1979 World Championship Tennis Finals

The 1979 World Championship Tennis Finals 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 indoor carpet courts. It was the 9th edition of the WCT Finals

WCT Finals

The WCT Finals was a tennis tournament that served as the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis circuit. The event was held annually in Dallas, Texas, and played on indoor carpet courts. The 1971 quarterfinals and semifinals were played in Houston, and final played at Moody...

and was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix

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. It was played at the Moody Coliseum

Moody Coliseum

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in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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in the United States

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and began on May 1, 1979.

Men's Singles

John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

defeated

Björn Borg

Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...

7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6

It was McEnroe's 9th title of the year and the 20th of his career.

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