1979 Seiko World Super Tennis

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1979 Seiko World Super Tennis
Date30 October – 4 November
Edition2nd
Category Grand Prix
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$300,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
LocationTokyo, Japan
Venue Tokyo Municipal Gym
Champions
Singles
Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Borg [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Riessen / Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart [2]
  1978  · Tokyo Indoor ·  1980  

The Seiko World Super Tennis, also known as the Tokyo Indoor, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tokyo Municipal Gym in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 30 October through 4 November 1979. It was a tournament of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and matches were the best of three sets. Reigning champions and first-seeded Björn Borg won the singles title. [3]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Borg defeated Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Marty Riessen / Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart defeated Flag of the United States.svg Mike Cahill / Flag of the United States.svg Terry Moor 6–4, 7–6

See also

References

  1. "1979 Tokyo Indoor – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1979 Tokyo Indoor – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 26, 29, 109. ISBN   9780362020120. OCLC   237184610.