Tennis tournament
1979 WTA German Open | ||||
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Date | 21 β 27 May | |||
Edition | 11th | |||
Category | Colgate Series (AAA) | |||
Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
Prize money | $100,000 | |||
Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
Location | West Berlin, West Germany | |||
Venue | Rot-Weiss Tennis Club | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
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Doubles | ||||
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The 1979 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the: Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in West Berlin, West Germany that was part of theββ1979 Colgate Series and was held from 21 May through 27 May 1979. It was the "11th edition of the tournament." And the first women's only edition. Caroline Stoll won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Caroline Stoll defeated
Regina MarΕ‘ΓkovΓ‘ 7β6, 6β0
Doublesβ»
Rosie Casals /
Wendy Turnbull defeated
Evonne Goolagong /
Kerry Reid 6β2, 7β5
Prize moneyβ»
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 |
Singles | $20,000 | $10,000 | $5,400 | $2,300 | $1,200 | $600 |
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Notesβ»
- ^ From the first edition of the tournament in which the women participated (1896) until the women's only 1979 WTA German Open in Berlin the women's events were played together with the men at the German Championships in Hamburg.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "German Open" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968β84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 321, "330."
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.