1979 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Vitas Gerulaitis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Björn Borg.

John McEnroe won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 against Borg.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors (semifinals)
 * 2) 🇸🇪 Björn Borg (final)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 John McEnroe (champion)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals)
 * 6) 🇦🇺 John Alexander (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Gene Mayer (quarterfinals)
 * 8) 🇦🇺 Geoff Masters (quarterfinals)