Wimbledon Championships 1979

◄ Wimbledon Championships 1979 ►
Date:	June 25 - July 7, 1979
Edition:	93rd  Wimbledon Championships
Place:	London
Covering:	race
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles :	Martina Navrátilová
Men's double :	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
Ladies doubles :	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
Mixed :	Betty Stöve Frew McMillan
winner
Men's singles :	Bjorn Borg
Ladies singles :	Martina Navrátilová
Men's double :	Peter Fleming John McEnroe
Ladies doubles :	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová
Mixed :	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt
Grand Slams 1979
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The 93rd Wimbledon Championships took place from June 25th to July 7th, 1979 in London , Great Britain . The host was the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club .

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Bjorn Borg victory 02.  John McEnroe Round of 16 03.  Jimmy Connors Semifinals 04th  Vitas gerulaitis 1 round 05.  Roscoe Tanner final 06th  Guillermo Vilas 2nd round 07th  Arthur Ashe 1 round 08th.  Víctor Pecci 3rd round

No. player Round reached 09.  Brian Gottfried 3rd round 10.  Wojciech Fibak 1 round 11.  John Alexander 3rd round 12.  José Higueras 2nd round 13.  Manuel Orantes 2nd round 14th  José Luis Clerc Round of 16 15th  Tim Gullikson Quarter finals 16.  Corrado Barazzutti 1 round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová victory 02.  Chris Evert-Lloyd final 03.  Evonne Cawley Semifinals 04th  Tracy Austin Semifinals 05.  Virginia Wade Quarter finals 06th  Dianne Fromholtz Quarter finals 07th  Billie Jean King Quarter finals 08th.  Wendy Turnbull Quarter finals

No. Player Round reached 09.  Kerry Reid Round of 16 10.  Virginia Ruzici Round of 16 11.  Greer Stevens Round of 16 12.  Sue Barker 1 round 13.  Regina Maršíková 3rd round 14th  Kathy Jordan Round of 16 15th  Betty Stöve Round of 16 16.  Pam Shriver 2nd round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Peter Fleming John McEnroe   victory 02.  Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker   1 round 03.  Bob Lutz Stan Smith   2nd round 04th  Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan   Semifinals 05.  Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart   2nd round 06th  Sandy Mayer Gene Mayer   Round of 16 07th  Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez   final 08th.  Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy   1 round 10.  Mark Edmondson John Marks   2nd round 11.     retreat 12.  John Alexander Phil Dent   Quarter finals 13.  Ross Case Geoff Masters   Quarter finals 14th  Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt   2nd round 15th  Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson   2nd round 16.  Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison   1 round

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová   victory 02.  Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull   final 03.  Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade   Semifinals 04th  Rosie Casals Chris Evert-Lloyd   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Dianne Fromholtz Marise Kruger   Quarter finals 06th  Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici   Semifinals 07th  Ilana Kloss Betty-Ann Stuart   Quarter finals 08th.  Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura   Quarter finals

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Frew McMillan Betty Stöve   final 02.  Bob Hewitt Greer Stevens   victory 03.  Marty Riessen Wendy Turnbull   Quarter finals 04th  John Newcombe Evonne Cawley   Semifinals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Ion Țiriac Virginia Ruzici   Round of 16 06th     retreat 07th  John Lloyd Rosie Casals   Round of 16 08th.  Ross Case Betty-Ann Stuart   Round of 16

Web links

• Official website - Roll of Honor (English)
• Archives of the ATP World Tour (Men) Grand Slams 1979 (English)
• Archive of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (Women & Mixed) tournaments 1979 (English)
• ITF Archives (Men & Mixed )
• ITF Archives (Women )
• Grand Slam History Reference Book (English)