Monte Carlo 1979


General 1979-04-09 - 1979-04-15
Grand Prix Circuit
Clay
5
Monte Carlo
Monaco

Source ATP; ITF; World Tennis


Info Prize Money $175,000
Crealy and Caujolle were qualifiers



Media


Winner Björn Rune Borg


Players
John Gillient Alexander
Bernard Balleret
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci
Louis Borfiga
Björn Rune Borg
Jean Francois Caujolle
Jose Luis Clerc
Richard D. (Dick) Crealy
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Željko Franulović
Bernard Fritz
Rolf Gehring
Vitas Kevin Gerulaitis
Angel Gimenez
José Higueras
François Jauffret
Johan C. Kriek
Ivan Lendl
Geoffrey (Geoff) Masters
Ilie Nastase
Yannick Noah
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Adriano Panatta
Andrew J. Pattison
Victor Pecci
Ulrich (Ulli) Pinner
Pascal Portes
Raul Carlos Ramirez
Tomas Smid
Balazs Taroczy
Guillermo Vilas


Rounds
Round 1
Bjorn Borg*
Paolo Bertolucci
6-0 6-1
José Higueras*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
7-5 6-1
Ulli Pinner*
Bernard Fritz
2-6 6-2 6-2
Jose Luis Clerc*
Bernard Balleret
6-2 6-0
Rolf Gehring*
Corrado Barazzutti
7-6 6-2
Victor Pecci*
Ivan Lendl
6-1 6-3
Yannick Noah*
Louis Borfiga
6-1 6-3
Željko Franulović*
Manuel Orantes
6-2 7-5
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Jean Francois Caujolle
6-3 5-7 6-4
François Jauffret*
Dick Crealy
6-4 6-4
Tomas Smid*
Andrew J. Pattison
6-3 6-2
Raul Ramirez*
Pascal Portes
7-5 6-1
Ilie Nastase*
Angel Gimenez
6-2 6-3
Geoff Masters*
Johan C. Kriek
6-2 6-4
John Alexander*
Adriano Panatta
7-5 6-7 7-6
Guillermo Vilas*
Balazs Taroczy
3-6 6-3 6-2

Round 2
Bjorn Borg*
José Higueras
6-4 6-4
Jose Luis Clerc*
Ulli Pinner
3-6 7-6 6-1
Victor Pecci*
Rolf Gehring
6-4 6-7 7-5
Yannick Noah*
Željko Franulović
6-4 6-4
Vitas Gerulaitis*
François Jauffret
6-7 6-3 7-5
Raul Ramirez*
Tomas Smid
6-3 6-3
Ilie Nastase*
Geoff Masters
w.o.
John Alexander*
Guillermo Vilas
4-6 7-6 7-6

Quarterfinals
Bjorn Borg*
Jose Luis Clerc
4-6 6-2 6-1
Victor Pecci*
Yannick Noah
6-0 7-6
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Raul Ramirez
6-0 6-3
John Alexander*
Ilie Nastase
6-3 5-7 6-4

Semifinals
Bjorn Borg*
Victor Pecci
6-4 6-1
Vitas Gerulaitis*
John Alexander
6-2 7-6

Final
Bjorn Borg*
Vitas Gerulaitis
6-2 6-1 6-3


Tournament
Round 1
Bjorn Borg*
Paolo Bertolucci
José Higueras*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Jose Luis Clerc*
Bernard Balleret
Ulli Pinner*
Bernard Fritz
Victor Pecci*
Ivan Lendl
Rolf Gehring*
Corrado Barazzutti
Yannick Noah*
Louis Borfiga
Željko Franulović*
Manuel Orantes
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Jean Francois Caujolle
François Jauffret*
Dick Crealy
Raul Ramirez*
Pascal Portes
Tomas Smid*
Andrew J. Pattison
John Alexander*
Adriano Panatta
Guillermo Vilas*
Balazs Taroczy
Ilie Nastase*
Angel Gimenez
Geoff Masters*
Johan C. Kriek
Round 2
Bjorn Borg*
José Higueras
Jose Luis Clerc*
Ulli Pinner
Victor Pecci*
Rolf Gehring
Yannick Noah*
Željko Franulović
Vitas Gerulaitis*
François Jauffret
Raul Ramirez*
Tomas Smid
John Alexander*
Guillermo Vilas
Ilie Nastase*
Geoff Masters
Quarterfinals
Bjorn Borg*
Jose Luis Clerc
Victor Pecci*
Yannick Noah
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Raul Ramirez
John Alexander*
Ilie Nastase
Semifinals
Bjorn Borg*
Victor Pecci
Vitas Gerulaitis*
John Alexander
Final
Bjorn Borg*
Vitas Gerulaitis