Madrid Open 1979


General 1979-09-24 - 1979-09-30
Grand Prix Circuit
Clay
6
Madrid
Spain

Source ATP


Info Prize Money $75,000
Svensson, Meneschincheri, Cortes, Casa, Urpi, Escofet, Edwards and Drysdale were qualifiers.
Margets and Vizcaino were lucky losers.



Media


Winner Yannick Noah


Players
George Amaya
Birger Andersson
Antonio Andrade
Jorge Andrew
Carlos Dario Behar
Ramiro Benavides
Christophe Casa
Jose Antonio Castanon
Jean Francois Caujolle
Jose Luis Clerc
Alejandro Cortes
Robin Wordsworth Drysdale
Henry (Eddie) Edwards
Ismael Adly El Shafei
Peter Elter
Ulf Eriksson
Gaston Escofet
Ernie W. Ewert
Rick Fagel
John W. Feaver
Jaime Jose Fillol sr
Željko Franulović
Christophe C. Freyss
Bernard Fritz
Angel Gimenez
Anton Gonzalez
Georges Goven
Roger de Santis Guedes
Jan Gunnarsson
José Higueras
Per Hjertquist
Max Hurlimann
Carlos A. Kirmayr
Jose Lopez Maeso
Fernando Luna
Alvaro Margets
Andreas Maurer
Peter Bernard McNamara
Paul Francis McNamee
Roberto Meneschincheri
Miguel Mir
Ivan Molina
Terry Moor
Cassio Motta
Antonio Munoz
Yannick Noah
Gonzalo Nunez
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Onny Parun
Alejandro Pierola
Pascal Portes
Patrick Proisy
Gregoire Rafaitin
Keith Richardson
Francisco Rodriguez
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Louk Sanders
Javier Soler
Tenny Svensson
Gabriel Urpi
Ernesto Vazquez
Jairo Velasco Sr.
Roberto Vizcaino
John McLaren Yuill


Rounds
Round 1
José Higueras*
Tenny Svensson
6-1 6-4
Ivan Molina*
Roberto Meneschincheri
6-1 6-1
Alejandro Cortes*
Bernard Fritz
6-3 6-3
Christophe C. Freyss*
Rick Fagel
4-6 6-1 6-4
Pascal Portes*
Francisco Rodriguez
6-4 6-3
Christophe Roger-Vasselin*
Carlos Dario Behar
6-7 6-0 6-0
Keith Richardson*
Christophe Casa
6-2 4-6 6-1
Antonio Andrade*
Alvaro Margets
6-3 6-2
Roberto Vizcaino*
Angel Gimenez
6-3 6-0
Gabriel Urpi*
Ulf Eriksson
7-6 6-3
Eddie Edwards*
Gaston Escofet
6-4 6-1
Javier Soler*
Cassio Motta
6-1 5-7 6-1
Carlos A. Kirmayr*
Robin Drysdale
6-3 2-6 6-1
Onny Parun*
Ernie W. Ewert
6-3 6-3
Per Hjertquist*
Birger Andersson
5-7 6-3 6-4
Yannick Noah*
Jorge Andrew
6-1 6-4
Peter McNamara*
Antonio Munoz
6-2 6-1
George Amaya*
Ernesto Vazquez
4-6 7-5 9-7
Alejandro Pierola*
Jan Gunnarsson
6-1 7-6
Jean Francois Caujolle*
Ramiro Benavides
4-6 6-2 6-4
Patrick Proisy*
Gregoire Rafaitin
6-3 6-2
Louk Sanders*
John Yuill
6-0 6-2
Jairo Velasco Sr.*
Miguel Mir
7-6 6-3
Manuel Orantes*
Roger Guedes
6-1 6-1
Terry Moor*
Andreas Maurer
6-3 6-2
Jose Lopez Maeso*
Jose Antonio Castanon
6-1 6-3
Georges Goven*
Anton Gonzalez
6-3 6-2
Paul McNamee*
Fernando Luna
4-0 ret.
Željko Franulović*
Max Hurlimann
6-2 6-2
Peter Elter*
John W. Feaver
6-7 7-6 6-4
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Ismail El Shafei
6-2 6-4
Jose Luis Clerc*
Gonzalo Nunez
6-1 6-4

