1979 Italian Indoor Open
1979 Italian Indoor Open | |
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Date | 19–25 November |
Edition | 5th |
Category | Grand Prix |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $75,000 |
Surface | Carpet / indoor |
Location | Bologna, Italy |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Butch Walts[1] | |
Doubles | |
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe[2] |
The 1979 Italian Indoor Open, also known as the Bologna Open or Bologna Indoor, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts that was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit and took place in Bologna, Italy. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 19 November through 25 November 1979. Fourth-seeded Butch Walts won the singles title.[3]
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Butch Walts defeated Gianni Ocleppo 6–3, 6–2
- It was Walts' 2nd and last singles title of the year and the 4th and last of his career.
Doubles
[edit]Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Fritz Buehning / Ferdi Taygan 6–1, 6–1
References
[edit]- ^ "1979 Bologna – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "1979 Bologna – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 29, 127. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.