1979 New Orleans Tennis Festival

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1979 New Orleans Tennis Festival
DateMarch 19–25
Edition2nd
Category Grand Prix (WCT)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$175,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Venue New Orleans Municipal Auditorium [1]
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe [2]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe [3]
  1978  · New Orleans Grand Prix ·  1980  

The 1979 New Orleans Tennis Festival was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the New Orleans Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States that was part of the World Championship Tennis series of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from March 25 through March 25, 1979. Third-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title and earned $30,200 first-prize money. [4] [5]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of the United States.svg Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Peter Fleming / Flag of the United States.svg John McEnroe defeated Flag of the United States.svg Bob Lutz / Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith 6–1, 6–3

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References

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  2. "1979 New Orleans – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "1979 New Orleans – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  4. "Results matter to McEnroe" . The Daily Advertiser. AP. March 26, 1979. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  5. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 27, 181. ISBN   9780362020120. OCLC   237184610.