{{Short description|Tennis tournament}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox tennis tournament year|1979|Washington Star International| | date=July 16 – 22 | edition=11th | category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] | prize_money=$175,000 | draw=64S / 32D | surface=[[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | location=[[Washington, D.C.]], United States | venue=[[Rock Creek Park]] | champs={{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Guillermo Vilas]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1979 Washington – Singles draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/washington/418/1979/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1979 Washington – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/washington/418/1979/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref> | main_name = Washington Open (tennis) {{!}} Washington Open }}
The '''1979 Washington Star International''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament and was played on outdoor [[clay court]]s. The event was part of the [[1979 Grand Prix (tennis)|1979 Grand Prix circuit]]. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held at [[Rock Creek Park]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] from July 16 through July 22, 1979. First-seeded [[Guillermo Vilas]] won the singles title, his third at the event after 1975 and 1977.<ref name=wot1980>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook|year=1980|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780362020120|oclc=237184610|pages=90–91|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref>
==Finals==
===Singles=== {{flagicon|ARG|alt}} [[Guillermo Vilas]] defeated {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Víctor Pecci, Sr.]] 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup> * It was Vilas' 2nd singles title of the year and the 44th of his [[Guillermo Vilas career statistics|career]].
===Doubles=== {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marty Riessen]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sherwood Stewart]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] / {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]] 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/washington/418/overview ATP tournament profile] * [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010003449 ITF tournament edition details]
{{Washington tennis tournaments}} {{1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix}}
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