US Clay Courts 1979


General 1979-08-06 - 1979-08-12
Grand Prix Circuit
Clay
6
Indianapolis, Indiana
United States of America

Source ATP


Info Prize Money $175,000
Maher, Drysdale, Guerry, Nunez, Mayotte, Grant and Van't Hof were qualifiers



Media


Winner James Scott (Jimmy) Connors


Players
Jorge Andrew
Corrado Barazzutti
Richard Lawrence (Dick) Bohrnstedt
Lloyd Bourne
Mike Cahill
Ross Llewellyn Case
Jose Luis Clerc
Dale H. Collings
James Scott (Jimmy) Connors
Randy Crawford
Fernando Dalla Fontana
Colin Dowdeswell
Brad D. Drewett
Robin Wordsworth Drysdale
Mark Ronald Edmondson
Peter Feigl
Wojtek Fibak
Jaime Jose Fillol sr
Andres Gomez
Michael (Mike) Grant
Zan Guerry
George Hardie III
José Higueras
Jiří Hrebec (Hřebec)
Haroon Ismail
John William James
Deon Joubert
Jan Kodes (Kodeš)
Ramesh Krishnan
Paul C. Kronk
Steven Elliott (Steve) Krulevitz
Jay J. Lapidus
Ivan Lendl
Christopher John (Chris) Lewis
John Michael Lloyd
Warren Maher
John M.P. Marks
Andreas Maurer
Eugene (Gene) Mayer
Timothy Spence (Tim) Mayotte
John Patrick McEnroe
Frederick (Fred) McNair IV
Peter Bernard McNamara
Paul Francis McNamee
Emilio Montano
Juan Nunez
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Andrew J. Pattison
Noel R. Phillips
Mel Purcell
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Nick Saviano
Howard David Schoenfield
Mike Shore
Pavel Slozil
Tomas Smid
Cary Richard Stansbury
Balazs Taroczy
Eliot Teltscher
Robert van't Hof
Guillermo Vilas
Kimberley (Kim) Grant Warwick
Van Alan Winitsky
Ricardo E. Ycaza Paulson


Rounds
Round 1
Jimmy Connors*
Mark Edmondson
6-4 7-5
Pavel Slozil*
Fernando Dalla Fontana
6-2 6-0
Warren Maher*
John M.P. Marks
6-2 6-2
Balazs Taroczy*
Emilio Montano
6-0 6-0
Ivan Lendl*
Ross Case
7-5 6-1
Paul C. Kronk*
John James
6-3 6-3
Zan Guerry*
Robin Drysdale
6-3 6-3
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Gene Mayer
1-6 6-2 6-3
José Higueras*
Randy Crawford
6-2 6-2
Paul McNamee*
Colin Dowdeswell
7-6 6-3
Howard Schoenfield*
Deon Joubert
7-6 0-6 6-0
Peter McNamara*
Frederick (Fred) McNair IV
6-2 6-0
Corrado Barazzutti*
Cary Stansbury
6-3 ret.
Jiri Hrebec*
Jay J. Lapidus
6-3 6-0
John Lloyd*
George Hardie III
6-4 7-5
Wojtek Fibak*
Andreas Maurer
6-2 6-2
Jose Luis Clerc*
Juan Nunez
6-2 7-6
Nick Saviano*
Andrew J. Pattison
6-3 7-5
Kim Warwick*
Lloyd Bourne
7-6 6-0
Eliot Teltscher*
Richard Lawrence (Dick) Bohrnstedt
6-1 2-0 ret.
Tomas Smid*
Mike Shore
6-1 6-1
Brad D. Drewett*
Noel R. Phillips
6-1 6-0
Van Alan Winitsky*
Steve Krulevitz
4-6 6-1 6-1
Guillermo Vilas*
Mel Purcell
6-2 6-2
Manuel Orantes*
Tim Mayotte
7-5 7-5
Michael (Mike) Grant*
Dale H. Collings
6-4 6-3
Andres Gomez*
Haroon Ismail
4-6 6-3 6-4
Chris Lewis*
Jan Kodes
7-5 6-3
Ricardo Ycaza*
Peter Feigl
7-6 4-2 ret.
Jorge Andrew*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
1-6 6-3 6-4
Ramesh Krishnan*
Robert van't Hof
4-6 6-3 6-3
John McEnroe*
Mike Cahill
7-5 6-1

