:1979 World Championship Tennis Finals

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{{TennisEventInfo|1979|World Championship Tennis Finals|

| date=May 1–6

| edition=9th

| category=Grand Prix

| prize_money=$200,000

| draw=8S

| surface=Carpet / indoor

| location=Dallas, TX, United States

| venue=Moody Coliseum

| champs={{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe{{cite web|title=1979 Dallas – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/dallas/610/1979/results|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}

| main_name=WCT Finals

}}

The 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 9th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from May 1 through May 6, 1979. Third-seeded John McEnroe won the title.{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1980|year=1980|publisher=Queen Anne P.|location=London|isbn=978-0362020113|pages=176–179}}{{cite news|title='Junior' Comes of Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cf1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ieYDAAAAIBAJ&dq=mcenroe%20borg%20tennis%20dallas&pg=3478%2C5727459|accessdate=16 September 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=May 13, 1979}}{{cite news|title=Pouty McEnroe Upsets Borg|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BRBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hAIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5895%2C5480356|work=Toledo Blade|agency=AP|date=May 7, 1979|page=17}}