# Canadian Open 1979

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/264/canadian-open?season=1979
Tour: ATP

Bjorn Borg won the 1979 Canadian Open, defeating John McEnroe 6-3 6-3 in the final. The Masters 1000 event was played on hard courts in Montreal, Canada, from August 13 to August 20, 1979. The match log contains 62 recorded singles results for this edition.

The Canadian Open is run in Toronto and Montreal, with the ATP and WTA events using opposite host cities in a given season.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Canada Masters, Canadian Masters, National Bank Open, Rogers Cup, Toronto Masters, Montreal Masters, Toronto Open, Montreal Open
- Category: Masters 1000
- Surface: hard
- Location: Montreal, Canada
- Start date: 1979-08-13
- End date: 1979-08-20

## Champion
- Winner: Bjorn Borg
- Runner-up: John McEnroe
- Final score: 6-3 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Bjorn Borg d. John McEnroe 6-3 6-3

### SF
- John McEnroe d. Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 6-3
- Bjorn Borg d. Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-1

### QF
- Bjorn Borg d. Gene Mayer 6-4 6-1
- John McEnroe d. Wojtek Fibak 6-1 6-3
- Ivan Lendl d. Phil Dent 7-5 6-4
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Paul Kronk 6-0 6-1

### R16
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. David Schneider 6-4 6-2
- Wojtek Fibak d. Butch Walts 6-2 6-1
- Bjorn Borg d. Yannick Noah 6-2 6-4
- Ivan Lendl d. Tom Okker 6-2 6-1
- Gene Mayer d. Brian Teacher 3-6 6-3 7-6
- John McEnroe d. Tomas Smid 6-3 6-0
- Phil Dent d. Andrew Pattison 6-4 7-5

### R32
- Tom Okker d. Guillermo Vilas 6-3 7-5
- Tomas Smid d. Haroon Ismail 6-3 6-3
- Wojtek Fibak d. Pavel Slozil 6-1 6-1
- Erik Van Dillen d. Dominique Bedel 6-3 6-4
- John McEnroe d. Jan Kodes 7-5 6-3
- David Schneider d. Michael Grant 6-4 7-5
- Bjorn Borg d. Ivan Molina 6-0 6-3
- Andrew Pattison d. Mark Edmondson 7-6 2-6 6-3
- Phil Dent d. Heinz Gunthardt 7-5 6-4
- Brian Teacher d. Vincent Van Patten 6-2 6-3
- Butch Walts d. Peter Fleming 5-7 6-3 6-1
- Gene Mayer d. Ross Case 6-1 6-1
- Paul Kronk d. Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-4
- Yannick Noah d. Bill Scanlon 4-6 6-2 7-6
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Van Winitsky 6-1 6-3
- Ivan Lendl d. Colin Dowdeswell 7-6 6-1

### R64
- Andrew Pattison d. Dick Stockton 6-4 3-6 6-3
- Dominique Bedel d. Derek Segal 6-3 7-5
- Ivan Lendl d. Marty Riessen 7-5 6-1
- Ross Case d. Chris Lewis 4-6 6-4 6-3
- Yannick Noah d. Tim Wilkison 6-4 6-4
- Vincent Van Patten d. Howard Schoenfield 6-2 7-5
- Jaime Fillol d. Harold Solomon 3-6 7-5 6-2
- Heinz Gunthardt d. Kim Warwick 5-7 7-6 6-1
- Wojtek Fibak d. John Marks 6-3 3-6 6-3
- Gene Mayer d. Dale Power 6-1 6-1
- Haroon Ismail d. Bruce Nichols 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Victor Amaya 0-6 7-5 6-0
- Peter Fleming d. Sherwood Stewart 6-4 6-4
- Butch Walts d. Glenn Michibata 5-7 6-3 6-1
- Guillermo Vilas d. John Austin 6-1 6-4
- Van Winitsky d. Randy Crawford 6-2 7-6
- Mark Edmondson d. John Lloyd 0-6 6-2 6-4
- John McEnroe d. Jiri Hrebec 6-3 6-2
- Bill Scanlon d. John Alexander 2-6 6-4 6-2
- Michael Grant d. Robert Bettauer 6-3 6-4
- Erik Van Dillen d. Pat Dupre 6-3 6-4
- Phil Dent d. Roscoe Tanner 6-7 7-6 6-1
- Bjorn Borg d. Bruce Manson 6-2 6-4
- Brian Teacher d. Rejean Genois 7-6 6-0
- Paul Kronk d. Geoff Masters 6-4 2-6 6-4
- David Schneider d. Vijay Amritraj 6-4 2-6 6-1
- Tomas Smid d. Martin Wostenholme 6-3 6-3
- Vitas Gerulaitis d. Mark Cox 6-4 6-3
- Colin Dowdeswell d. Jose Luis Damiani 6-2 6-2
- Ivan Molina d. Russell Simpson 6-2 6-1
- Tom Okker d. Brad Drewett 1-6 6-2 6-4
- Pavel Slozil d. Hank Pfister 4-6 6-0 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 62
- Players: 64

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