1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

{{Tennis events|1979|World Championship Tennis Finals|

| defchamp =

| champ = {{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe

| runner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg

| score = 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6

| edition =

| type = singles

}}

Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.

John McEnroe won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Borg.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors (semifinals)
{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg (final)
{{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe (champion)
{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|USA}} Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Alexander (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Mayer (quarterfinals)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Geoff Masters (quarterfinals)

Draw

{{8TeamBracket-Tennis5 | RD1=Quarterfinals

| RD2=Semifinals

| RD3=Final

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score1-3=6

| RD1-score1-4=6

| RD1-score1-5=

| RD1-seed2=7

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Gene Mayer

| RD1-score2-1=7

| RD1-score2-2=1

| RD1-score2-3=4

| RD1-score2-4=1

| RD1-score2-5=

| RD1-seed3=3

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe

| RD1-score3-1=6

| RD1-score3-2=6

| RD1-score3-3=6

| RD1-score3-4=

| RD1-score3-5=

| RD1-seed4=6

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|AUS}} John Alexander

| RD1-score4-1=4

| RD1-score4-2=0

| RD1-score4-3=2

| RD1-score4-4=

| RD1-score4-5=

| RD1-seed5=5

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA}} Vitas Gerulaitis

| RD1-score5-1=6

| RD1-score5-2=6

| RD1-score5-3=6

| RD1-score5-4=

| RD1-score5-5=

| RD1-seed6=4

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried

| RD1-score6-1=4

| RD1-score6-2=3

| RD1-score6-3=3

| RD1-score6-4=

| RD1-score6-5=

| RD1-seed7=8

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|AUS}} Geoff Masters

| RD1-score7-1=3

| RD1-score7-2=1

| RD1-score7-3=1

| RD1-score7-4=

| RD1-score7-5=

| RD1-seed8=2

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg

| RD1-score8-1=6

| RD1-score8-2=6

| RD1-score8-3=6

| RD1-score8-4=

| RD1-score8-5=

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors

| RD2-score1-1=1

| RD2-score1-2=4

| RD2-score1-3=4

| RD2-score1-4=

| RD2-score1-5=

| RD2-seed2=3

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe

| RD2-score2-1=6

| RD2-score2-2=6

| RD2-score2-3=6

| RD2-score2-4=

| RD2-score2-5=

| RD2-seed3=5

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Vitas Gerulaitis

| RD2-score3-1=5

| RD2-score3-2=6

| RD2-score3-3=6

| RD2-score3-4=2

| RD2-score3-5=

| RD2-seed4=2

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg

| RD2-score4-1=7

| RD2-score4-2=7

| RD2-score4-3=2

| RD2-score4-4=6

| RD2-score4-5=

| RD3-seed1=3

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} John McEnroe

| RD3-score1-1=7

| RD3-score1-2=4

| RD3-score1-3=6

| RD3-score1-4=7

| RD3-score1-5=

| RD3-seed2=2

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg

| RD3-score2-1=5

| RD3-score2-2=6

| RD3-score2-3=2

| RD3-score2-4=6

| RD3-score2-5=

}}

References

[http://www.atpworldtour.com/5/en/vault/draws.asp?TournamentID=610&TournamentYear=1979 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw] ([https://archive.today/20090506211606/http://www.atpworldtour.com/5/en/vault/draws.asp?TournamentID=610&TournamentYear=1979 Archived] 2009-05-06)

Singles