1979 WTA German Open

1979 WTA German Open
Date 21 – 27 May
Edition 10th
Category Colgate Series (AAA)
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $100,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Berlin, West Germany
Venue Rot-Weiss Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
United States Caroline Stoll [1]
Doubles
United States Rosie Casals / Australia Wendy Turnbull

The 1979 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, West Germany that was part of the 1979 Colgate Series and was held from 21 May through 27 May 1979. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and the first women's only edition[lower-alpha 1]. Caroline Stoll won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money.[2][3]

Finals

Singles

United States Caroline Stoll defeated Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková 7–6(7–4), 6–0

Doubles

United States Rosie Casals / Australia Wendy Turnbull defeated Australia Evonne Goolagong / Australia Kerry Reid 6–2, 7–5

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32
Singles [2] $20,000 $10,000 $5,400 $2,300 $1,200 $600

Notes

  1. ↑ From the first edition of the tournament in which the women participated (1896) until the women's only 1979 WTA German Open in Berlin the women's events were played together with the men at the German Championships in Hamburg.

References

  1. ↑ "German Open" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
  2. 1 2 John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 321, 330.
  3. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
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