# Rome 1979

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

## Tournament info
- 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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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/246/rome?season=1979
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