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1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.

John McEnroe won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Borg.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. USA Jimmy Connors (semifinals)
  2. SWE Björn Borg (final)
  3. USA John McEnroe (champion)
  4. USA Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
  5. USA Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals)
  6. AUS John Alexander (quarterfinals)
  7. USA Gene Mayer (quarterfinals)
  8. AUS Geoff Masters (quarterfinals)

Draw

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=USA Jimmy Connors | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score1-3=6 | RD1-score1-4=6 | RD1-score1-5= | RD1-seed2=7 | RD1-team2=USA Gene Mayer | RD1-score2-1=7 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-3=4 | RD1-score2-4=1 | RD1-score2-5=

| RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=USA John McEnroe | RD1-score3-1=6 | RD1-score3-2=6 | RD1-score3-3=6 | RD1-score3-4= | RD1-score3-5= | RD1-seed4=6 | RD1-team4=AUS John Alexander | RD1-score4-1=4 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-3=2 | RD1-score4-4= | RD1-score4-5=

| RD1-seed5=5 | RD1-team5=USA Vitas Gerulaitis | RD1-score5-1=6 | RD1-score5-2=6 | RD1-score5-3=6 | RD1-score5-4= | RD1-score5-5= | RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6=USA Brian Gottfried | RD1-score6-1=4 | RD1-score6-2=3 | RD1-score6-3=3 | RD1-score6-4= | RD1-score6-5=

| RD1-seed7=8 | RD1-team7=AUS Geoff Masters | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score7-3=1 | RD1-score7-4= | RD1-score7-5= | RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8=SWE Björn Borg | RD1-score8-1=6 | RD1-score8-2=6 | RD1-score8-3=6 | RD1-score8-4= | RD1-score8-5=

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=USA Jimmy Connors | RD2-score1-1=1 | RD2-score1-2=4 | RD2-score1-3=4 | RD2-score1-4= | RD2-score1-5= | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=USA John McEnroe | RD2-score2-1=6 | RD2-score2-2=6 | RD2-score2-3=6 | RD2-score2-4= | RD2-score2-5=

| RD2-seed3=5 | RD2-team3=USA Vitas Gerulaitis | RD2-score3-1=5 | RD2-score3-2=6 | RD2-score3-3=6 | RD2-score3-4=2 | RD2-score3-5= | RD2-seed4=2 | RD2-team4=SWE Björn Borg | RD2-score4-1=7 | RD2-score4-2=7 | RD2-score4-3=2 | RD2-score4-4=6 | RD2-score4-5=

| RD3-seed1=3 | RD3-team1=USA John McEnroe | RD3-score1-1=7 | RD3-score1-2=4 | RD3-score1-3=6 | RD3-score1-4=7 | RD3-score1-5= | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=SWE Björn Borg | RD3-score2-1=5 | RD3-score2-2=6 | RD3-score2-3=2 | RD3-score2-4=6 | RD3-score2-5=

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