Round 2
Jimmy Connors*
Pavel Slozil
6-3 6-2
Balazs Taroczy*
Warren Maher
6-2 6-4
Ivan Lendl*
Paul C. Kronk
6-3 6-1
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Zan Guerry
6-3 2-6 9-7
José Higueras*
Paul McNamee
6-0 3-0 ret.
Peter McNamara*
Howard Schoenfield
6-2 5-7 6-2
Corrado Barazzutti*
Jiri Hrebec
6-3 6-0
Wojtek Fibak*
John Lloyd
6-4 6-3
Jose Luis Clerc*
Nick Saviano
6-2 6-1
Eliot Teltscher*
Kim Warwick
6-2 6-4
Tomas Smid*
Brad D. Drewett
6-4 7-6
Guillermo Vilas*
Van Alan Winitsky
7-5 6-3
Manuel Orantes*
Michael (Mike) Grant
6-2 6-3
Andres Gomez*
Chris Lewis
6-3 6-2
Ricardo Ycaza*
Jorge Andrew
6-4 6-7 7-5
John McEnroe*
Ramesh Krishnan
6-4 6-1

Round 3
Jimmy Connors*
Balazs Taroczy
5-7 6-1 9-7
Ivan Lendl*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
6-2 7-5
José Higueras*
Peter McNamara
6-4 6-2
Corrado Barazzutti*
Wojtek Fibak
6-2 6-7 6-4
Jose Luis Clerc*
Eliot Teltscher
6-3 6-2
Guillermo Vilas*
Tomas Smid
6-1 6-4
Manuel Orantes*
Andres Gomez
4-2 ret.
John McEnroe*
Ricardo Ycaza
6-1 6-1

Quarterfinals
Jimmy Connors*
Ivan Lendl
6-2 7-6
José Higueras*
Corrado Barazzutti
6-4 6-1
Guillermo Vilas*
Jose Luis Clerc
6-3 7-6
John McEnroe*
Manuel Orantes
4-2 ret.

Semifinals
Jimmy Connors*
José Higueras
6-2 7-5
Guillermo Vilas*
John McEnroe
6-4 7-5

Final
Jimmy Connors*
Guillermo Vilas
6-1 2-6 6-4


Tournament
Round 1
Jimmy Connors*
Mark Edmondson
Pavel Slozil*
Fernando Dalla Fontana
Balazs Taroczy*
Emilio Montano
Warren Maher*
John M.P. Marks
Ivan Lendl*
Ross Case
Paul C. Kronk*
John James
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Gene Mayer
Zan Guerry*
Robin Drysdale
José Higueras*
Randy Crawford
Paul McNamee*
Colin Dowdeswell
Peter McNamara*
Frederick (Fred) McNair IV
Howard Schoenfield*
Deon Joubert
Corrado Barazzutti*
Cary Stansbury
Jiri Hrebec*
Jay J. Lapidus
Wojtek Fibak*
Andreas Maurer
John Lloyd*
George Hardie III
Guillermo Vilas*
Mel Purcell
Van Alan Winitsky*
Steve Krulevitz
Tomas Smid*
Mike Shore
Brad D. Drewett*
Noel R. Phillips
Jose Luis Clerc*
Juan Nunez
Nick Saviano*
Andrew J. Pattison
Eliot Teltscher*
Richard Lawrence (Dick) Bohrnstedt
Kim Warwick*
Lloyd Bourne
John McEnroe*
Mike Cahill
Ramesh Krishnan*
Robert van't Hof
Ricardo Ycaza*
Peter Feigl
Jorge Andrew*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Manuel Orantes*
Tim Mayotte
Michael (Mike) Grant*
Dale H. Collings
Andres Gomez*
Haroon Ismail
Chris Lewis*
Jan Kodes
Round 2
Jimmy Connors*
Pavel Slozil
Balazs Taroczy*
Warren Maher
Ivan Lendl*
Paul C. Kronk
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Zan Guerry
José Higueras*
Paul McNamee
Peter McNamara*
Howard Schoenfield
Corrado Barazzutti*
Jiri Hrebec
Wojtek Fibak*
John Lloyd
Guillermo Vilas*
Van Alan Winitsky
Tomas Smid*
Brad D. Drewett
Jose Luis Clerc*
Nick Saviano
Eliot Teltscher*
Kim Warwick
John McEnroe*
Ramesh Krishnan
Ricardo Ycaza*
Jorge Andrew
Manuel Orantes*
Michael (Mike) Grant
Andres Gomez*
Chris Lewis
Round 3
Jimmy Connors*
Balazs Taroczy
Ivan Lendl*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
José Higueras*
Peter McNamara
Corrado Barazzutti*
Wojtek Fibak
Guillermo Vilas*
Tomas Smid
Jose Luis Clerc*
Eliot Teltscher
John McEnroe*
Ricardo Ycaza
Manuel Orantes*
Andres Gomez
Quarterfinals
Jimmy Connors*
Ivan Lendl
José Higueras*
Corrado Barazzutti
Guillermo Vilas*
Jose Luis Clerc
John McEnroe*
Manuel Orantes
Semifinals
Jimmy Connors*
José Higueras
Guillermo Vilas*
John McEnroe
Final
Jimmy Connors*
Guillermo Vilas