1979 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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1979 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date5–11 November
Edition2nd
Category Colgate Series (AAA)
Draw32S/16D
Prize money$100,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
Location Filderstadt, West Germany
VenueTennis Sporthalle Filderstadt
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
  1978  · Women's Stuttgart Open ·  1980  

The 1979 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tennis Sporthalle Filderstadt in Filderstadt in West Germany. The event was part of the AAA [lower-alpha 1] category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 5 November through 11 November 1979. [2] Third-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles event, successfully defending her 1978 title, after defeating world No. 1 Martina Navratilova in the final. Austin was entitled to $20,000 first-prize money but elected to receive a Porsche 924 instead. [2] [1]

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Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin defeated Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–0

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King / Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–3

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles [2] $20,000$10,000$4,500$2,100$1,100$550

Notes

  1. Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $100,000. [1]

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