Robert Lutz was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Harold Solomon Harold Solomon (born September 17, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player who played during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 5 in singles in 1980, and of No. 4 in doubles in 1976. Over the cours ...

won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 against

Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti (born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former tennis player from Italy. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978. After his player career Barazzutti was non-playing captain of the Italy Davis C ...

Seeds

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Brian Gottfried Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is a retired American tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. He was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open, won the 1975 and 1977 Fren ...

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Vince Van Patten Vincent Van Patten (born October 17, 1957) is an American actor, former professional tennis player, and the commentator for the World Poker Tour. Personal life Van Patten was born in Bellerose, New York, as the youngest son of actor Dick Van Pa ...

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Raúl Ramírez Raúl Ramírez (born 20 June 1953) is a Mexican retired professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s. Ramírez was the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing th ...

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Pascal Portes Pascal Portes (born 28 May 1959) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ten ...

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Jean-Louis Haillet Jean-Louis Haillet (born 7 May 1954 in Nice, France) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each pla ...

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Jean-François Caujolle Jean-François Caujolle (born 3 March 1952, in Marseille, France) is a left-handed former professional tennis player from France. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 59 in singles on 31 September 1977. Caujolle retired from tennis in 1981 an ...

''(quarterfinals)''

Draw

* '' NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.''

Final

Section 1

Section 2

External links

1979 Paris Open draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:1979 Paris Open - Singles

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