# 1979 Tel Aviv Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_Tel_Aviv_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1979_Tel_Aviv_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Tel_Aviv_Open > Source revision: 1139324597 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 1979 Tel Aviv Open Date October 8–13 Edition 1st Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $50,000 Surface Hard / outdoor Location Ramat HaSharon, Tel Aviv District, Israel Venue Israel Tennis Centers Champions Singles Tom Okker[1] Doubles Ilie Năstase / Tom Okker[2] Tel Aviv Open · 1980 → The **1979 Tel Aviv Open** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [hard courts](/source/Hard_court) that was part of the [1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix](/source/1979_Colgate-Palmolive_Grand_Prix). It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was played at the [Israel Tennis Centers](/source/Israel_Tennis_Centers) in the [Tel Aviv District](/source/Tel_Aviv_District) city of [Ramat HaSharon](/source/Ramat_HaSharon), [Israel](/source/Israel) from October 8 through October 13, 1979. Second-seeded [Tom Okker](/source/Tom_Okker) won the singles title. ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [1979 Tel Aviv Open – Singles](/source/1979_Tel_Aviv_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Tom Okker](/source/Tom_Okker) defeated [Per Hjertquist](/source/Per_Hjertquist) 6–4, 6–3 [1] - It was Okker's 6th title of the year and the 87th of his career. ### Doubles Main article: [1979 Tel Aviv Open – Doubles](/source/1979_Tel_Aviv_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Ilie Năstase](/source/Ilie_N%C4%83stase) / [Tom Okker](/source/Tom_Okker) defeated [Mike Cahill](/source/Mike_Cahill_(tennis)) / [Colin Dibley](/source/Colin_Dibley) 7–5, 6–4 [2] - It was Nastase's 5th title of the year and the 98th of his career. It was Okker's 5th title of the year and the 86th of his career. ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ms_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ms_1-1) ["1979 Tel Aviv – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tel-aviv/330/1979/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-md_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-md_2-1) ["1979 Tel Aviv – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/tel-aviv/330/1979/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010003323) v t e Tel Aviv Open 1979 1980 1981 NH 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2022 NH NH 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 Tel Aviv Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Tel_Aviv_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Tel_Aviv_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.