1979 Wimbledon Championships


The 1979 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 25 June until 7 July. It was the 93rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1979.
This edition was the first to introduce the tiebreak with the scores at 6–6 instead of 8–8.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1979 championships was £277,066. The winner of the men's title earned £20,000 while the women's singles champion earned £18,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£20,000£10,000£5,000£2,500£1,500£760£440£265
Women's Singles£18,000£8,750£4,375£2,000£1,160£585£340£200
Men's Doubles *£8,000£4,000£2,000£1,000£520£170£80
Women's Doubles *£6,930£3,464£1,600£800£364£116£54
Mixed Doubles *£4,200£2,100£1,000£500£250£0£0

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Björn Borg defeated Roscoe Tanner, 6–7, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd, 6–4, 6–4
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2

Women's Doubles

Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova defeated Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens defeated Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve, 7–5, 7–6

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Ramesh Krishnan defeated Dave Siegler, 6–0, 6–2

Girls' Singles

Mary-Lou Piatek defeated Alycia Moulton, 6–1, 6–3

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Björn Borg
  2. John McEnroe '
  3. Jimmy Connors '
  4. Vitas Gerulaitis '
  5. Roscoe Tanner '
  6. Guillermo Vilas '
  7. Arthur Ashe '
  8. Víctor Pecci '
  9. Brian Gottfried '
  10. Wojciech Fibak '
  11. John Alexander '
  12. José Higueras '
  13. Manuel Orantes '
  14. José Luis Clerc '
  15. Tim Gullikson '
  16. Corrado Barazzutti

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Navratilova
  18. Chris Evert Lloyd '
  19. Evonne Goolagong Cawley '
  20. Tracy Austin '
  21. Virginia Wade '
  22. Dianne Fromholtz '
  23. Billie Jean King '
  24. Wendy Turnbull '
  25. Kerry Reid '
  26. Virginia Ruzici '
  27. Greer Stevens '
  28. Sue Barker '
  29. Regina Maršíková '
  30. Kathy Jordan '
  31. Betty Stöve '
  32. Pam Shriver