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1979 Australian Open – Women's singles

Main article: 1979 Australian Open

Barbara Jordan defeated Sharon Walsh in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1979 Australian Open. It was her first major title and first tour-level title overall. Jordan was making her tournament debut.

Chris O'Neil was the reigning champion, but did not compete this year.

This was only the second women's singles final not to feature an Australian player, the first being in 1935. This was also the first all-American final at the tournament.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. They are ordered by the round in which they were knocked out.

  1. ROM Virginia Ruzici (first round)
  2. TCH Hana Mandlíková (quarterfinals)
  3. TCH Renáta Tomanová (semifinals)
  4. USA Sharon Walsh (finalist)
  5. USA Barbara Jordan (champion)
  6. n/a
  7. USA Janet Newberry (quarterfinals)
  8. AUS Cynthia Doerner (quarterfinals)

Note: The sixth seed withdrew and was replaced by Cathy Griffiths.

Qualifying

Main article: 1979 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Finals

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Earlier rounds

Section 1

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Section 2

| RD4-team01=TCH R Tomanová | RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team02=USA B Jordan | RD4-seed02=5 | RD4-score01-1=7 | RD4-score02-1=5 | RD4-score01-2=3 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score01-3=3 | RD4-score02-3=6 | RD3-team01=AUS C Doerner | RD3-seed01=8 | RD3-team02=TCH R Tomanová | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-score01-1=2 | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=1 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-team03=USA B Jordan | RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team04=TCH H Mandlíková | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score04-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score04-2=2 | RD2-team01=AUS C Doerner | RD2-seed01=8 | RD2-team02=AUS S Saliba | RD2-seed02= | RD2-score01-1=5 | RD2-score02-1=7 | RD2-score01-2=7 | RD2-score02-2=6 | RD2-score01-3=6 | RD2-score02-3=3 | RD2-team03=AUS P Whytcross | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team04=TCH R Tomanová | RD2-seed04=3 | RD2-score03-1=4 | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score04-2=4 | RD2-score03-3=1 | RD2-score04-3=6 | RD2-team05=USA B Jordan | RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team06=AUS A Minter | RD2-seed06=Q | RD2-score05-1=7 | RD2-score06-1=5 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score06-2=1 | RD2-team07=AUS L Harrison | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team08=TCH H Mandlíková | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-score07-1=4 | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score07-2=5 | RD2-score08-2=7 | RD1-team01=AUS C Doerner | RD1-seed01=8 | RD1-team02=AUS K Ruddell | RD1-seed02= | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score02-1=1 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score02-2=4 | RD1-team03=AUS S Leo | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team04=AUS S Saliba | RD1-seed04= | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score04-1=4 | RD1-score03-2=4 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score03-3=1 | RD1-score04-3=6 | RD1-team05=AUS P Whytcross | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team06=SWE M Wikstedt | RD1-seed06= | RD1-score05-1=5 | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score06-2=3 | RD1-score05-3=6 | RD1-score06-3=2 | RD1-team07=AUS N Gregory | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team08=TCH R Tomanová | RD1-seed08=3 | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score08-1=7 | RD1-score07-2=5 | RD1-score08-2=7 | RD1-team09=USA B Jordan | RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team10=AUS K Hallam | RD1-seed10= | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score10-1=3 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score10-2=2 | RD1-team11=AUS R Catton | RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team12=AUS A Minter | RD1-seed12=Q | RD1-score11-1=3 | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=1 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-team13=AUS B Randall | RD1-seed13=Q | RD1-team14=AUS L Harrison | RD1-seed14= | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score14-1=4 | RD1-score13-2=2 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score13-3=3 | RD1-score14-3=6 | RD1-team15=AUS J Walker | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team16=TCH H Mandlíková | RD1-seed16=2 | RD1-score15-1=4 | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score15-2=1 | RD1-score16-2=6

References

References

  1. (2017-06-10). "Jeļena Ostapenko beats Simona Halep to win French Open". [[ESPN.com]].
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