Avon Championships of Philadelphia 1979
| Avon Championships of Philadelphia 1979 | |
| date | 5.3.1979 - 11.3.1979 |
| Edition | 8th |
| navigation | 1978 ◄ 1979 ► 1991 |
| WTA tour | |
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| venue | Philadelphia United States
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| category | Avon Championships Circuit |
| Tournament type | Free place tournament |
| Game surface | Hard court |
| draw | 32E /? D |
| Prize money | US $ 125,000 |
| Last year's winner |
Chris Evert
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| Last year's winner (double) |
 Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
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| Winner |
Wendy Turnbull
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| Winner (doubles) |
 Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
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| As of August 8, 2018 | |
The 1979 Avon Championships of Philadelphia was a women's tennis tournament in Philadelphia . The hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1979 and took place from March 5th to 11th, 1979.
singles
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
| First round | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | T. Austin
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3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K. Jordan
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6th | 6th | K. Jordan
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4th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R. Casals
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6th | 4th | 6th | R. Casals
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} M. Kruger
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2 | 6th | 0 | R. Casals
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4th | 6th | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | A. Kiyomura
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6th | 6th | T. Holladay
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6th | 2 | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 N. Bohm
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3 | 1 | 8th | A. Kiyomura
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4th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 I. Budařová
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1 | 0 | T. Holladay
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T. Holladay
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6th | 6th | R. Casals
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6th | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | W. Turnbull
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6th | 6th | 4th | W. Turnbull
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0 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R. Fox
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0 | 1 | 4th | W. Turnbull
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} P. Medrado
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7th | 4th | 7th | P. Medrado
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3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Teeguarden
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6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | W. Turnbull
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7th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | K. Reid
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2 | 0 | P. Shriver
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5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P. Shriver
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6th | 6th | P. Shriver
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C. Stoll
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5 | 5 | .svg){kind=small} M. Jaušovec
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3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. Jaušovec
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7th | 7th | 4th | W. Turnbull
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5 | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R. Blount
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4th | 4th | 6th |  V. Wade
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7th | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Acker
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6th | 6th | S. Acker
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3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B. Stöve
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2 | 6th | 3 | 6th | V. Wade
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | V. Wade
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6th | 4th | 6th | 6th | V. Wade
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Walsh
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7th | 5 | 0 | 3 | G. Stevens
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4th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R. Richards
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6th | 7th | 6th | R. Richards
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1 | 7th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B.-A. Stuart
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0 | 4th | 3 | G. Stevens
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6th | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | G. Stevens
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6th | 6th | 6th | V. Wade
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1 | 7th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R. Tomanová
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6th | 2 | 5 | S. Barker
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6th | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B. Potter
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3 | 6th | 7th | B. Potter
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5 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K. May-Teacher
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w. | O. | K. May-Teacher
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7th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7th | .svg){kind=small} V. Ruzici
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K. May-Teacher
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2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Barker
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6th | 6th | S. Barker
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Margolin
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4th | 4th | S. Barker
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7th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I. Kloss
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1 | 1 | 2 | D. Fromholtz
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5 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D. Fromholtz
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Double
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| Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
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6th | 6th | |||
| Renée Richards Virginia Wade
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4th | 2 | |||
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 Philadelphia 1979 on the ITF website