Women's singles
1979 U.S. Clay Court Championships
Final
Champion	Chris Evert-Lloyd
Runner-up	Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Score	6–4, 6–3
Details
Draw	48
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Top-seed Chris Evert-Lloyd won the title beating third-seed Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final for a first-prize of $20,000.^[1] It was Evert-Lloyd's fifth title at the U.S. Clay Courts and followed an absence of three years during which World Team Tennis commitments clashed with the event.^[2]

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6	6	6
		Mima Jaušovec	7	2	3
								1	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6	6
									Renée Richards	1	0
	4	Virginia Ruzici	5	1
		Renée Richards	7	6
															1	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6	6
															3	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	4	3
		Anne Smith	4	6	3
	3	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6	3	6
								3	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	4	6	7
								5	Regina Maršíková	6	3	5
	5	Regina Maršíková	6	6
		Jeanne DuVall	2	3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	C Evert-Lloyd	6	6
		P Smith	1	0				1	C Evert-Lloyd	6	7
									W White	2	5
															1	C Evert-Lloyd	4	6	6
																R Tomanová	6	1	2
									B Jordan	2	6	1
		L Forood	3	6	1				R Tomanová	6	4	6
		R Tomanová	6	2	6																	1	C Evert-Lloyd	6	6	6
																							M Jaušovec	7	2	3
									B Hallquist	2	2
		S Acker	6	6					S Acker	6	6
		M Wikstedt	3	4												S Acker	1	2
		R Blount	1	2												M Jaušovec	6	6
		M Jaušovec	6	6					M Jaušovec	6	6
								6	K Jordan	1	2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	V Ruzici	7	6
		P Louie	0	1				Q	J Portman	5	1
	Q	J Portman	6	6											4	V Ruzici	6	7	6
		J Russell	4	7	6											J Russell	7	6	2
		R Gerulaitis	6	6	4				J Russell	6	3	6
									M-L Piatek	3	6	2
																						4	V Ruzici	5	1
	Q	K Hallam	6	6																			R Richards	7	6
	Q	L Doherty	3	1				Q	K Hallam	7	6
									L Siegel	5	1
															Q	K Hallam	2	0
																R Richards	6	6
									R Richards	6	6
	LL	S Saliba	2	0				7	S Margolin	2	2
	7	S Margolin	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	C Stoll	6	6
		J Chaloner	0	2				8	C Stoll	6	6
									D Evers	3	2
															8	C Stoll	6	6	2
																A Smith	3	7	6
									I Madruga	6	5	3
		C O'Neil	5	3					A Smith	3	7	6
		A Smith	7	6																			A Smith	4	6	3
		M Carillo	2	6	2																	3	E Goolagong Cawley	6	3	6
		L duPont	6	4	6				L duPont	2	3
									D Gilbert	6	6
																D Gilbert	2	1
															3	E Goolagong Cawley	6	6
									B Nagelsen	0	1
	Q	T Lewis	2	0				3	E Goolagong Cawley	6	6
	3	E Goolagong Cawley	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	R Maršíková	6	6
		K Latham	4	6	6				K Latham	1	3
		J Newberry	6	2	3										5	R Maršíková	6	7
																E Raponi	4	6
									Z Liess	2	3
		E Raponi	6	5	6				E Raponi	6	6
		L Allen	2	7	1																	5	R Maršíková	6	6
																							J DuVall	2	3
									J DuVall	6	7
		V González	6	7					V González	4	5
		N Yeargin	2	5												J DuVall	w/o
		L Tuero	2	6	2										2	K Reid
		D Desfor	6	2	6				D Desfor	6	7	3
								2	K Reid	7	5	6