# 1979 Egyptian Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_Egyptian_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_Egyptian_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Egyptian_Open > Source revision: 1053279538 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1970s African professional tennis tournament Tennis tournament 1979 Egyptian Open Date 9–15 April Edition 4th Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $75,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Cairo, Egypt Champions Singles Peter Feigl[1] Doubles Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee[2] ← 1978 · Egyptian Open · 1980 → The **1979 Egyptian Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) that was part of the [1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix](/source/1979_Colgate-Palmolive_Grand_Prix) . It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was played in [Cairo](/source/Cairo), Egypt from 9 April until 15 April 1979. Third-seeded [Peter Feigl](/source/Peter_Feigl) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles [Peter Feigl](/source/Peter_Feigl) defeated [Carlos Kirmayr](/source/Carlos_Kirmayr) 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 - It was Feigl's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of his career. ### Doubles [Peter McNamara](/source/Peter_McNamara) / [Paul McNamee](/source/Paul_McNamee) defeated [Anand Amritraj](/source/Anand_Amritraj) / [Vijay Amritraj](/source/Vijay_Amritraj) 7–5, 6–4 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1979 Cairo – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cairo/206/1979/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1979 Cairo – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/cairo/206/1979/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1980_3-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1980). *World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook*. London: [Queen Anne Press](/source/Queen_Anne_Press). p. 120. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780362020120](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780362020120). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [237184610](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/237184610). ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/cairo/egy/1979/m-gp-egy-01a-1979/draws-and-results/) v t e Egyptian Open 1975 NH 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 NH 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 v t e 1979 Grand Prix Tour « 1978 1980 » Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Grand Prix circuit Hobart Auckland Baltimore Birmingham (WCT) Philadelphia (WCT) Little Rock Richmond (WCT) Rancho Mirage Denver (WCT) Memphis Washington D.C. Nancy New Orleans San José Dayton Milan (WCT) Nice Rotterdam (WCT) Cairo Monte Carlo (WCT) Tulsa WCT Dallas Hamburg Rome Munich Brussels London Berlin Gstaad Båstad Stuttgart Hilversum Louisville North Conway South Orange Columbus Indianapolis Cleveland Toronto Stowe Boston Los Angeles Palermo San Francisco Bordeaux Barcelona Tel Aviv Brisbane Basel Sydney Indoor Tokyo Outdoor Vienna Cologne Tokyo Indoor Paris Indoor Hong Kong Quito Stockholm Bogotá Wembley Taipei Bologna Bombay Buenos Aires Johannesburg Santiago Sydney Outdoor Team events Davis Cup Nations Cup --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1979 Egyptian Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Egyptian_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Egyptian_Open?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.