# Monte Carlo 1979

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/242/monte-carlo?season=1979
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: clay
- Location: Monte-Carlo, Monaco
- Start date: 1979-04-09
- End date: 1979-04-15

## Champion
- Winner: Bjorn Borg
- Runner-up: Vitas Gerulaitis
- Final score: 6-2 6-1 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Bjorn Borg d. Vitas Gerulaitis 6-2 6-1 6-3

### SF
- Bjorn Borg d. Victor Pecci 6-4 6-1
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. John Alexander 6-2 7-6

### QF
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Raul Ramirez 6-0 6-3
- John Alexander d. Ilie Nastase 6-3 5-7 6-4
- Victor Pecci d. Yannick Noah 6-0 7-6
- Bjorn Borg d. Jose Luis Clerc 4-6 6-2 6-1

### R16
- Victor Pecci d. Rolf Gehring 6-4 6-7 7-5
- Bjorn Borg d. Jose Higueras 6-4 6-4
- Ilie Nastase d. Geoff Masters DEF
- Raul Ramirez d. Tomas Smid 6-3 6-3
- John Alexander d. Guillermo Vilas 4-6 7-6 7-6
- Yannick Noah d. Zeljko Franulovic 6-4 6-4
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Francois Jauffret 6-7 6-3 7-5
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Ulrich Pinner 3-6 7-6 6-1

### R32
- Jose Higueras d. Pat Dupre 7-5 6-1
- Geoff Masters d. Johan Kriek 6-2 6-4
- Guillermo Vilas d. Balazs Taroczy 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Jean Francois Caujolle 6-3 5-7 6-4
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Bernard Balleret 6-2 6-0
- John Alexander d. Adriano Panatta 7-5 6-7 7-6
- Yannick Noah d. Luis Borfiga 6-1 6-3
- Victor Pecci d. Ivan Lendl 6-1 6-3
- Rolf Gehring d. Corrado Barazzutti 7-6 6-2
- Ilie Nastase d. Angel Gimenez 6-2 6-3
- Francois Jauffret d. Dick Crealy 6-4 6-4
- Tomas Smid d. Andrew Pattison 6-3 6-2
- Bjorn Borg d. Paolo Bertolucci 6-0 6-1
- Raul Ramirez d. Pascal Portes 7-5 6-1
- Ulrich Pinner d. Bernard Fritz 2-6 6-2 6-2
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Manuel Orantes 6-2 7-5

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/242/monte-carlo?season=1979
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