ATP Challenger Series 1979

The following table shows the tournaments of the 1979 ATP Challenger Series professional men's tennis season . It consisted of 23 tournaments. The prize money was 25,000 and one tournament paid out 40,000 US dollars. It was the second edition of the Challenger tournament cycle.

Tournament schedule

January

no tournaments this month

February

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
19.02.	Linz	Linz Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	Hard court (i)	Peter Feigl	Patrice Dominguez Gilles Moretton

March

no tournaments this month

April

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04/30	Indian River	Indian River Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	sand	Billy Martin	Kevin Curren Steve Denton
	Nagoya	Nagoya Challenger	$ 40,000	32E / 16D	Hard court	Rod Frawley	Joel Bailey Rod Frawley
	Parioli	Parioli Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Dominique Bedel	Dick Crealy Phil Dent

May

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.05.	Cuneo	Cuneo Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Fernando Luna	Alejandro Pierola Belus Prajoux
	Raleigh	Raleigh Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	sand	John Sadri	John Austin Billy Martin

June

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04.06.	Galatina	Galatina Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Miguel Me	Ernie Ewert Cliff Letcher
	Zell am See	Zell am See Challenger	$ 25,000	16E / 8D	sand	Carlos Kirmayr	Paul Kronk Peter McNamara
06/11	Montgomery	Montgomery Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Trey Waltke	Eric Friedler Erik van Dillen
06/18	Green Bay	Green Bay Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Vincent Van Patten	Sashi Menon Robert Trogolo
25.06.	Concord	Concord Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Erik van Dillen	Sashi Menon Robert Trogolo

July

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
02.07.	San Diego	San Diego Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Trey Waltke	Sashi Menon Robert Trogolo
07/23	Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	sand	Belus Prajoux	Marcos Hocevar João Soares
07/30	Salvador	Salvador Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	sand	Carlos Kirmayr	Álvaro Fillol Rolf Thung

August

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
06.08.	Ribeirão Preto	Ribeirão Preto Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Carlos Gattiker	Ney Keller Cássio Motta
	Biarritz	Biarritz Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Eric Deblicker	Ernie Ewert Victor Eke
08/13	Royan	Royan Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Bernard Fritz	Bob Carmichael Victor Eke
	São Paulo	São Paulo Challenger	$ 25,000	16E / 8D	sand	Thomaz Koch	not known
08/20	Le Touquet	Le Touquet Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Jairo Velasco Sr.	Antonio Muñoz Jairo Velasco Sr.

September

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
10.09.	Charlotte	Charlotte Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	sand	Chris Lewis	Mike Barr Jerry Karzen
	Lincoln	Lincoln Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Matt Mitchell	Joel Bailey Bruce Kleege

October

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
01.10.	Huntington Beach	Huntington Beach Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Glenn Petrovic	Billy Martin Bruce Nichols
10/22	Guadalajara	Guadalajara Challenger	$ 25,000	32E / 16D	sand	Paul McNamee	Paul McNamee Fred McNair

November

no tournaments this month

December

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Draw	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
03.12.	Austin	Austin Challenger	$ 25,000	64E / 32D	Hard court	Peter Rennert	Anand Amritraj John Austin

• ¹ start of the tournament (without qualification)
• ² The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question was held in a hall.

Web links

• Tournament overview on the website of the ATP (English)

See also

• 1979 Grand Prix