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Singles
1979 World Championship Tennis Finals
Final
Champion	John McEnroe
Runner-up	Björn Borg
Score	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Events
Singles
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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.

1. Jimmy Connors (semifinals)
2. Björn Borg (final)
3. John McEnroe (champion)
4. Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
5. Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals)
6. John Alexander (quarterfinals)
7. Gene Mayer (quarterfinals)
8. Geoff Masters (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Jimmy Connors	6	6	6	6
	7	Gene Mayer	7	1	4	1
										1	Jimmy Connors	1	4	4
										3	John McEnroe	6	6	6
	3	John McEnroe	6	6	6
	6	John Alexander	4	0	2
																			3	John McEnroe	7	4	6	7
																			2	Björn Borg	5	6	2	6
	5	Vitas Gerulaitis	6	6	6
	4	Brian Gottfried	4	3	3
										5	Vitas Gerulaitis	5	6	6	2
										2	Björn Borg	7	7	2	6
	8	Geoff Masters	3	1	1
	2	Björn Borg	6	6	6

References

• 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived 2009-05-06)

• 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals