1978 Grand Prix (tennis)

1978 Grand Prix circuit

Connors at the 1978 ABN Tennis Tournament he won 10 tour titles.
Details
Duration	9 January – 24 December
Edition	9th
Tournaments	84
Categories	Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix (71) World Championship Tennis (8) Team Events (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Jimmy Connors (10)
Most tournament finals	Jimmy Connors (11)
Prize money leader	Eddie Dibbs ($575,273)
Points leader	Jimmy Connors (2,030)
Awards
Player of the year	Björn Borg
Newcomer of the year	John McEnroe
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The 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event. In addition eight World Championship Tennis (WCT) tournaments, a separate tennis circuit prior to 1978, were incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit.^[1][2] Jimmy Connors won 10 of the 84 tournaments which secured him the first place in the Grand Prix points ranking. However he did not play enough tournaments (13) to qualify for largest share ($300,000) of the bonus pool, which instead went to third–ranked Eddie Dibbs.^[3]

Schedule

The table below shows the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner to the ATP Tour).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

Grand Prix events

Nations Cup

January

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 January	Birmingham WCT Birmingham, Alabama, USA Carpet (i) – $175,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 7–6, 7–5	Dick Stockton	Vitas Gerulaitis Eddie Dibbs	Roscoe Tanner Raúl Ramírez Terry Moor Brian Gottfried
16 January	Pepsi Grand Slam Boca Raton, Florida, USA Clay – S4	Björn Borg 7–6, 3–6, 6–1	Jimmy Connors	Brian Gottfried Vitas Gerulaitis
23 January	Baltimore, Maryland, USA Carpet – $100,000 – S32/D16	Cliff Drysdale 7–5, 6–3	Tom Gorman	George Hardie Buster Mottram	Ilie Năstase Sherwood Stewart Dick Crealy Cliff Richey
		Fred McNair Frew McMillan 6–3, 7–5	Roger Taylor Antonio Zugarelli
	US Pro Indoor Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Carpet – $225,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Roscoe Tanner	Brian Gottfried Eddie Dibbs	Raúl Ramírez John McEnroe Sandy Mayer Björn Borg
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–4, 6–4	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer
30 January	Sarasota, Florida, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 6–3	Nick Saviano	Pat Du Pré John Yuill	Richard Laver Bernard Mitton Ove Nils Bengtson Jiří Granát
		Geoff Masters Colin Dowdeswell 2–6, 6–3, 6–2	Byron Bertram Bernard Mitton
	Mexico City WCT Mexico City, Mexico Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Raúl Ramírez 6–4, 6–1	Pat Du Pré	Gene Mayer Roger Taylor	Steve Docherty Peter Pearson Ross Case Anand Amritraj
		Sashi Menon Gene Mayer 6–3, 7–6	Marcello Lara Raúl Ramírez
	United Virginia Bank Classic Richmond, Virginia, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Vitas Gerulaitis 7–5, 6–3	John Newcombe	Eddie Dibbs Corrado Barazzutti	Björn Borg Rod Laver Peter Fleming Ken Rosewall
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–3, 7–5	Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer

February

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 February	Fairfield Bay Classic Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Dick Stockton 6–4, 3-5, ret.	Hank Pfister	Victor Amaya Byron Bertram	Nick Saviano Jiří Hřebec Charlie Pasarell Tim Gullikson
		Geoff Masters Colin Dibley 7–6, 6–3	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson
13 February	Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Heinz Günthardt 6–3, 3–6, 6–2	Harold Solomon	Tomáš Šmíd Byron Bertram	Marty Riessen Robert Lutz Jan Kodeš Stan Smith
		Stan Smith Robert Lutz 6–3, 6–3	Jan Kodeš Marty Riessen
	St. Louis WCT St. Louis, Missouri, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Sandy Mayer 7–6, 6–4	Eddie Dibbs	Željko Franulović John Alexander	Wojciech Fibak Chris Lewis Dick Stockton John Newcombe
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–2	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker
	American Airlines Tennis Games Palm Springs, California, USA Hard – $225,000 – S64/D32	Roscoe Tanner 6–1, 7–6	Raúl Ramírez	Peter Fleming Tom Leonard	Brian Gottfried Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes Arthur Ashe
		Roscoe Tanner Raymond Moore 6–4, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
20 February	Denver, Colorado, USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–3	Stan Smith	Geoff Masters Arthur Ashe	Nick Saviano Tom Leonard Wojciech Fibak Frew McMillan
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–2	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart
27 February	U.S. National Indoor Championships Memphis, Tennessee, USA Carpet – $225,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–3	Tim Gullikson	José Higueras Sandy Mayer	Mark Cox John Lloyd Eddie Dibbs Robert Lutz
		Raúl Ramírez Brian Gottfried 3–6, 7–6, 6–2	Phil Dent John Newcombe
	Miami, Florida, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Ilie Năstase 6–3, 7–5	Tom Gullikson	Dick Crealy Brian Teacher	Björn Borg Anand Amritraj Cliff Richey Van Winitsky
		Gene Mayer Tom Gullikson 7–6, 6–3	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher

