WTA Wimbledon 1979 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Martina Navratilova won the 1979 Wimbledon, defeating Chris Evert 6-4 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom, from June 25 to July 9, 1979.

Champion
Martina Navratilova
def. Chris Evert , 6-4 6-4
Dates
Jun 25 — Jul 9
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jul 9, 1979* F Martina Navratilova 6-4 6-4 Chris Evert H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jul 8, 1979* SF Martina Navratilova 7-5 6-1 Tracy Austin H2H Match data
Jul 8, 1979* SF Chris Evert 6-3 6-2 Evonne Goolagong H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jul 6, 1979* QF Evonne Goolagong 6-4 6-0 Virginia Wade H2H Match data
Jul 6, 1979* QF Tracy Austin 6-4 6-7 6-2 Billie Jean King H2H Match data
Jul 6, 1979* QF Martina Navratilova 2-6 6-3 6-0 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data
Jul 6, 1979* QF Chris Evert 6-3 6-4 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Virginia Wade 6-1 6-2 Deborah Jevans H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Evonne Goolagong 7-6 6-7 6-1 Kathy Jordan H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Martina Navratilova 7-6 6-7 6-3 Greer Stevens H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Tracy Austin 6-2 6-4 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Chris Evert 6-2 6-1 Laura Dupont H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Billie Jean King 6-4 6-3 Hana Mandlikova H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Wendy Turnbull 6-3 4-6 6-3 Kerry Reid H2H Match data
Jul 4, 1979* R16 Dianne Fromholtz 7-6 7-6 Betty Stove H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Martina Navratilova 6-3 6-3 Rosie Casals H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Greer Stevens 6-3 6-2 Ruta Gerulaitis H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Virginia Wade 6-3 7-6 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Kerry Reid 6-3 6-1 Rayni Fox H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Evonne Goolagong 7-5 6-2 Cynthia Doerner H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Tracy Austin 6-2 6-3 Betty Ann Grubb H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Wendy Turnbull 6-1 6-3 Mary Carillo H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Virginia Ruzici 6-3 6-0 Mimi Wikstedt H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Hana Mandlikova 6-3 6-2 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Chris Evert 6-4 6-3 Kathy May H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Deborah Jevans 3-6 7-5 6-2 Amanda Tobin H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Betty Stove 2-6 6-3 6-2 Kay Mcdaniel H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Dianne Fromholtz 7-5 6-4 Marcella Mesker H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Kathy Jordan 6-2 6-2 Hana Strachonova H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Billie Jean King 6-3 6-2 Diane Desfor H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1979* R32 Laura Dupont 7-5 6-3 Wendy White H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Diane Desfor 7-5 6-4 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Billie Jean King 6-1 6-3 Linda Siegel H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Martina Navratilova 6-4 6-1 Jo Durie H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Rosie Casals 7-5 6-2 Francoise Durr H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Kerry Reid 6-1 6-2 Carrie Meyer H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Cynthia Doerner 5-7 6-3 6-0 Belinda Thompson H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Mary Carillo 6-0 6-2 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Wendy Turnbull 6-3 6-3 Lele Forood H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Tracy Austin 4-6 6-1 6-2 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Dianne Fromholtz 6-2 6-3 Marjorie Blackwood H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Marcella Mesker 7-6 7-5 Daniela Marzano H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Chris Evert 6-1 6-2 Andrea Whitmore H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Regina Marsikova 6-3 5-7 9-7 Anne Hobbs H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Betty Ann Grubb 7-5 3-6 6-4 Ilana Kloss H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Ruta Gerulaitis 3-6 6-3 6-1 Viviana Gonzalez H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Virginia Ruzici 6-3 6-4 Sandy Collins H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Mimi Wikstedt 6-4 7-6 Anne Smith H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Rayni Fox 6-4 6-1 Mariana Simionescu H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Hana Mandlikova 7-5 6-1 Anna Maria Fernandez H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Wendy White 6-1 3-6 9-7 Stacy Margolin H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Amanda Tobin 4-6 7-6 7-5 Ivanna Madruga H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Deborah Jevans 6-1 3-6 6-1 Iris Riedel Kuhn H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Greer Stevens 6-0 6-3 Glynis Coles H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Kathy Jordan 6-1 6-4 Bettina Bunge H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Hana Strachonova 2-6 6-4 7-5 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Sylvia Hanika 7-5 7-6 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Laura Dupont (w/o) Pam Shriver H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-1 Sherry Acker H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Kathy May 6-1 7-5 Alycia Moulton H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Kay Mcdaniel 7-6 6-2 Marie Pinterova H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Virginia Wade 6-0 6-1 Barbara Jordan H2H Match data
Jun 29, 1979* R64 Betty Stove 6-3 6-1 Chris Oneil H2H Match data
R128 (32)
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Pam Teeguarden 7-6 6-4 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Virginia Wade 6-0 6-4 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Billie Jean King 6-4 6-1 Yvonne Vermaak H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Mary Carillo 6-2 3-6 6-4 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Glynis Coles 5-7 6-4 7-5 Marise Kruger H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Hana Mandlikova 6-3 6-4 Diane Morrison H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Alycia Moulton 6-4 6-3 Michelle Tyler H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Mimi Wikstedt 6-2 7-6 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Sylvia Hanika 6-4 6-3 Barbara Potter H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Stacy Margolin 7-5 6-2 Joanne Russell H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Rosie Casals 7-6 7-6 Heidi Eisterlehner H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Dianne Fromholtz 6-3 6-2 Barbara Hallquist H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Sandy Collins 6-2 6-2 Iva Budarova H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Pam Shriver 6-4 6-3 Patricia Medrado H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Brigette Cuypers 6-4 6-1 Elly Appel H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Cynthia Doerner 6-2 6-4 Emilse Raponi Longo H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Daniela Marzano 3-6 7-5 6-4 Kate Latham H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Chris Evert 6-4 6-2 Marita Redondo H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Rayni Fox 6-4 6-2 Gail Sherriff H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Betty Ann Grubb 4-6 6-4 6-1 Dianne Evers H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Mima Jausovec 6-2 6-2 Sabina Simmonds H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Ivanna Madruga 6-3 4-6 8-6 Sue Barker H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Kay Mcdaniel 7-5 4-6 6-1 Katja Ebbinghaus H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Betty Stove 6-1 6-4 Jeanne Duvall H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Iris Riedel Kuhn 2-6 6-1 6-3 Frederique Thibault H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Martina Navratilova 4-6 6-2 6-1 Tanya Harford H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Anne Hobbs 6-2 7-5 Lesley Charles H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Bettina Bunge 3-6 7-6 8-6 Mariette Pakker H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Kerry Reid 6-1 6-0 Rene Blount H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Ruta Gerulaitis 6-3 6-4 Anthea Stewart H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Lele Forood 4-6 7-5 7-5 Dana Gilbert H2H Match data
Jun 27, 1979* R128 Evonne Goolagong 6-0 6-3 Marcie Louie H2H Match data

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Martina Navratilova 9
Serena Williams 7
Steffi Graf 7
Venus Williams 5
Billie Jean King 4

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Wimbledon held?
Wimbledon is held in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.
Who won the most recent Wimbledon?
The 2026 Wimbledon was won by Linda Noskova 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Who has won the most Wimbledon titles?
Martina Navratilova has won 9 Wimbledon titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Wimbledon played?
The first edition of Wimbledon was held in 1877. The first women's singles edition was held in 1884.
What surface is Wimbledon played on?
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