1979 Grand Prix (tennis)


The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix 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 listed above 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, is as follows:
Grand Slam$300,000+$275,000+$250,000+$225,000+$200,000+$175,000+$150,000+$125,000+$100,000+$75,000+$50,000+
Winner350 300 275 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 75 50
Runner-up245 210 192 175 157 140 122 104 87 70 52 35
Semifinalist140 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20
Quarterfinalist70 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10
Fourth round35 30 27 25 22 20 17 14 12 10 7 5
Third round17 15 13 12 11 10 9 7 6 5 – –
Second round9 – – 6 – – – – – – – –

Grand Prix Standings

1- John McEnroe
2. Björn Borg
3. Jimmy Connors
4. Guillermo Vilas
5. Vitas Gerulaitis
6. Roscoe Tanner
7. José Higueras
8. Harold Solomon
9. Eddie Dibbs
10. Víctor Pecci

ATP rankings

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
The following players won their first title in 1979: