1979 Colgate-Palmolive Masters
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The 1979 Masters was held in Madison Square Garden, New York City
, United States
between 9 January and 13 January, 1980. It was the year-end championship of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
tour.
Björn Borg
def.
Vitas Gerulaitis
, 6–2, 6–2.
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
def.
Wojtek Fibak / 
Tom Okker
6-3, 7-6, 6-1.
New York City
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, United States
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between 9 January and 13 January, 1980. It was the year-end championship of the 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix
The 1979 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
tour.
Singles
Björn BorgBjörn Borg
Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...
def.
Vitas GerulaitisVitas Gerulaitis
Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was a Lithuanian–American professional tennis player. He is known for winning the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Gerulaitis won the tournament held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament...
, 6–2, 6–2.
Doubles
Peter Fleming / John McEnroeJohn McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
def.
Wojtek Fibak / Tom OkkerTom Okker
Thomas S. Okker is a former Dutch tennis player. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world # 3 in 1969. He also was ranked World # 1 in doubles in 1969.-Tennis career:Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through...
6-3, 7-6, 6-1.