | 140 (28) | 122 (24) | 104 (20) | 87 (17) | 70 (14) | 52 (10) | 35 (7) |
Semifinalist | 140 (28) | 120 (24) | 110 (22) | 100 (20) | 90 (18) | 80 (16) | 70 (14) | 60 (12) | 50 (10) | 40 (8) | 30 (6) | 20 (4) |
Quarterfinalist | 70 (14) | 60 (12) | 55 (11) | 50 (10) | 45 (9) | 40 (8) | 35 (7) | 30 (6) | 25 (5) | 20 (4) | 15 (3) | 10 (2) |
Fourth round | 35 (7) | 30 (6) | 27 (6) | 25 (5) | 22 (5) | 20 (4) | 17 (3) | 14 (3) | 12 (2) | 10 (2) | 7 (–) | 5 (–) |
Third round | 17 (3) | 15 (–) | 13 (–) | 12 (–) | 11 (–) | 10 (–) | 9 (–) | 7 (–) | 6 (–) | 5 (–) | – (–) | – (–) |
Second round | 9 (–) | – (–) | – (–) | 6 (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |
1- John McEnroe (USA)
2. Björn Borg (Sue)
3. Jimmy Connors (USA)
4. Guillermo Vilas (Arg)
5. Vitas Gerulaitis (USA)
6. Roscoe Tanner (USA)
7. José Higueras (Spain)
8. Harold Solomon (USA)
9. Eddie Dibbs (USA)
10. Víctor Pecci (Par)
[2] [ circular reference ] [3]
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*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 7th, 1980.
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