# Charleston Open 1979

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:23/charleston-open?season=1979
Tour: WTA

Tracy Austin won the 1979 Family Circle Cup, defeating Kerry Reid 7-6 7-6 in the final. The WTA 500 event was played April 10–15 on clay courts at the Hilton Head in Hilton Head, United States.

The Charleston Open is the WTA's established green-clay tournament at Credit One Stadium in South Carolina.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Credit One Charleston Open, Family Circle Cup, Volvo Car Open, Hilton Head
- Category: WTA 500
- Surface: Clay
- Location: Hilton Head, United States
- Start date: 1979-04-10
- End date: 1979-04-15

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Tracy Austin
- Runner-up: Kerry Reid
- Final score: 7-6 7-6

## Knockout results
### F
- Tracy Austin def. Kerry Reid 7-6 7-6

### SF
- Kerry Reid def. Martina Navratilova 6-3 7-6
- Tracy Austin def. Evonne Goolagong 6-0 6-1

### QF
- Tracy Austin def. Laura Dupont 6-3 6-4
- Evonne Goolagong def. Betty Stove 6-4 6-4
- Martina Navratilova def. Mima Jausovec 6-1 6-2
- Kerry Reid def. Lele Forood 6-4 6-0

### R16
- Tracy Austin def. Jeanne Duvall 6-3 6-1
- Lele Forood def. Regina Marsikova 6-3 6-7 6-4
- Laura Dupont def. Pam Shriver 6-0 6-7 6-4
- Betty Stove def. Bettina Bunge 7-6 7-6
- Kerry Reid def. Linda Siegel 6-1 6-2
- Martina Navratilova def. Barbara Jordan 6-2 6-1
- Mima Jausovec def. Sylvia Hanika 6-2 6-3
- Evonne Goolagong def. Renee Richards 6-2 7-5

### R32
- Betty Stove def. Joanne Russell 6-3 6-3
- Bettina Bunge def. Renata Tomanova 6-3 6-7 6-4
- Regina Marsikova def. Anne Smith 6-4 6-4
- Laura Dupont def. Barbara Potter 7-6 6-3
- Lele Forood def. Betsy Nagelsen 4-6 7-5 6-1
- Tracy Austin def. Diane Desfor 6-0 6-2
- Jeanne Duvall def. Carrie Meyer 6-2 6-0
- Martina Navratilova def. Rosie Casals 6-2 6-4
- Renee Richards def. Stacy Margolin 2-6 6-2 6-2
- Linda Siegel def. Anna Maria Fernandez 1-6 6-4 7-6
- Pam Shriver def. Francoise Durr 6-2 6-3
- Barbara Jordan def. Beth Norton 6-3 6-0
- Mima Jausovec def. Zenda Liess 6-3 6-1
- Sylvia Hanika def. Dana Gilbert 6-1 6-2
- Evonne Goolagong def. Caroline Stoll 6-0 4-6 7-5
- Kerry Reid def. Lesley Hunt 6-2 6-1

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

Other editions available: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:23/charleston-open?season=1979
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