Round 2
José Higueras*
Ivan Molina
6-4 6-3
Christophe C. Freyss*
Alejandro Cortes
4-6 7-6 6-1
Pascal Portes*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
6-2 6-2
Keith Richardson*
Antonio Andrade
6-1 6-3
Gabriel Urpi*
Roberto Vizcaino
7-6 5-7 5-2 ret.
Eddie Edwards*
Javier Soler
6-4 3-6 6-2
Carlos A. Kirmayr*
Onny Parun
6-1 6-2
Yannick Noah*
Per Hjertquist
7-5 6-3
Peter McNamara*
George Amaya
2-6 6-1 6-4
Alejandro Pierola*
Jean Francois Caujolle
4-6 6-3 6-1
Patrick Proisy*
Louk Sanders
6-2 7-6
Manuel Orantes*
Jairo Velasco Sr.
6-4 6-2
Terry Moor*
Jose Lopez Maeso
6-7 6-2 6-2
Paul McNamee*
Georges Goven
6-2 2-6 6-3
Željko Franulović*
Peter Elter
6-2 6-4
Jose Luis Clerc*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
6-2 6-4

Round 3
José Higueras*
Christophe C. Freyss
6-1 6-3
Keith Richardson*
Pascal Portes
6-4 7-5
Gabriel Urpi*
Eddie Edwards
2-6 6-2 9-7
Yannick Noah*
Carlos A. Kirmayr
6-1 6-1
Peter McNamara*
Alejandro Pierola
6-2 2-6 6-1
Manuel Orantes*
Patrick Proisy
7-6 6-2
Paul McNamee*
Terry Moor
6-4 6-1
Jose Luis Clerc*
Željko Franulović
6-1 6-3

Quarterfinals
José Higueras*
Keith Richardson
3-6 7-5 6-1
Yannick Noah*
Gabriel Urpi
6-4 6-1
Manuel Orantes*
Peter McNamara
6-4 6-1
Jose Luis Clerc*
Paul McNamee
7-5 6-1

Semifinals
Yannick Noah*
José Higueras
6-1 3-6 6-4
Manuel Orantes*
Jose Luis Clerc
3-6 7-5 6-1

Final
Yannick Noah*
Manuel Orantes
6-3 6-7 6-3 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Yannick Noah*
Jorge Andrew
Per Hjertquist*
Birger Andersson
Carlos A. Kirmayr*
Robin Drysdale
Onny Parun*
Ernie W. Ewert
Gabriel Urpi*
Ulf Eriksson
Roberto Vizcaino*
Angel Gimenez
Eddie Edwards*
Gaston Escofet
Javier Soler*
Cassio Motta
José Higueras*
Tenny Svensson
Ivan Molina*
Roberto Meneschincheri
Christophe C. Freyss*
Rick Fagel
Alejandro Cortes*
Bernard Fritz
Keith Richardson*
Christophe Casa
Antonio Andrade*
Alvaro Margets
Pascal Portes*
Francisco Rodriguez
Christophe Roger-Vasselin*
Carlos Dario Behar
Manuel Orantes*
Roger Guedes
Jairo Velasco Sr.*
Miguel Mir
Patrick Proisy*
Gregoire Rafaitin
Louk Sanders*
John Yuill
Peter McNamara*
Antonio Munoz
George Amaya*
Ernesto Vazquez
Alejandro Pierola*
Jan Gunnarsson
Jean Francois Caujolle*
Ramiro Benavides
Jose Luis Clerc*
Gonzalo Nunez
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Ismail El Shafei
Željko Franulović*
Max Hurlimann
Peter Elter*
John W. Feaver
Paul McNamee*
Fernando Luna
Georges Goven*
Anton Gonzalez
Terry Moor*
Andreas Maurer
Jose Lopez Maeso*
Jose Antonio Castanon
Round 2
Yannick Noah*
Per Hjertquist
Carlos A. Kirmayr*
Onny Parun
Gabriel Urpi*
Roberto Vizcaino
Eddie Edwards*
Javier Soler
José Higueras*
Ivan Molina
Christophe C. Freyss*
Alejandro Cortes
Keith Richardson*
Antonio Andrade
Pascal Portes*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Manuel Orantes*
Jairo Velasco Sr.
Patrick Proisy*
Louk Sanders
Peter McNamara*
George Amaya
Alejandro Pierola*
Jean Francois Caujolle
Jose Luis Clerc*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
Željko Franulović*
Peter Elter
Paul McNamee*
Georges Goven
Terry Moor*
Jose Lopez Maeso
Round 3
Yannick Noah*
Carlos A. Kirmayr
Gabriel Urpi*
Eddie Edwards
José Higueras*
Christophe C. Freyss
Keith Richardson*
Pascal Portes
Manuel Orantes*
Patrick Proisy
Peter McNamara*
Alejandro Pierola
Jose Luis Clerc*
Željko Franulović
Paul McNamee*
Terry Moor
Quarterfinals
Yannick Noah*
Gabriel Urpi
José Higueras*
Keith Richardson
Manuel Orantes*
Peter McNamara
Jose Luis Clerc*
Paul McNamee
Semifinals
Yannick Noah*
José Higueras
Manuel Orantes*
Jose Luis Clerc
Final
Yannick Noah*
Manuel Orantes