{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{TennisEventInfo|1979|Baltimore International|| | date=January 15–21 | edition=8th | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | prize_money=$75,000 | draw=32S / 16D | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Maryland|MD]], U.S. | venue=[[Towson State College]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Harold Solomon]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web |title=1979 Baltimore singles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/baltimore/816/1979/draws?matchtype=singles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref> | champd={{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]]<ref name="md">{{cite web |title=1979 Baltimore doubles draw |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/baltimore/816/1979/draws?matchtype=doubles |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>}} }}
The '''1979 Baltimore International''', also known by its sponsored name '''First National Classic''', was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Towson State College]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] in the United States that was part of the [[1979 Grand Prix (tennis)|1979 Grand Prix]] circuit. It was the eighth edition of the event and was held from January 15 through January 21, 1979. First-seeded [[Harold Solomon]] won the singles title and earned $13,000 first-prize money.<ref name="wot1980">{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook|year=1980|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London|isbn=9780362020120|oclc=237184610|page=118|editor=[[John Barrett (tennis)|John Barrett]]}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harold Solomon]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] 7–5, 6–4<ref name="ap790121su">[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/01/22/archives/tennis-final-to-connors-solomon-on-top.html "Solomon On Top," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Sunday 21 January 1979.] Retrieved 6 June 2025.</ref> * It was Solomon's 1st singles title of the year and the 16th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] defeated {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anand Amritraj]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Cliff Drysdale]] 7–6, 6–4<ref name="ap790121su"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/baltimore/usa/1979/m-gp-usa-04a-1979/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Baltimore International tournaments}} {{1979 Colgate Palmolive Grand Prix}}
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