1979 Crossley Carpets Trophy

Tennis tournament

Date

11–17 June

Edition

9th

Category

Colgate Series (AA)

Draw

32S / 16D

Prize money

$75,000

Surface

Grass

Location

Chichester, England

Venue

Oaklands Park

Champions

Singles

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Doubles

Greer Stevens /

Wendy Turnbull

← 1978 ·

Chichester Tennis Tournament

· 1980 →

The 1979 Crossley Carpets Trophy, also known as the Chichester International, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at Oaklands Park in Chichester in England. The event was part of the AA^[a] category of the 1979 Colgate Series. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 11 June through 17 June 1979.^[2] Fifth-seeded Evonne Goolagong Cawley won her second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $14,000 first-prize money.^[2]^[1]

Finals

Singles

Evonne Goolagong Cawley defeated Sue Barker 6–1, 6–4

It was Goolagong Cawley's 2nd singles title of the year and the 81st of her career.

Doubles

Greer Stevens / Wendy Turnbull defeated Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova 6–3, 1–6, 7–5

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles ^[2]	$14,000	$7,000	$3,400	$1,800	$900	$450

Notes

^ Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $75,000.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b John Barrett, ed. (1980). World of Tennis 1980 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 139, 168. ISBN 9780362020120. OCLC 237184610.
^ ^a ^b ^c John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 321, 330–331.