# Basel 1979

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/324/basel?season=1979
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: hard
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Start date: 1979-10-15
- End date: 1979-10-21

## Champion
- Winner: Brian Gottfried
- Runner-up: Johan Kriek
- Final score: 7-5 6-1 4-6 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Brian Gottfried d. Johan Kriek 7-5 6-1 4-6 6-3

### SF
- Brian Gottfried d. Eddie Dibbs 6-1 6-4
- Johan Kriek d. Yannick Noah 5-7 7-6 6-2

### QF
- Yannick Noah d. Ivan Lendl 7-6 6-4
- Eddie Dibbs d. Pascal Portes 6-2 6-4
- Brian Gottfried d. Raul Ramirez 6-3 6-2
- Johan Kriek d. Bjorn Borg W/O

### R16
- Brian Gottfried d. Heinz Gunthardt 6-3 6-1
- Johan Kriek d. Jean Louis Haillet 6-4 6-1
- Raul Ramirez d. Tomas Smid 6-1 6-3
- Ivan Lendl d. Fritz Buehning 7-5 6-3
- Eddie Dibbs d. Zeljko Franulovic 6-4 6-1
- Bjorn Borg d. Peter Elter 6-4 7-6
- Pascal Portes d. Thomaz Koch 6-7 6-1 6-3
- Yannick Noah d. Roland Stadler 6-0 6-4

### R32
- Eddie Dibbs d. Marko Ostoja 6-2 6-2
- Fritz Buehning d. Raymond Moore 6-7 6-1 6-4
- Peter Elter d. Nick Saviano 7-6 6-2
- Yannick Noah d. Jan Kodes 6-2 6-0
- Brian Gottfried d. David Schneider 6-2 6-2
- Johan Kriek d. Mark Farrell 6-4 5-7 6-4
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Pavel Slozil 6-2 6-0
- Ivan Lendl d. Markus Gunthardt 6-2 6-0
- Thomaz Koch d. Christophe Freyss 6-3 5-7 6-4
- Bjorn Borg d. Jaime Fillol 6-4 6-2
- Pascal Portes d. Eliot Teltscher 6-4 6-2
- Jean Louis Haillet d. Eric Fromm 2-6 7-5 7-6
- Raul Ramirez d. Louk Sanders 6-2 6-2
- Tomas Smid d. Mark Cox 6-3 6-1
- Heinz Gunthardt d. Keith Richardson 6-1 6-4
- Roland Stadler d. Alvaro Fillol 6-0 4-6 6-2

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

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/324/basel?season=1979
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)