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1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Martina Navratilova

Final score
  
6–4, 6–4

Seeds
  
16

Runner-up
  
Chris Evert-Lloyd

Draw
  
96 (8Q / 6WC)

Singles
  
men

Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Martina Navratilova is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Both Evonne Goolagong-Cawley and Billie-Jean King were given protected seedings above their actual rankings, as they were returning from almost year-long injury absences.

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired
  • References

    1979 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia