# Melbourne 1979

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/sackmann_wta:e49271b3eaaea50d6005c32bd7574b7e38437712746f903e46f7a65738bb7e1f/melbourne?season=1979
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: WTA 250
- Surface: Grass
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Start date: 1979-11-26
- End date: 1979-12-02

## Champion
- Winner: Hana Mandlikova
- Runner-up: Wendy Turnbull
- Final score: 6-3 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Hana Mandlikova d. Wendy Turnbull 6-3 6-2

### SF
- Wendy Turnbull d. Virginia Ruzici 6-4 2-6 6-2
- Hana Mandlikova d. Rene Blount 6-3 6-1

### QF
- Wendy Turnbull d. Sue Barker 6-4 2-6 6-3
- Virginia Ruzici d. Billie Jean King 7-6 6-0
- Hana Mandlikova d. Dianne Fromholtz 6-1 6-3
- Rene Blount d. Mimi Wikstedt 7-5 6-0

### R16
- Billie Jean King d. Pam Shriver 6-4 2-6 6-2
- Dianne Fromholtz d. Betty Ann Grubb 6-1 6-1
- Wendy Turnbull d. Diane Morrison 6-2 6-1
- Hana Mandlikova d. Ilana Kloss 6-1 6-3
- Rene Blount d. Susan Leo 6-3 6-3
- Sue Barker d. Anne Smith 6-3 6-4
- Virginia Ruzici d. Rosalyn Fairbank 7-5 4-6 6-1
- Mimi Wikstedt d. Evonne Goolagong W/O

### R32
- Rene Blount d. Renata Tomanova 6-4 6-2
- Susan Leo d. Kerry Reid 6-3 2-6 6-2
- Sue Barker d. Diane Desfor 6-3 7-6
- Hana Mandlikova d. Roberta Mccallum 4-6 6-3 6-2
- Ilana Kloss d. Marcella Mesker 6-4 6-4
- Rosalyn Fairbank d. Sherry Acker 6-4 7-5
- Pam Shriver d. Janet Newberry 6-4 6-0
- Evonne Goolagong d. Sharon Walsh Pete 6-2 2-6 6-2
- Wendy Turnbull d. Regina Marsikova 6-2 6-0
- Diane Morrison d. Chris Oneil 3-6 6-2 6-4
- Dianne Fromholtz d. Bettina Bunge 6-2 6-1
- Anne Smith d. Barbara Hallquist 7-6 4-6 6-3
- Billie Jean King d. Rayni Fox 6-1 7-5
- Mimi Wikstedt d. Dianne Evers 6-0 6-2
- Betty Ann Grubb d. Naoko Sato 6-1 6-1
- Virginia Ruzici d. Cynthia Doerner 7-6 6-1

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

Other editions available: 1993, 1985, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1972, 1971, 1970
(+2 more)

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)