Avon Championships of Chicago 1979

Avon Championships of Chicago 1979
date	January 29, 1979 - February 4, 1979
Edition	8th
navigation	1978  ◄  1979  ►  1980
WTA tour
venue	Chicago United States
Tournament number	716
category	Avon Championships Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	32E / 16D
Prize money	US $ 200,000
Last year's winner	Martina Navrátilová
Last year's winner (double)	Betty Stöve Evonne Cawley
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Rosie Casals Betty-Ann Stuart
As of August 8, 2018

The 1979 Avon Championships of Chicago were a women's tennis tournament in Chicago . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1979 and took place from January 29th to February 4th 1979.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová victory 02.  Tracy Austin final 03.  Virginia Wade 1 round 04th  Wendy Turnbull Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 05.  Kerry Reid Semifinals 06th  Ann Kiyomura Round of 16 07th  Ilana Kloss 1 round 08th.  Virginia Ruzici Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Navrátilová

7th

6th

S. Margolin

6th

4th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

B. Stöve

6th

6th

B. Stöve

3

2

B. Nagelsen

4th

3

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

7th

I. Kloss

2

5

A. Smith

1

2

A. Smith

6th

7th

A. Smith

6th

6th

C. Meyer

3

4th

Y. Vermaak

4th

3

Y. Vermaak

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

4th

W. Turnbull

6th

5

6th

G. Stevens

3

2

R. Casals

2

7th

0

4th

W. Turnbull

4th

6th

2

M. Kruger

6th

6th

M. Kruger

6th

4th

6th

A. Stewart

2

1

M. Kruger

0

4th

6th

A. Kiyomura

6th

4th

6th

G. Stevens

6th

6th

P. Shriver

2

6th

3

6th

A. Kiyomura

4th

3

G. Stevens

6th

6th

G. Stevens

6th

6th

C. Stoll

3

2

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

D. Desfor

7th

6th

6th

2

T. Austin

3

4th

S. Walsh

5

7th

7th

S. Walsh

5

5

M. Jaušovec

7th

6th

M. Jaušovec

7th

7th

3

V. Wade

5

4th

M. Jaušovec

6th

2

4th

M.-I. Fernández

2

6th

5

K. Reid

4th

6th

6th

P. Teeguarden

6th

7th

P. Teeguarden

6th

5

6th

5

K. Reid

4th

7th

6th

5

K. Reid

2

7th

7th

R. Gerulaitis

6th

5

2

5

K. Reid

6th

4th

4th

K. Latham

3

1

2

T. Austin

1

6th

6th

S. Barker

6th

6th

S. Barker

6th

6th

M. Redondo

4th

2

8th

V. Ruzici

1

3

8th

V. Ruzici

6th

6th

S. Barker

7th

3

3

M.-L. Piatek

6th

6th

6th

2

T. Austin

5

6th

6th

S. Acker

4th

7th

3

M.-L. Piatek

0

2

R. Richards

6th

1

1

2

T. Austin

6th

6th

2

T. Austin

4th

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Wendy Turnbull Renee Reid   Semifinals 02.  Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici   1 round 03.  Tracy Austin Betty Stöve   Quarter finals 04th  Virginia Wade Françoise Dürr   Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

W. Turnbull R. Reid

6th

6th

D. Desfor S. Margolin

0

1

1

W. Turnbull R. Reid

6th

4th

6th

P. Shriver A. Smith

6th

6th

P. Shriver A. Smith

3

6th

3

M.-L. Piatek C. Meyer

2

3

1

W. Turnbull R. Reid

2

4th

4th

V. Wade F. Dürr

6th

6th

I. Kloss G. Stevens

6th

6th

S. Acker Y. Vermaak

4th

4th

4th

V. Wade F. Dürr

2

5

I. Kloss G. Stevens

4th

6th

7th

I. Kloss G. Stevens

6th

7th

S. Barker A. Kiyomura

6th

1

5

I. Kloss G. Stevens

6th

5

5

K. Latham N. Yeargin

6th

2

R. Casals B.-A. Stuart

3

7th

7th

M. Navrátilová R. Richards

7th

6th

M. Navrátilová R. Richards

6th

6th

A. Stewart C. Stoll

3

7th

2

3

T. Austin B. Stove

2

4th

3

T. Austin B. Stove

6th

5

6th

M. Navrátilová R. Richards

4th

6th

4th

M. Kruger S. Walsh

6th

5

5

R. Casals B.-A. Stuart

6th

0

6th

B. Nagelsen P. Teeguarden

4th

7th

7th

B. Nagelsen P. Teeguarden

2

5

R. Casals B.-A. Stuart

6th

6th

R. Casals B.-A. Stuart

6th

7th

2

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

4th

1

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Avon Championships of Chicago 1979 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Avon Championships of Chicago 1979 (English) on the ITF website