The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional

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circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the

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tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix schedule.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January 1980

Points system

The tournaments were divided into twelve point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round. The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, was as follows:

Grand Prix standings

John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...

(USA) 2.

Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at W ...

(Sue) 3.

Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...

(USA) 4.

Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Vilas was the No. 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977, and won four Grand Slam tournaments, one year-end Masters, nine Grand Prix Super ...

(Arg) 5.

Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player, known as Vitas Gerulaitis. In 1975, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering with Sandy Mayer. He won the men's single ...

(USA) 6.

Roscoe Tanner Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is a retired American tennis player, who turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979. Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which ...

(USA) 7. José Higueras (Spain) 8.

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 ...

(USA) 9.

Eddie Dibbs Eddie Dibbs (born February 23, 1951) is a retired American tennis player also nicknamed "Fast Eddie". He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 1978, winning 22 titles and being a runner-up another 20 times. Dibbs holds t ...

(USA) 10. Víctor Pecci (Par)

ATP rankings

''*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 7th, 1980.''

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name: * John Alexander (1) Louisville *

Victor Amaya Victor Amaya (born July 2, 1954) is a retired tennis player from the U.S. The left-handed Amaya's career-high singles ranking was World No. 15, attained in August 1980. One of Amaya's memorable matches was a loss to Björn Borg Björn Rune ...

(1) Surbiton *

Vijay Amritraj Vijay Amritraj (born 14 December 1953) is an Indian sports commentator, actor and retired professional tennis player from Madras. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour, in 1983.In 2022, he was honored for his cont ...

(1) Bombay *

(12) Richmond WCT, Boca Raton, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, French Open, Wimbledon, Båstad, Toronto, Palermo, Tokyo Indoor, WCT Challenge Cup * José Luis Clerc (1) Johannesburg *

(7) Birmingham, Philadelphia, Memphis, Tulsa, Indianapolis, Stowe, Hong Kong *

Phil Dent Philip Clive Dent (born 14 February 1950) is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors in four sets. Dent was also the men ...

(2) Brisbane, Sydney Outdoor *

(1) Forest Hills WCT *

Peter Feigl Peter Feigl (born 30 November 1951) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was a quarterfinalist in the 1978 Australian Open The 1978 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Ten ...

(1) Cairo *

Wojciech Fibak Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a former professional tennis player and Polish entrepreneur and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, ...

(2) Denver, Stuttgart Indoor * Peter Fleming (2) Cincinnati, Los Angeles *

(3) Rome, Kitzbühel, Sydney Indoor *

Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister Bohner (born Juan Pedro Gildemeister Bohner on 9 February 1956), is a Chilean former tennis player of German ancestry , who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. He is the brother of Heinz an ...

(2) Barcelona, Santiago *

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 Fre ...

(2) Columbus, Basel * José Higueras (3) Houston, Hamburg, Boston *

Hans Kary Hans Kary (born 23 February 1949) 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 ...

(1) Lagos *

Johan Kriek Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American retired tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He won ...

(1) Sarasota * Robert Lutz (1) Taiwan *

Gene Mayer Gene Mayer (born May 11, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 14 professional singles titles during his career. Mayer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, and played tennis at Wayn ...

(1) Cologne *

(10) New Orleans, Milan, San Jose, Dallas WCT, Queen's Club, South Orange, US Open, San Francisco, Stockholm, Wembley * Peter McNamara (1) Berlin * Bernard Mitton (1) Costa Rica *

Terry Moor Terry Moor (born April 23, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The left-hander reached his highest singles ATP ATP may refer to: Companies an ...

(1) Tokyo Outdoor *

Yannick Noah Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decad ...

(3) Nancy, Madrid, Bordeaux *

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(1) Tel Aviv *

Manuel Orantes Manuel Orantes Corral (; born 6 February 1949) is a former tennis player from Spain who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open men's singles title in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final. Orantes reached a ...

(1) Munich * Andrew Pattison (1) Johannesburg * Víctor Pecci (3) Nice, Quito, Bogotá * Ulrich Pinner (1) Gstaad *

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 ...

(1) Florence *

Marty Riessen Marty Riessen (born December 4, 1941) is an American former amateur and professional tennis player active from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP rankings in September 1974, though was rank ...

(1) Lafayette * Bill Scanlon (1) Maui *

Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd (born 20 May 1956) is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won 54 titles and was world No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984 to August 11, 1985. The right-hande ...

(1) Stuttgart Outdoor *

Stan Smith Stanley Roger Smith (born December 14, 1946) is an American former professional tennis player. Smith is best known to non-tennis players as the namesake of a popular brand of tennis shoes. A world No. 1 player and two-time major singles cham ...

(2) Cleveland, Vienna *

(3) Baltimore WCT, North Conway, Bercy *

(2) Rancho Mirage, Washington Indoor *

Balázs Taróczy Balázs Taróczy ( hu, Taróczy Balázs; born 9 May 1954) is a retired tennis player from Hungary. The right-hander won 13 singles titles in his career, and achieved a career-high singles ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of ...

(2) Brussels, Hilversum * Brian Teacher (1) Newport *

(4) Hobart, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Australian Open * Butch Walts (2) Dayton, Bologna *

Kim Warwick Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten ...

(1) Adelaide * Tim Wilkison (1) Auckland The following players won their first title in 1979: *

Barcelona *

Lagos *

Sarasota * Peter McNamara Berlin

References

External links

* ATP Archive 1979
Colgate Palmolive Grand Prix Tournaments

ATP – History Mens Professional Tours