The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event.
The table below shows the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix schedule (a precursor of the ATP Tour).
The tournaments listed above were divided into twelve point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round. The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
John Alexander (1) Louisville
Victor Amaya (1) Surbiton
Vijay Amritraj (1) Bombay
Björn Borg (12) Richmond WCT, Boca Raton, Rotterdam, Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, French Open, Wimbledon, Båstad, Toronto, Palermo, Tokyo Indoor, WCT Challenge Cup
José Luis Clerc (1) Johannesburg
Jimmy Connors (7) Birmingham, Philadelphia, Memphis, Tulsa, Indianapolis, Stowe, Hong Kong
Phil Dent (2) Brisbane, Sydney Outdoor
Eddie Dibbs (1) Forest Hills WCT
Peter Feigl (2) Linz, Cairo
Wojciech Fibak (2) Denver, Stuttgart Indoor
Peter Fleming (2) Cincinnati, Los Angeles
Vitas Gerulaitis (3) Rome, Kitzbühel, Sydney Indoor
Hans Gildemeister (2) Barcelona, Santiago
Brian Gottfried (2) Columbus, Basel
José Higueras (3) Houston, Hamburg, Boston
Hans Kary (1) Lagos
Johan Kriek (1) Sarasota
Robert Lutz (1) Taiwan
Gene Mayer (1) Cologne
John McEnroe (10) New Orleans, Milan, San Jose, Dallas WCT, Queen's Club, South Orange, US Open, San Francisco, Stockholm, Wembley
Peter McNamara (1) Berlin
Bernard Mitton (1) Costa Rica
Terry Moor (1) Tokyo Outdoor
Yannick Noah (3) Nancy, Madrid, Bordeaux
Tom Okker (1) Tel Aviv
Manuel Orantes (1) Munich
Andrew Pattison (1) Johannesburg
Victor Pecci (3) Nice, Quito, Bogotá
Ulrich Pinner (1) Gstaad
Raúl Ramírez (1) Florence
Marty Riessen (1) Lafayette
Bill Scanlon (1) Maui
Tomáš Šmíd (1) Stuttgart Outdoor
Stan Smith (2) Cleveland, Vienna
Harold Solomon (3) Baltimore WCT, North Conway, Bercy
Roscoe Tanner (2) Rancho Mirage, Washington Indoor
Balázs Taróczy (2) Brussels, Hilversum
Brian Teacher (1) Newport
Guillermo Vilas (4) Hobart, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Australian Open
Butch Walts (2) Dayton, Bologna
Kim Warwick (1) Adelaide
Tim Wilkison (1) Auckland
The following players won their first title in 1979:
Hans Gildemeister Barcelona
Hans Kary Lagos
Johan Kriek Sarasota
Peter McNamara Berlin
