1979 Australian Open – Men's Singles


First-seeded Guillermo Vilas successfully defended his title, defeating John Sadri 7–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1979 Australian Open.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Guillermo Vilas is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
  1. Guillermo Vilas
  2. John Alexander '
  3. Victor Amaya '
  4. Hank Pfister '
  5. Balázs Taróczy '
  6. John Sadri '
  7. Tim Wilkison '
  8. Peter Feigl '
  9. Peter McNamara '
  10. Kim Warwick '
  11. Peter Rennert '
  12. Geoff Masters '
  13. Phil Dent '
  14. Ross Case '
  15. Rod Frawley '
  16. Paul McNamee

    Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4