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1979 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

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Boys' singles
1979 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionIndia Ramesh Krishnan
Runner-upUnited States Dave Siegler
Score6–0, 6–2
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
← 1978 · Wimbledon Championships · 1980 →

Ramesh Krishnan defeated Dave Siegler in the final, 6–0, 6–2 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Seeds

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01.   India Ramesh Krishnan (champion)
02.   United States Dave Siegler (final)
03.   Sweden Hans Simonsson (semifinals)
04.   United States Ben Testerman (quarterfinals)
05.   Sweden Stefan Svensson (semifinals)
06.   United States Scott Davis (first round)
07.   Canada Glenn Michibata (quarterfinals)
08.   Australia Greg Whitecross (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 India Ramesh Krishnan 2 6 9
South Africa Schalk van der Merwe 6 3 7
1 India Ramesh Krishnan 7 6
5 Sweden Stefan Svensson 6 2
5 Sweden Stefan Svensson 5 6 6
4 United States Ben Testerman 7 3 4
1 India Ramesh Krishnan 6 6
2 United States Dave Siegler 0 2
3 Sweden Hans Simonsson 7 7
West Germany Christoph Zipf 5 5
3 Sweden Hans Simonsson 4 6 3
2 United States Dave Siegler 6 3 6
7 Canada Glenn Michibata 6 4
2 United States Dave Siegler 7 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 India Ramesh Krishnan 6 6
Belgium Pascal D'Hoop 2 7 2 Malaysia S Menon 0 1
Malaysia Suresh Menon 6 5 6 1 India R Krishnan 6 6
France T Tulasne 2 2
Malta Gordon Asciak 1 3
Ecuador Hugo Núñez 4 4 France T Tulasne 6 6
France Thierry Tulasne 6 6 1 India R Krishnan 2 6 9
8 Australia Greg Whitecross 6 6 South Africa S van der Merwe 6 3 7
United Kingdom Keith Gilbert 2 2 8 Australia G Whitecross 6 6
Norway Sverre-Morten Blix 1 3
8 Australia G Whitecross 4 3
South Africa S van der Merwe 6 6
West Germany Hans-Dieter Beutel 4 6 1
Austria Bernhard Pils 5 3 South Africa S van der Merwe 6 3 6
South Africa Schalk van der Merwe 7 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 Sweden Stefan Svensson 7 6
South Korea Lee Woo-ryong 5 0 5 Sweden S Svensson 6 6
Spain Gabriel Urpí 3 4
5 Sweden S Svensson 3 6 8
Denmark M Mortensen 6 4 6
United Kingdom Steve Shaw 0 3
Egypt Tarek El-Sakka 6 7 3 Denmark M Mortensen 6 6
Denmark Michael Mortensen 7 6 6 5 Sweden S Svensson 5 6 6
4 United States B Testerman 7 3 4
4 United States Ben Testerman 7 6
Hong Kong Kelvin Ng 2 6 6 Hong Kong K Ng 5 4
Thailand Panomkorn Pladchurnil 6 1 1 4 United States B Testerman 6 7
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson 6 6 6 Sweden J Gunnarsson 2 6
Australia Michael Fancutt 7 3 4 Sweden J Gunnarsson 6 6
South Africa Trevor Raal 3 3

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Pakistan W Nasir 0 0
Uruguay Diego Pérez 6 6 Uruguay D Pérez 4 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivica Buljević 6 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia I Buljević 2 3
Japan Shigeyuki Nishio 2 4 3 Sweden H Simonsson 6 6
South Africa Christo Steyn 6 6 South Africa C Steyn 6 3 8
3 Sweden Hans Simonsson 3 6 10
3 Sweden H Simonsson 7 7
Rhodesia Philip Tuckniss 6 3 6 West Germany C Zipf 5 5
Switzerland Ivan Dupasquier 1 6 8 Switzerland I Dupasquier 6 0
United States Bruce Brescia 7 6
United States B Brescia 6 2 5
West Germany C Zipf 1 6 7
Trinidad and Tobago Brian Yearwood 3 0
West Germany Christoph Zipf 6 6 West Germany C Zipf 6 6
6 United States Scott Davis 3 4

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Israel Tom Frischer 3 2
Brazil Pascual Penetta 6 6 Brazil P Penetta 3 4
United Kingdom Jeremy Bates 6 6
United Kingdom J Bates 2 2
Romania Florin Segărceanu 6 4 6 7 Canada G Michibata 6 6
Chile Juan Carlos Ayala 2 6 3 Romania F Segărceanu 3 6 1
7 Canada Glenn Michibata 6 3 6
7 Canada G Michibata 6 4
Australia Craig Miller 5 4 2 United States D Siegler 7 6
South Africa Freddie Sauer 7 6 South Africa F Sauer 3 3
Mexico Héctor Ortiz 6 6
Mexico H Ortiz 3 1
New Zealand Bruce Derlin 6 7 2 United States D Siegler 6 6
Spain Juan Avendaño 2 6 New Zealand B Derlin 3 2
2 United States D Siegler 6 6

References

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  1. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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