1979 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held one week before the event. Several players withdrew from the main draw after qualifying had commenced, leading to the highest ranked players who lost in the final qualifying round to be entered into the main draw as lucky losers.

Seeds
• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Moretton (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Brad Drewett (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Richard Meyer (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Bob Giltinan (qualified)

• # John Yuill (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇦🇺 Noel Phillips (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇸 Rick Fisher (qualified)

• # 🇳🇿 Onny Parun (qualified)

• # 🇵🇪 Fernando Maynetto (second round)

• # Álvaro Fillol (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇸 Bill Maze (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jan Norbäck (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Charlie Fancutt (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Ulf Eriksson (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Cliff Letcher (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Cássio Motta (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Brad Rowe (second round)

• # 🇨🇦 Richard Legendre (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Peter Pearson (qualifying competition)

• # 🇬🇧 John Paish (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Tony Graham (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Jon Molin (second round)

• # Paul van Min (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Tsuyoshi Fukui (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇺 Victor Eke (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Shigeyuki Nishio (first round)

• # 🇪🇸 Gabriel Urpí (second round)

• # 🇧🇷 Thomaz Koch (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇴 Alejandro Cortes (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Charlie Pasarell (qualified)

• # 🇦🇺 Syd Ball (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Greg Braun (second round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇫🇷 Gilles Moretton

• # 🇦🇺 Brad Drewett

• # 🇺🇸 Richard Meyer

• # 🇦🇺 Bob Giltinan

• # 🇬🇧 Rohun Beven

• # 🇺🇸 Fritz Buehning

• # 🇺🇸 Rick Fisher

• # 🇳🇿 Onny Parun

• # 🇦🇺 John Fitzgerald

• # 🇨🇴 Alejandro Cortes

• # 🇦🇺 David Whyte

• # 🇸🇪 Jan Norbäck

• # 🇺🇸 Charlie Pasarell

• # 🇸🇪 Ulf Eriksson

• # 🇦🇺 Cliff Letcher

• # 🇧🇷 Cássio Motta

Lucky losers
• # 🇦🇺 Noel Phillips

• # Álvaro Fillol

• # John Yuill