# 1979 Swedish Open

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Tennis tournament

1979 Swedish Open Date 16–22 July Edition 32nd Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $75,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Båstad, Sweden Champions Singles Björn Borg[1] Doubles Heinz Günthardt / Bob Hewitt[2] ← 1978 · Swedish Open · 1980 →

The **1979 Swedish Open** was a men's professional [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) and held in [Båstad](/source/B%C3%A5stad), Sweden. It was part of the [1979 Grand Prix circuit](/source/1979_Grand_Prix_(tennis)). It was the 32nd edition of the [tournament](/source/Swedish_Open) and was held from 16 July through 22 July 1979. [Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) won the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

[Björn Borg](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg) defeated [Balázs Taróczy](/source/Bal%C3%A1zs_Tar%C3%B3czy) 6–1, 7–5

- It was Borg's 8th singles title of the year and the 47th of his [career](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Borg_career_statistics).

### Doubles

[Heinz Günthardt](/source/Heinz_G%C3%BCnthardt) / [Bob Hewitt](/source/Bob_Hewitt) defeated [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) / [John Marks](/source/John_Marks_(tennis)) 6–2, 6–2

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1979 Båstad – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bastad/316/1979/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1979 Båstad – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/bastad/316/1979/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

## External links

- [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/bastad/swe/1979/m-gp-swe-01a-1979/draws-and-results/)

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