{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{TennisEventInfo|1979|Congoleum Classic| | date=February 12–18 | edition=6th | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | prize_money=$250,000 | draw=64S / 32D | surface=[[Hard court|Hard]] / outdoor | location=[[Rancho Mirage, California|Rancho Mirage]], [[California|CA]], United States | venue=[[Mission Hills Country Club]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=Rancho Mirage – Singles draw|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/indian-wells/404/1979/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Mayer]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=Rancho Mirage – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/indian-wells/404/1979/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | main_name=Indian Wells Masters }}
The '''1979 Congoleum Classic''', also known as the '''Volvo Tennis Games''', was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the 6th edition of the [[Indian Wells Masters]] and was part of the [[1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix]]. It was played at the [[Mission Hills Country Club]] in [[Rancho Mirage, California]] in the [[United States]] and was held from February 12 through February 18, 1979. Eighth-seeded [[Roscoe Tanner]] won his second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $35,000 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|pages=81–82|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1979 Congoleum Classic – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] 6–4, 6–2 <ref name=ms/> * It was Tanner's 1st title of the year and the 26th of his career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1979 Congoleum Classic – Doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gene Mayer]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]] defeated {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Cliff Drysdale]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce Manson]] 6–4, 7–6 <ref name=md/> * It was Gene Mayer's 1st title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Sandy Mayer's 1st title of the year and the 20th of his career.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.bnpparibasopen.com}} * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/indian-wells/404/overview ATP tournament profile] * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/palm-springs/usa/1979/m-gp-usa-10a-1979/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Indian Wells Masters tournaments}} {{1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix}}
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