Davison's Classic 1979

Davison's Classic 1979
date	9/23/1979 - 9/29/1979
Edition	4th
navigation	1978  ◄  1979  ►  1980
WTA tour
venue	Atlanta United States
category	Colgate Series
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	32E / 16D
Financial. Obligation	US $ 100,000
Last year's winner	Chris Evert
Last year's winner (double)	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Wendy Turnbull Betty Stöve
As of August 8, 2018

The 1979 Davison's Classic was a women's tennis tournament in Atlanta . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1979 and took place from 23 to 29 September 1979.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová victory 02.  Chris Evert-Lloyd Quarter finals 03.  Tracy Austin Semifinals 04th  Billie Jean King Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 05.  Evonne Cawley Semifinals 06th  Dianne Fromholtz Quarter finals 07th  Virginia Wade Quarter finals 08th.  Wendy Turnbull final

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

R. Richards

6th

1

1

M. Navrátilová

5

6th

6th

Q

K. McDaniel

2

3

A. Kiyomura

7th

3

2

A. Kiyomura

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

7th

V. Wade

6th

1

6th

7th

V. Wade

4th

1

B. Stöve

2

6th

1

7th

V. Wade

7th

6th

K. Reid

6th

0

6th

K. Reid

5

0

C. Meyer

2

6th

3

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

4th

BJ King

6th

6th

5

E. Cawley

1

3

S. Hanika

3

2

4th

BJ King

6th

4th

2

M. Kruger

6th

3

6th

M. Kruger

1

6th

6th

J. Duvall

3

6th

1

M. Kruger

1

2

5

E. Cawley

6th

6th

5

E. Cawley

6th

6th

Q

L. duPont

4th

4th

5

E. Cawley

6th

6th

L. Forood

5

6th

4th

B.-A. Stuart

2

3

B.-A. Stuart

7th

3

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

7th

6th

Q

M. Carillo

6th

7th

8th

W. Turnbull

6th

4th

A. Smith

4th

5

Q

M. Carillo

0

1

I. Kloss

1

0

6th

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

6th

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

6th

D. Fromholtz

7th

2

3

Q

L. Romanov

7th

6th

3

T. Austin

6th

6th

6th

K. Latham

6th

4th

Q

L. Romanov

2

1

R. Casals

1

0

3

T. Austin

6th

6th

3

T. Austin

6th

6th

3

T. Austin

5

1

Y. Vermaak

0

1

8th

W. Turnbull

7th

6th

S. Acker

6th

6th

S. Acker

3

2

B. Bunge

4th

4th

8th

W. Turnbull

6th

6th

8th

W. Turnbull

6th

6th

8th

W. Turnbull

6th

1

6th

B. Potter

4th

5

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

4th

6th

4th

G. Stevens

6th

7th

G. Stevens

1

1

C. Stoll

2

0

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Wendy Turnbull Betty Stöve   victory 02.  Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová   Quarter finals 03.  Rosie Casals Chris Evert-Lloyd   Quarter finals 04th  Ilana Kloss Betty-Ann Stuart   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 B. Stove

6th

6th

R. Richards A. Whitmore

2

3

1

W. Turnbull B. Stove

6th

6th

S. Acker L. Forood

4th

6th

1

B. Potter G. Stevens

4th

2

B. Potter G. Stevens

6th

4th

6th

1

W. Turnbull B. Stove

6th

6th

3

R. Casals C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

7th

L. duPont S. Walsh

4th

2

L. Antonoplis P. Smith

1

7th

5

3

R. Casals C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

4th

R. Blount Y. Vermaak

6th

3

5

L. duPont S. Walsh

7th

6th

L. duPont S. Walsh

2

6th

7th

1

W. Turnbull B. Stove

6th

6th

K. Reid V. Wade

3

2

A. Kiyomura A. Smith

2

4th

D. Fromholtz, M. Kruger

6th

6th

D. Fromholtz, M. Kruger

6th

6th

B. Jordan K. Ruddell

4th

5

4th

I. Kloss B.-A. Stuart

1

1

4th

I. Kloss B.-A. Stuart

6th

7th

D. Fromholtz, M. Kruger

6th

4th

5

A. Kiyomura A. Smith

4th

6th

7th

A. Kiyomura A. Smith

2

6th

7th

R. Fox B. Nagelsen

6th

3

5

A. Kiyomura A. Smith

6th

7th

6th

M. Carillo J. Newberry

1

2

2

BJ King M. Navrátilová

7th

6th

3

2

BJ King M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Davison's Classic 1979 (English) on the ITF website