# 1979 Swiss Championships

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Tennis tournament

1979 Swiss Championships Date 9–15 July Edition 34th Category Grand Prix Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $75,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Gstaad, Switzerland Champions Singles Ulrich Pinner[1] Doubles Mark Edmondson / John Marks[2] ← 1978 · Suisse Open Gstaad · 1980 →

The **1979 Swiss Championships** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [outdoor clay courts](/source/Clay_court) in [Gstaad](/source/Gstaad), Switzerland. It was the 34th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 July until 15 July 1979. The [tournament](/source/Swiss_Open_(tennis)) was part of the [1979 Grand Prix tennis circuit](/source/1979_Colgate-Palmolive_Grand_Prix) and offered total prize money of $75,000. Third-seeded [Ulrich Pinner](/source/Ulrich_Pinner) won the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

[Ulrich Pinner](/source/Ulrich_Pinner) defeated [Peter McNamara](/source/Peter_McNamara) 6–2, 6–4, 7–5

- It was Pinner's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

### Doubles

[Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) / [John Marks](/source/John_Marks_(tennis)) defeated [Ion Țiriac](/source/Ion_%C8%9Airiac) / [Guillermo Vilas](/source/Guillermo_Vilas) 2–6, 6–1, 6–4

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1979 Gstaad – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/gstaad/314/1979/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1979 Gstaad – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/gstaad/314/1979/draws?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

## External links

- [Official website](https://swissopengstaad.ch/)

- [ATP tournament profile](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/gstaad/314/overview)

- [ITF tournament edition details](http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010002425)

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