The 1979 Japan Open Tennis Championships, also known by its sponsorship name Hit-Union Japan Open Tennis Championships, was a combined men's and women's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on
outdoor clay courts in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
, Japan that was part of the
Colgate Series and the
Volvo Grand Prix circuit. The tournament was held from 22 October through 28 October 1979.
Terry Moor
Terry Moor (born April 23, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States
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(ninth-seeded) and
Betsy Nagelsen
Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" Nagelsen McCormack (born October 23, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player.
Career
Nagelsen was the world's top junior in 1973. She won the 1973 U.S. Champion Girls' 16 and under singles. She also won the ...
won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Terry Moor
Terry Moor (born April 23, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States
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defeated
Pat Du Pré 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
*It was Moor's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Women's singles
Betsy Nagelsen
Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" Nagelsen McCormack (born October 23, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player.
Career
Nagelsen was the world's top junior in 1973. She won the 1973 U.S. Champion Girls' 16 and under singles. She also won the ...
defeated
Naoko Sato 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
* It was Nagelsen's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Men's doubles
Colin Dibley /
Pat Du Pré defeated
Rod Frawley
Rod Frawley (born 8 September 1952) is a former tennis player from Australia, who won one singles title (1982, Adelaide) and five doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world N ...
/
Francisco González 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Women's doubles
Betsy Nagelsen
Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" Nagelsen McCormack (born October 23, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player.
Career
Nagelsen was the world's top junior in 1973. She won the 1973 U.S. Champion Girls' 16 and under singles. She also won the ...
/
Penny Johnson
Penelope Jane Johnson CBE (born 23 June 1956) has been Director of the Government Art Collection since 1997.
She was educated at St. Helen's School, the University of East Anglia (BA, 1978) and the University of Manchester.‘JOHNSON, Penelope ...
defeated
Yu Li-Chiao /
Chen Chuan 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
References
External links
Official website
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
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Japan Open Tennis Championships
The Japan Open (currently sponsored by Rakuten) is a men's tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally founded in 1915 as the Japan International Ch ...
Japan Open Tennis Championships
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