Avon Championships of Seattle 1979

Avon Championships of Seattle 1979
date	February 5, 1979 - February 11, 1979
Edition	3
navigation	1978  ◄  1979  ►  1980
WTA tour
venue	Seattle United States
category	Avon Championships Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	16E / 15D
Prize money	US $ 125,000
Last year's winner	Martina Navrátilová
Last year's winner (double)	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
Winner	Chris Evert
Winner (doubles)	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
As of August 8, 2018

The 1979 Avon Championships of Seattle were a women's tennis tournament in Seattle . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1979 and took place from February 5th to 11th, 1979.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Chris Evert victory 02.  Ann Kiyomura 1 round 03.  Wendy Turnbull Quarter finals 04th  Kerry Reid Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05. 06th  Virginia Ruzici Quarter finals 07th  Marita Redondo 1 round 08th.  Sue Barker 1 round

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

C. Evert

6th

6th

P. Louie

1

0

1

C. Evert

6th

6th

7th

M. Redondo

0

3

K. Jordan

2

2

K. Jordan

6th

6th

1

C. Evert

6th

6th

4th

K. Reid

6th

6th

6th

4th

K. Reid

1

2

J. Harrington

4th

7th

2

4th

K. Reid

6th

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

6th

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

4th

2

H. Strachoňová

4th

2

1

C. Evert

6th

3

6th

R. Richards

6th

7th

R. Richards

1

6th

3

S. Acker

3

5

R. Richards

6th

6th

D. Desfor

1

1

3

W. Turnbull

4th

2

3

W. Turnbull

6th

6th

R. Richards

6th

6th

B. Stöve

3

6th

6th

J. Duvall

3

2

8th

S. Barker

6th

4th

4th

B. Stöve

3

6th

J. Duvall

0

6th

7th

J. Duvall

6th

7th

2

A. Kiyomura

6th

4th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Rosie Casals Chris Evert   1 round 02.  Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici   Semifinals 03.  Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve   victory 04th  Lesley Hunt Sharon Walsh   Semifinals

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

R. Casals C. Evert

3

3

S. Barker A. Kiyomura

6th

6th

S. Barker A. Kiyomura

6th

6th

S. Acker, M. Carillo

6th

6th

S. Acker, M. Carillo

2

2

J. Harrington R. Richards

3

2

S. Barker A. Kiyomura

6th

6th

6th

4th

L. Hunt S. Walsh

6th

7th

4th

L. Hunt S. Walsh

7th

2

3

S. Stap N. Yeargin

1

6th

4th

L. Hunt S. Walsh

6th

6th

R. Gerulaitis H. Strachoňová

4th

4th

J. Newberry B. Potter

4th

0

J. Newberry B. Potter

6th

6th

S. Barker A. Kiyomura

6th

6th

4th

A. Stewart L. Doherty

2

1

3

F. Dürr B. Stöve

7th

4th

6th

K. Latham Y. Vermaak

6th

6th

K. Latham Y. Vermaak

0

4th

3

F. Dürr B. Stöve

6th

6th

3

F. Dürr B. Stöve

6th

6th

D. Desfor K. Jordan

6th

6th

2

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

3

1

B. Bunge J. Duvall

2

2

D. Desfor K. Jordan

6th

2

4th

P. Louie M. Redondo

2

2

2

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

4th

6th

6th

2

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

6th

6th

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 Seattle 1979 on the ITF website