# 1979 Monte Carlo Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_Monte_Carlo_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_Monte_Carlo_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Monte_Carlo_Open > Source revision: 1163364083 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1979 Monte Carlo Open Date 9–15 April Edition 73rd Category Grand Prix circuit (WCT) Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $175,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Venue Monte Carlo Country Club Champions Singles Björn Borg[1] Doubles Ilie Năstase / Raúl Ramírez[2] ← 1978 · Monte Carlo Open · 1980 → The **1979 Monte Carlo Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [outdoor clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at the [Monte Carlo Country Club](/source/Monte_Carlo_Country_Club) in [Roquebrune-Cap-Martin](/source/Roquebrune-Cap-Martin), France that was part of the [1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix](/source/1979_Colgate-Palmolive_Grand_Prix) circuit. It was the 73rd edition of the tournament and was held from 9 April through 15 April 1979. First-seeded [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) won the singles title, his second at the event after [1977](/source/1977_Monte_Carlo_WCT).[3] ## Finals ### Singles [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) defeated [Vitas Gerulaitis](/source/Vitas_Gerulaitis) 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 - It was Borg's 4th singles title of the year and the 43rd of his [career](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg_career_statistics). ### Doubles [Ilie Năstase](/source/Ilie_N%C4%83stase) / [Raúl Ramírez](/source/Ra%C3%BAl_Ram%C3%ADrez) defeated [Víctor Pecci](/source/V%C3%ADctor_Pecci) / [Balázs Taróczy](/source/Bal%C3%A1zs_Tar%C3%B3czy) 6–3, 6–4 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1979 Monte Carlo – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/monte-carlo/410/1979/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1979 Monte Carlo – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/monte-carlo/410/1979/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. 182. [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 - [Official website](http://montecarlotennismasters.com) - [ATP tournament profile](http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/monte-carlo/410/overview) - [ITF tournament details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/monte-carlo/mon/1980/m-gp-mon-01a-1980/draws-and-results/) v t e Monte-Carlo Masters 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 NH NH NH NH 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 NH NH NH NH NH NH 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 NH 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 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 Monte Carlo Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Monte_Carlo_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Monte_Carlo_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.