WTA Championships 1979
| WTA Championships 1979 | |
| date | March 21, 1979 - March 25, 1979 |
| Edition | 8th |
| navigation | 1978 ◄ 1979 ► 1980 |
| WTA tour | |
|---|---|
| venue | New York City United States
|
| Tournament number | Tour Championships |
| category | 808 |
| Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
| Game surface | carpet |
| draw | 8E / 4D |
| Prize money | US $ 275,000 |
| Last year's winner |
Martina Navrátilová
|
| Winner |
Martina Navrátilová
|
| Winner (doubles) |
 Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
|
| As of August 8, 2018 | |
The 1979 WTA Championships (officially Avon Circuit Championships ) were a women's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden in New York City . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1979 and took place from March 21 to 25, 1979.
singles
Group 1
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|
|
Martina Navrátilová
|
.svg){kind=small} Greer Stevens
|
6: 3, 6: 2 |
 Virginia Wade
|
 Dianne Fromholtz
|
6: 4, 6: 1 |
|
Martina Navrátilová
|
Virginia Wade
|
6: 4, 6: 4 |
|
Dianne Fromholtz
|
Greer Stevens
|
6: 4, 6: 4 |
| # | Player | Play S / N | Sentences S / N |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Martina Navrátilová
|
2-0 | 4-0 |
| 2. |
Virginia Wade
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 3. |
Dianne Fromholtz
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 4th |
Greer Stevens
|
0: 2 | 0: 4 |
Group 2
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Results |
|---|---|---|
|
Chris Evert
|
Sue Barker
|
6: 3, 6: 4 |
|
Tracy Austin
|
Wendy Turnbull
|
5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 3 |
|
Sue Barker
|
Wendy Turnbull
|
6: 4, 6: 2 |
|
Tracy Austin
|
Chris Evert
|
6: 3, 6: 1 |
| # | Player | Play S / N | Sentences S / N |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Tracy Austin
|
2-0 | 4: 1 |
| 2. |
Sue Barker
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 3. |
Chris Evert
|
1: 1 | 2: 2 |
| 4th |
Wendy Turnbull
|
0: 2 | 1: 4 |
Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navrátilová
|
6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||
| Sue Barker
|
5 | 7th | 6th | Sue Barker
|
1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Virginia Wade
|
7th | 5 | 2 | 1 | Martina Navrátilová
|
6th | 3 | 6th | ||||||||||
| Dianne Fromholtz
|
6th | 6th | Tracy Austin
|
3 | 6th | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chris Evert
|
2 | 3 | Dianne Fromholtz
|
5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tracy Austin
|
7th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||
Double
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura
|
6th | 2 | 6th | |||||||||
| Rosie Casals Chris Evert
|
4th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||
| Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura
|
6th | 6th | ||||||||||
| Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
|
7th | 7th | ||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici.svg){kind=small}
|
2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve
|
6th | 6th | ||||||||||
Web links
- WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).
- WTA Championships 1979 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- WTA Championships 1979 (English) on the ITF homepage