{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{TennisEventInfo|1979|Pacific Southwest Open| | date=September 17–23 | edition=53rd | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | prize_money=$175,000 | draw=64S / 32D | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Los Angeles]], US | venue=[[Pauley Pavilion]] | champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1979 Los Angeles – Singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/1979/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1979 Los Angeles – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/1979/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>}} | after_name=Jack Kramer Open | main_name=Los Angeles Open (tennis) {{!}} Pacific Southwest Open }}
The '''1979 Jack Kramer Open''', also known as the '''Pacific Southwest Open''', was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Pauley Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] in the United States. The event was part of the [[Grand Prix tennis circuit]]. It was the 53rd edition of the Pacific Southwest tournament and was held from September 17 through September 23, 1979.
Tournament director [[Jack Kramer]] underwrote the tournament after [[ARCO]] ended their sponsorship of the event. Eight-seeded [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]] won the singles title after defeating his doubles partner and first-seed [[John McEnroe]] in the final and earned $28,000 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=100–101|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=McEnroe Beaten; Fleming Low Key|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2yQvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998%2C2513358|work=The Milwaukee Journal|date=September 24, 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fleming Conquers a Friend|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pPQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=76AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3081%2C2896355|work=Reading Eagle|agency=AP|date=September 24, 1979}}</ref>
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] 6–4, 6–4 * It was Fleming's 2nd singles title of the year and the 3rd of his career.
===Doubles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] defeated {{flagicon|POL}} [[Wojciech Fibak]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] 6–4, 6–4
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/los-angeles/usa/1979/m-gp-usa-36a-1979/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Los Angeles Open tournaments}} {{1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix}}
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