1979 US Open – Men's Singles umpire being replaced before McEnroe ran out the winner. John McEnroe defeated Vitas Gerulaitis 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1979 US Open. The seeded players are listed below. John McEnroe is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. 1979 US Open – Men's Singles Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to John McEnroe. Connors' loss broke a string of five consecutive men's finals reached, a record since broken by Ivan Lendl. During the second round Ilie Nastase was defaulted from his
1984 US Open (tennis) In the process, they also began charging separate admission for each of the two sessions on the last Saturday of the fortnight. 1984 US Open (tennis) The 1984 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 104th edition of the US Open and was held from August 28 to September 9, 1984. John McEnroe defeated Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-Lloyd 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 John Fitzgerald / Tomáš Šmíd defeated Stefan Edberg /