1979 U.S. National Indoor Championships

August 2023 1979 U.S. National Indoor Championships February 26 – March 4 10th $250,000 48S / 24D Grand Prix Carpet / indoor Racquet Club of Memphis Memphis, TN, United States USA Jimmy Connors1979 Memphis – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/memphis/402/1979/draws?matchtype=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) NED Tom Okker / POL Wojciech Fibak1979 Memphis – Doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/memphis/402/1979/draws?matchType=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) The 1979 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. The event was part of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the tenth edition of the tournament in the open era and was held from February 26 through March 4, 1979. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title and $40,000 first-prize money. It was his fifth singles title at the event after 1973–75 and 1978 which equaled the tournament record set by Wylie C. Grant.grant Grant won the singles title in 1903–4, 1906, 1908 and 1912.Brad Martin Connors captures crown in classic bout with Ashe https://www.newspapers.com/image/772197626/ The Commercial Appeal March 5, 1979 14 Newspapers.com limitedWorld of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook 1980 Queen Anne Press London 9780362020120 237184610 82–83 John Barrett Finals Singles USA Jimmy Connors defeated USA Arthur Ashe 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 It was Connors' 3rd singles title of the year and the 74th of his career. Doubles NED Tom Okker / POL Wojciech Fibak defeated RSA 1928 Frew McMillan / USA Dick Stockton 6–4, 6–4 See also 1979 US Indoor Championships – women's tournament Notes References External links World Tennis tournament details U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships Category:U.S. National Indoor Championships U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships