# 1979 New Zealand Open – Singles

Tim Wilkison defeated Peter Feigl 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 to win the 1979 Heineken Open singles competition. Eliot Teltscher was the champion but did not defend his title.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Peter Feigl (final)
* Kim Warwick (quarterfinals)
* Bernard Mitton (second round)
* John Sadri (second round)
* Steve Docherty (second round)
* Russell Simpson (first round)
* Brian Fairlie (first round)
* Tim Wilkison (champion)

## Draw
### Key

* Q - Qualifier
NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Peter Feigl | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Tim Wilkison | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Feigl | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Fritz | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | P Feigl | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Menon | 4 | 7 | 6 | | S Menon | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Taylor | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | P Feigl | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Mustard | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | R Frawley | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | B Kleege | 2 | 2 | | | D Mustard | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Frawley | 6 | 6 | | | R Frawley | 5 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Fairlie | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Feigl | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | B Mitton | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Jarrett | 2 | 6 |
| | R Moore | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | B Mitton | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Parun | 5 | 2 | | | R Krishnan | 2 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Krishnan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Krishnan | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Jarrett | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | A Jarrett | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A Kohlberg | 3 | 6 | 4 | | A Jarrett | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Bartlett | 4 | 6 | | 5 | S Docherty | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Docherty | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | R Simpson | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | R Lewis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Smith | 7 | 6 | 2 | Q | L Loeb | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Loeb | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | R Lewis | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Harley | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | C Fancutt | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | C Fancutt | 6 | 6 | | | C Fancutt | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Palin | 2 | 5 | | 4 | J Sadri | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Sadri | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Lewis | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | T Wilkison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Wilkison | 6 | 6 |
| Q | P Hampton | 3 | 3 | | 8 | T Wilkison | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I El Shafei | 4 | 6 | | | J Delouie | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J DiLouie | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 8 | T Wilkison | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Clarke | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | K Warwick | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Collings | 7 | 6 | | | D Collings | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Hibbert | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | K Warwick | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Warwick | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |