# Italian Open 1979

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/italian-open?season=1979
Tour: ATP

Vitas Gerulaitis won the 1979 Italian Open, defeating Guillermo Vilas 6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on clay courts in Rome, Italy, from May 21 to May 28, 1979. The match log contains 63 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Italian Open, officially the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, is the combined ATP and WTA event staged at Rome's Foro Italico.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Rome Masters, Rome Open, Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Italian International Championships
- Category: Masters 1000
- Surface: clay
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Start date: 1979-05-21
- End date: 1979-05-28

## Champion
- Winner: Vitas Gerulaitis
- Runner-up: Guillermo Vilas
- Final score: 6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Guillermo Vilas 6-7 7-6 6-7 6-4 6-2

### SF
- Guillermo Vilas d. Gene Mayer 6-3 3-0 RET
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Eddie Dibbs 0-6 6-1 7-5 6-3

### QF
- Gene Mayer d. Terry Moor 7-6 6-3
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Gianni Ocleppo 6-4 6-2
- Guillermo Vilas d. Adriano Panatta 6-1 6-7 7-5
- Eddie Dibbs d. Harold Solomon 2-6 6-3 7-5

### R16
- Adriano Panatta d. Jose Higueras 6-4 7-6
- Guillermo Vilas d. Paolo Bertolucci 6-3 6-4
- Gianni Ocleppo d. Peter Feigl 6-4 3-6 7-5
- Gene Mayer d. Ivan Lendl 7-5 6-2
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. John Alexander 6-7 6-2 6-3
- Harold Solomon d. Dick Stockton 6-4 6-4
- Terry Moor d. Dominique Bedel 7-5 6-4
- Eddie Dibbs d. Corrado Barazzutti 7-5 6-4

### R32
- Dick Stockton d. Alvaro Fillol 6-3 6-2
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Tim Wilkison 6-2 3-0 RET
- Gene Mayer d. Tim Gullikson 6-4 6-2
- Dominique Bedel d. Heinz Gunthardt 6-4 6-3
- Gianni Ocleppo d. Jose Luis Clerc 7-5 2-6 6-3
- Adriano Panatta d. Bill Scanlon 6-4 6-2
- Peter Feigl d. Antonio Zugarelli 6-4 6-4
- Guillermo Vilas d. Phil Dent 6-2 4-6 6-4
- John Alexander d. Christophe Freyss 7-6 6-4
- Eddie Dibbs d. Buster C Mottram 6-2 6-3
- Terry Moor d. Sandy Mayer 6-3 6-1
- Harold Solomon d. Chris Lewis 3-6 6-2 7-5
- Ivan Lendl d. Fernando Luna 6-1 7-6
- Jose Higueras d. Warren Maher 6-3 6-3
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Tomas Smid 6-4 5-7 7-6
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Kim Warwick 6-2 6-4

### R64
- Alvaro Fillol d. Mike Cahill 6-3 1-6 6-0
- Jose Higueras d. Butch Walts 6-3 5-7 6-2
- Kim Warwick d. Angel Gimenez 6-4 6-2
- Dick Stockton d. Marco Alciati 7-6 6-3
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Eliot Teltscher 7-5 6-2
- Dominique Bedel d. Brian Gottfried 6-4 6-4
- John Alexander d. Mark Edmondson 5-7 7-5 6-4
- Christophe Freyss d. Diego Perez 7-6 6-2
- Peter Feigl d. Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-7 7-5
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Gabriel Urpi 2-6 6-0 6-1
- Fernando Luna d. Nick Saviano 6-4 6-1
- Phil Dent d. John Lloyd 2-6 6-3 6-0
- Adriano Panatta d. Ricardo Cano 6-2 6-2
- Sandy Mayer d. Peter Fleming 6-1 2-6 7-6
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Fernando Dalla Fontana 6-1 6-2
- Tim Wilkison d. Tom Gullikson 6-4 6-4
- Tomas Smid d. Raul Ramirez 7-6 6-3
- Heinz Gunthardt d. Zoltan Ilin 6-1 6-4
- Gianni Ocleppo d. John Marks 6-4 6-0
- Warren Maher d. Claudio Panatta 6-3 6-4
- Chris Lewis d. Ferdi Taygan 6-1 6-1
- Buster C Mottram d. Jeff Borowiak 3-6 6-3 6-4
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Patrick Proisy 6-4 3-6 6-2
- Bill Scanlon d. Carlos Kirmayr 6-4 6-3
- Tim Gullikson d. Bruce Manson 6-1 5-7 7-6
- Guillermo Vilas d. Carlos Gattiker 6-2 6-1
- Antonio Zugarelli d. Ilie Nastase 6-2 6-4
- Terry Moor d. Alvin Gardiner 6-1 6-4
- Eddie Dibbs d. Peter Mcnamara 6-4 7-5
- Gene Mayer d. Francisco Gonzalez 7-5 6-0
- Harold Solomon d. Deon Joubert 2-6 6-2 6-2
- Ivan Lendl d. Cassio Motta 6-4 6-2

## Stats
- Total matches: 63
- Players: 64

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