 Martina Navratilova finished the year as world No. 1 for the second time in her career. She won ten singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships, as well as the Avon Championships. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 20 November 1978 – 8 January 1980 |
| Edition | 7th |
| Tournaments | 57 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (3) Avon Championships Circuit (11) Colgate Series (32) Non-tour events (5) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Martina Navratilova (10) |
| Most tournament finals | Martina Navratilova (17) |
| Prize money leader | Martina Navratilova ($618,698) |
| Points leader | Martina Navratilova (15.748) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Martina Navratilova |
| Doubles team of the year | Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova |
| Most improved player of the year |  Sylvia Hanika |
| Newcomer of the year | Kathy Jordan |
← 1978 1980 → | |
The 1979 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the Avon Championships (which was now an 11-week tour of the US) and the Colgate Series. The year 1979 also saw the creation of the first official ranking system and these rankings were used to determine acceptance into the tournaments.[1][2]
- ^ "WTA Tour Finals" (PDF). www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ^ "About the WTA". www.wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-07-14.