French Open 1979

◄ French Open 1979 ►
Date:	May 28–11. June 1979
Edition:	78th  French Open
Place:	Roland Garros, Paris
Covering:	sand
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles :	Virginia Ruzici
Men's double :	Gene Mayer Hank Pfister
Ladies doubles :	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici
Mixed :	Renáta Tomanová Pavel Složil
winner
Men's singles :	Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles :	Chris Evert-Lloyd
Men's double :	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer
Ladies doubles :	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull
Mixed :	Wendy Turnbull Bob Hewitt
Grand Slams 1979
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The 78th French Open 1979 was a tennis clay court tournament in the Grand Slam class , which was hosted by the ITF . It took place from May 28th to June 11th 1979 in Roland Garros , Paris , France .

Defending champions in the singles were Björn Borg in the men and Virginia Ruzici in the women. The defending champions were Gene Mayerd and Hank Pfister in the men's doubles, Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici in the ladies doubles and Renáta Tomanová and Pavel Složil in the mixed doubles .

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Bjorn Borg victory 02.  Jimmy Connors Semifinals 03.  Guillermo Vilas Quarter finals 04th  Vitas gerulaitis Semifinals 05. 06th  Harold Solomon Round of 16 07th  Eddie Dibbs Quarter finals 08th.  José Higueras Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Arthur Ashe 3rd round 10.  Brian Gottfried 3rd round 11.  José Luis Clerc 2nd round 12.  Wojciech Fibak Round of 16 13.  Manuel Orantes Round of 16 14th  Tim Gullikson Round of 16 15th  Corrado Barazzutti 3rd round 16.  Adriano Panatta 3rd round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Chris Evert-Lloyd victory 02.  Virginia Wade 2nd round 03.  Dianne Fromholtz Semifinals 04th  Wendy Turnbull final 05.  Virginia Ruzici Quarter finals 06th  Sue Barker 2nd round 07th  Regina Maršíková Semifinals 08th.  Betty Stöve Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 09.  Mima Jaušovec 2nd round 10.  Kathy May-Teacher 2nd round 11.  Rosie Casals 1 round 12.  Marise Kruger 2nd round 13.  Anne Smith Round of 16 14th  Ilana Kloss 2nd round 15th 16.  Marita Redondo 1 round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker   2nd round 02.  Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd   Semifinals 03.  Sandy Mayer Gene Mayer   victory 04th  Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez   Quarter finals 05.  Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy   1 round 06th  Heinz Günthardt Bob Hewitt   Round of 16 07th  Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac   2nd round 08th.  Peter Fleming Kim Warwick   1 round

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Mark Edmondson John Marks   Round of 16 10.  Ross Case Phil Dent   final 11.  Arthur Ashe Dick Stockton   Semifinals 12.  Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson   Round of 16 13.  Pat Du Pre Stan Smith   Quarter finals 14th  Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister   2nd round 15th  Anand Amritraj Ray Moore   Round of 16 16.  Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison   Quarter finals

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

It is neither on the ITF website nor on the WTA website how the seeding list was made up or whether there was one at all, as no information can be found there.

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Ilie Năstase Françoise Dürr   Quarter finals 02.  Bob Hewitt Wendy Turnbull   victory 03.  Pavel Složil Renáta Tomanová   Semifinals 04th  Ivan Lendl Regina Maršíková   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Ion Țiriac Virginia Ruzici   final 06th  Eric Deblicker Gail Lovera Benedetti   Quarter finals 07th  Patrice Beust Betty Stöve   Semifinals 08th.  Francisco González Anne Smith   Quarter finals

Web links

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