River Oaks Tournament 1979
General 1979-04-16 - 1979-04-22
Open
Clay
5
Houston, Texas
United States of America
Source ATP; World Tennis
Info Prize Money $175,000
Ycaza and Ball were qualifiers.
Media
Winner José Higueras
Players
John Gillient Alexander
Victor C. (Vic) Amaya
Sydney (Syd) Ball
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci
Mike Cahill
Eddie Dibbs
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Wojtek Fibak
Željko Franulović
Rolf Gehring
Victor C. (Vic) Amaya
Sydney (Syd) Ball
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci
Mike Cahill
Eddie Dibbs
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Wojtek Fibak
Željko Franulović
Rolf Gehring
Hans G. Gildemeister
Francisco Gonzalez
José Higueras
Christopher John (Chris) Lewis
Geoffrey (Geoff) Masters
Eugene (Gene) Mayer
Tom Samuel (Tom) Okker
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Adriano Panatta
Victor Pecci
Ulrich (Ulli) Pinner
Francisco Gonzalez
José Higueras
Christopher John (Chris) Lewis
Geoffrey (Geoff) Masters
Eugene (Gene) Mayer
Tom Samuel (Tom) Okker
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Adriano Panatta
Victor Pecci
Ulrich (Ulli) Pinner
Anthony Dalton (Tony) Roche
Harold C. Solomon
Sherwood Earl Stewart
Allan James Stone
Leonard Roscoe (Roscoe) Tanner
Balazs Taroczy
Eliot Teltscher
Kimberley (Kim) Grant Warwick
Timothy McLane (Tim) Wilkison
Ricardo E. Ycaza Paulson
Harold C. Solomon
Sherwood Earl Stewart
Allan James Stone
Leonard Roscoe (Roscoe) Tanner
Balazs Taroczy
Eliot Teltscher
Kimberley (Kim) Grant Warwick
Timothy McLane (Tim) Wilkison
Ricardo E. Ycaza Paulson
Rounds
Round 1
Gene Mayer*
Harold C. Solomon
Harold C. Solomon
4-6
6-1
6-4
Francisco Gonzalez*
Tony Roche
Tony Roche
4-6
7-6
7-5
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Mike Cahill
Mike Cahill
3-6
6-3
6-4
Ricardo Ycaza*
Wojtek Fibak
Wojtek Fibak
6-2
1-6
7-6
Manuel Orantes*
Geoff Masters
Geoff Masters
6-3
6-3
Ulli Pinner*
Tom Okker
Tom Okker
6-1
6-3
Hans G. Gildemeister*
Tim Wilkison
Tim Wilkison
6-3
6-4
John Alexander*
Balazs Taroczy
Balazs Taroczy
6-4
7-6
José Higueras*
Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis
6-3
6-2
Paolo Bertolucci*
Syd Ball
Syd Ball
7-6
6-1
Eliot Teltscher*
Rolf Gehring
Rolf Gehring
2-6
6-1
7-5
Eddie Dibbs*
Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart
7-5
6-0
Corrado Barazzutti*
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick
6-7
7-5
6-1
Željko Franulović*
Allan Stone
Allan Stone
6-3
6-4
Adriano Panatta*
Victor Pecci
Victor Pecci
6-4
6-2
Roscoe Tanner*
Vic Amaya
Vic Amaya
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Gene Mayer*
Francisco Gonzalez
Francisco Gonzalez
6-0
7-5
Ricardo Ycaza*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
7-6
4-6
7-6
Manuel Orantes*
Ulli Pinner
Ulli Pinner
6-4
6-3
Hans G. Gildemeister*
John Alexander
John Alexander
6-4
6-0
José Higueras*
Paolo Bertolucci
Paolo Bertolucci
6-0
6-3
Eddie Dibbs*
Eliot Teltscher
Eliot Teltscher
7-6
4-6
6-2
Corrado Barazzutti*
Željko Franulović
Željko Franulović
0-6
6-4
6-3
Roscoe Tanner*
Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta
7-5
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gene Mayer*
Ricardo Ycaza
Ricardo Ycaza
6-3
6-1
Manuel Orantes*
Hans G. Gildemeister
Hans G. Gildemeister
6-2
6-2
José Higueras*
Eddie Dibbs
Eddie Dibbs
6-3
6-2
Roscoe Tanner*
Corrado Barazzutti
Corrado Barazzutti
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Gene Mayer*
Manuel Orantes
Manuel Orantes
7-6
6-3
José Higueras*
Roscoe Tanner
Roscoe Tanner
6-2
6-2
Final
José Higueras*
Gene Mayer
Gene Mayer
6-3
2-6
7-6
Tournament
Round 1
José Higueras*
Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis
Paolo Bertolucci*
Syd Ball
Syd Ball
Eddie Dibbs*
Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart
Eliot Teltscher*
Rolf Gehring
Rolf Gehring
Roscoe Tanner*
Vic Amaya
Vic Amaya
Adriano Panatta*
Victor Pecci
Victor Pecci
Corrado Barazzutti*
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick
Željko Franulović*
Allan Stone
Allan Stone
Gene Mayer*
Harold C. Solomon
Harold C. Solomon
Francisco Gonzalez*
Tony Roche
Tony Roche
Ricardo Ycaza*
Wojtek Fibak
Wojtek Fibak
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Mike Cahill
Mike Cahill
Manuel Orantes*
Geoff Masters
Geoff Masters
Ulli Pinner*
Tom Okker
Tom Okker
Hans G. Gildemeister*
Tim Wilkison
Tim Wilkison
John Alexander*
Balazs Taroczy
Balazs Taroczy
Round 2
José Higueras*
Paolo Bertolucci
Paolo Bertolucci
Eddie Dibbs*
Eliot Teltscher
Eliot Teltscher
Roscoe Tanner*
Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta
Corrado Barazzutti*
Željko Franulović
Željko Franulović
Gene Mayer*
Francisco Gonzalez
Francisco Gonzalez
Ricardo Ycaza*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Manuel Orantes*
Ulli Pinner
Ulli Pinner
Hans G. Gildemeister*
John Alexander
John Alexander
Quarterfinals
José Higueras*
Eddie Dibbs
Eddie Dibbs
Roscoe Tanner*
Corrado Barazzutti
Corrado Barazzutti
Gene Mayer*
Ricardo Ycaza
Ricardo Ycaza
Manuel Orantes*
Hans G. Gildemeister
Hans G. Gildemeister
Semifinals
José Higueras*
Roscoe Tanner
Roscoe Tanner
Gene Mayer*
Manuel Orantes
Manuel Orantes
Final
José Higueras*
Gene Mayer
Gene Mayer