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1979 New South Wales Open

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Date
  
17–23 December 1979

Surface
  
Grass / outdoor

Edition
  
87th

Category
  
Grand Prix (M) Colgate Series (W)

Draw
  
64S/32D (M) 32S/16D (W)

Prize money
  
$100,000 (M) $50,000 (W)

The 1979 New South Wales Open, also known by its sponsored name Nabisco New South Wales Open, was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney. The men's event was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit while the women's event was part of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the 87th edition of the event and was held from 17 December through 23 December 1979. The singles titles were won by 14th-seeded Phil Dent and third-seeded Hana Mandlíková.

Contents

Men's Singles

Phil Dent defeated Hank Pfister 6–4, 6–4, 7–5

Women's Singles

Hana Mandlíková defeated Bettina Bunge 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Men's Doubles

Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee defeated Steve Docherty / Chris Lewis 7–6, 6–3

Women's Doubles

Diane Desfor / Barbara Hallquist defeated Barbara Jordan / Kym Ruddell 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

References

1979 New South Wales Open Wikipedia