*** Welcome to piglix ***

1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix

1979 Grand Prix circuit
Björn Borg2.jpg
Borg playing
Details
Duration 1 January – 24 December
Edition 10th
Tournaments 91
Categories Grand Slam (4)
Grand Prix (71)
World Championship Tennis (8)
Team Events (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles Sweden Björn Borg (12)
Most tournament finals Sweden Björn Borg (13)
Prize money leader Sweden Björn Borg
Points leader Sweden Björn Borg
Awards
Player of the year Sweden Björn Borg
Comeback player of the year United States Arthur Ashe
1978
1980

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:

The following players won their first title in 1979:


...
Wikipedia

...