The 1979 Bordeaux Open also known as the "Grand Prix Passing Shot" was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 tournament played on Clay Courts

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

 in Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

 in France that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix

The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...

. The tournament was held from October 1 through October 5, 1979. Singles matches were best of five sets and doubles best of three.

Men's Singles

  Yannick Noah

Yannick Noah

Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...

defeated   Harold Solomon

Harold Solomon

Harold Solomon was an American professional tennis player during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world in 1980.- Tennis career :...

 6–0, 6–7, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4

Men's Doubles

  Patrice Dominguez

Patrice Dominguez

Patrice Dominguez is a French tennis player born in Algeria. He reached a career high ranking of 36 in 1973. He represented France in the Davis Cup between 1971 and 1979....

/   Denis Naegelen defeated   Bernard Fritz

Bernard Fritz

Bernard Fritz , is a former professional tennis player from France.Fritz enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 4 doubles events. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 106 in 1984.-Doubles runner-ups :-External links:...

 /   Iván Molina

Iván Molina

Iván Molina is a former professional Colombian tennis player.Molina and Martina Navratilova teamed to win the 1974 French Open mixed doubles title, beating Rosie Reyes Darmon and Marcelo Lara 6–3, 6–3 in the final. Together with Florenţa Mihai, he reached the French Open mixed doubles final in...

6–4, 6–4