The 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's professional
tennis
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tournament played on indoor
carpet courts. It was the 9th edition of the
WCT Finals and was part of the
1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four grand slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event.
S ...
. It was played at the
Moody Coliseum in
Dallas, Texas
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in the United States and was held from May 1 through May 6, 1979. Third-seeded
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...
won the title.
Final
Singles
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...
defeated
Björn Borg
Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimb ...
7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
(7–5)
* It was McEnroe's 5th singles title of the year and the 9th of his
career
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Definitions
The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defin ...
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See also
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1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters
The 1979 Masters (also known as the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States between 9 January and 13 January 1980. It was the year-end cham ...
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1979 WCT World Doubles
The 1979 WCT World Doubles, also known by its sponsored name Braniff Airways World Doubles Championship, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Olympia in London, England that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand ...
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Borg–McEnroe rivalry
The Borg–McEnroe rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Björn Borg and John McEnroe, who met 14 times on the regular tour and 22 times in total between November 1978 and April 1981. Their head-to-head was even at 7-7. Their on-court rivalry wa ...
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