# 1979 Jack Kramer Open

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1979 Pacific Southwest Open Date September 17–23 Edition 53rd Category Grand Prix Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $175,000 Surface Carpet / indoor Location Los Angeles, US Venue Pauley Pavilion Champions Singles Peter Fleming[1] Doubles Marty Riessen / Sherwood Stewart[2] ← 1978 · Pacific Southwest Open · 1980 →

The **1979 Jack Kramer Open**, also known as the **Pacific Southwest Open**, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on indoor [carpet courts](/source/Carpet_court) at the [Pauley Pavilion](/source/Pauley_Pavilion) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California) in the United States. The event was part of the [Grand Prix tennis circuit](/source/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](/source/Jack_Kramer) underwrote the tournament after [ARCO](/source/ARCO) ended their sponsorship of the event. Eight-seeded [Peter Fleming](/source/Peter_Fleming_(tennis)) won the singles title after defeating his doubles partner and first-seed [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) in the final and earned $28,000 first-prize money.[3][4][5]

## Finals

### Singles

[Peter Fleming](/source/Peter_Fleming_(tennis)) defeated [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) 6–4, 6–4

- It was Fleming's 2nd singles title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

### Doubles

[Marty Riessen](/source/Marty_Riessen) / [Sherwood Stewart](/source/Sherwood_Stewart) defeated [Wojciech Fibak](/source/Wojciech_Fibak) / [Frew McMillan](/source/Frew_McMillan) 6–4, 6–4

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1979 Los Angeles – Singles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/1979/draws?matchType=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1979 Los Angeles – Doubles draw"](http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/los-angeles/423/1979/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. pp. 100–101. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780362020120](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780362020120). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [237184610](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/237184610).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["McEnroe Beaten; Fleming Low Key"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2yQvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2CoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998%2C2513358). *The Milwaukee Journal*. September 24, 1979.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Fleming Conquers a Friend"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pPQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=76AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3081%2C2896355). *Reading Eagle*. AP. September 24, 1979.

## External links

- [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/los-angeles/usa/1979/m-gp-usa-36a-1979/draws-and-results/)

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