| Women's Singles | |
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| 1979 U.S. Clay Court Championships | |
| Champion |
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| Runner-up |
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| Final score | 6–4, 6–3 |
Top-seed Chris Evert-Lloyd won the title beating third-seed Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final for a first-prize of $20,000. 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.
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.