Tennis tournament
| 1979 Family Circle Cup | ||||
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| Date | April 10–15 | |||
| Edition | 7th | |||
| Category | Colgate Series (AAAA) | |||
| Draw | 32S/16D | |||
| Prize money | $150,000 | |||
| Surface | Clay / outdoor | |||
| Location | Hilton Head Island, U.S | |||
| Venue | Sea Pines Plantation | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Tracy Austin | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
| Rosie Casals / Martina Navratilova | ||||
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The 1979 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States. The event was part of the AAAA category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from April 10 through April 15, 1979. Second-seeded Tracy Austin won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Tracy Austin defeated 
Kerry Reid 7–6, 7–6
- It was Austin's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of her career.
Doubles
Rosie Casals / Martina Navratilova defeated 
Françoise Dürr / 
Betty Stöve 6–4, 7–5
Prize money
| Event | W | F | 3rd | 4th | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 |
| Singles | $26,000 | $15,000 | $7,600 | $7,200 | $3,250 | $1,600 | $825 |
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Notes
- Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $150,000.
References
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 139, 143. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 321, 328.
External links
- Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament edition details
- International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament edition details Archived 2018-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
| 1979 WTA Tour « 1978 1980 » | |
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| Avon Championships Circuit | |
| Colgate Series |
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