# 1979 South American Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_South_American_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_South_American_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_South_American_Open > Source revision: 1354191092 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1979 South American Open Date 19–25 November Edition 13th Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $175,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Buenos Aires, Argentina Champions Singles Guillermo Vilas[1] Doubles Tomáš Šmíd / Sherwood Stewart[2] ← 1978 · South American Open · 1980 → The **1979 South American Open** also known as the **ATP Buenos Aires** was a men's [Grand Prix tennis circuit](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) tournament held in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires), Argentina that was played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court). It was the 13th edition of the [tournament](/source/ATP_Buenos_Aires) and was held from 19 November through 25 November 1979. First-seeded [Guillermo Vilas](/source/Guillermo_Vilas) won the singles title.[3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1979 South American Open – Singles](/source/1979_South_American_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Guillermo Vilas](/source/Guillermo_Vilas) defeated [José Luis Clerc](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Clerc) 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 - It was Vilas's 3rd singles title of the year and the 45th of his [career](/source/Guillermo_Vilas_career_statistics). ### Doubles [Tomáš Šmíd](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_%C5%A0m%C3%ADd) / [Sherwood Stewart](/source/Sherwood_Stewart) defeated [Marcos Hocevar](/source/Marcos_Hocevar) / [João Soares](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Soares_(tennis)) 6–1, 7–5 - It was Smid's 4th title of the year and the 7th of his career. It was Stewart's 10th title of the year and the 30th of his career. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1979 Buenos Aires – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/buenos-aires/303/1979/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1979 Buenos Aires – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/buenos-aires/303/1979/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). pp. 29, 114–115. [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/buenos-aires/arg/1979/m-gp-arg-01a-1979/draws-and-results/) - [ATP tournament profile](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/buenos-aires/506/overview) v t e Buenos Aires tournaments 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Apr/Nov 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 NH NH 1985 1986 1987 1988 NH NH NH 1992 1993 1994 1995 NH 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 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 South American Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_South_American_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_South_American_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.