March

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 March	Lagos, Nigeria Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Kjell Johansson 9–8, 6–3	Robin Drysdale	Sashi Menon Ismail El Shafei	Bernard Fritz Tenny Svensson Roger Dowdeswell Jürgen Fassbender
		Sashi Menon George Hardie 6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Colin Dowdeswell Jürgen Fassbender
13 March	Cairo Open Cairo, Egypt Clay – $38,000 – S16/D8	José Higueras 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Kjell Johansson	Jürgen Fassbender Éric Deblicker	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret George Hardie Nicola Spear
		Brian Fairlie Ismail El Shafei 6–3, 7–5, 6–2	Lito Alvárez George Hardie
	Washington Indoor Washington, D.C., USA Carpet – $125,000 – S32/D16	Brian Gottfried 7–5, 7–6	Raúl Ramírez	Manuel Orantes Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith John McEnroe Tim Gullikson Brian Teacher
		Stan Smith Robert Lutz 6–7, 7–5, 6–1	Arthur Ashe John McEnroe
20 March	Shakeys Tournament of Champions Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Carpet – $200,000 – S16	Björn Borg 6–5, 5–6, 6–4, 6–5	Vitas Gerulaitis	Harold Solomon Cliff Drysdale	Jeff Borowiak Sandy Mayer Eddie Dibbs Tony Roche
27 March	Ramazzotti Cup Milan, Italy Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–3, 6–3	Vitas Gerulaitis	Stan Smith Sandy Mayer	Adriano Panatta Gianni Ocleppo Robert Lutz José Higueras
		Víctor Pecci José Higueras 5–7, 7–6, 7–6	Wojciech Fibak Raúl Ramírez

April

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 April	Dayton, Ohio, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Brian Gottfried 2–6, 6–4, 7–6	Eddie Dibbs	Arthur Ashe Harold Solomon	Tom Gullikson Arthur Ashe Hank Pfister Dick Crealy
		Geoff Masters Brian Gottfried 6–3, 6–4	Hank Pfister Butch Walts
	Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Cliff Richey 7–5, 7–6	Colin Dowdeswell	Guillermo Vilas Bernard Mitton	Éric Deblicker Colin Dibley Yannick Noah Frew McMillan
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 7–5, 7–6	Colin Dibley Geoff Masters
	ABN World Tennis Tournament WCT Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 7–5, 7–5	Raúl Ramírez	Vitas Gerulaitis Ilie Năstase	Dick Stockton Robert Lutz Kim Warwick Björn Borg
		Raúl Ramírez Fred McNair 6–2, 6–3	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
10 April	Monte Carlo WCT Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	Tomáš Šmíd	Vitas Gerulaitis Corrado Barazzutti	Guillermo Vilas Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes Adriano Panatta
		Tomáš Šmíd Peter Fleming 6–4, 7–5	Jaime Fillol Ilie Năstase
17 April	Guadalajara, Mexico Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Gene Mayer 6–3, 6–4	John Newcombe	Sandy Mayer Ricardo Ycaza	George Hardie Marcello Lara Ray Ruffels Sherwood Stewart
		Sherwood Stewart Sandy Mayer 4–6, 7–6, 6–3	Gene Mayer Sashi Menon
	Houston WCT Houston, Texas, USA Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	Brian Gottfried 3–6, 6–2, 6–1	Ilie Năstase	Corrado Barazzutti Željko Franulović	Jeff Borowiak Hans Gildemeister Harold Solomon Jaime Fillol
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 7–5, 7–5	Tom Leonard Mike Machette
	Nice, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	José Higueras 6–3, 6–4, 6–4	Yannick Noah	Patrick Proisy Chris Lewis	José Luis Clerc Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Hutka Jiří Hřebec
		François Jauffret Patrice Dominguez 6–4, 6–0	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
	San Jose, California, USA Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Arthur Ashe 6–7, 6–1, 6–2	Bernard Mitton	John McEnroe Roscoe Tanner	Trey Waltke Erik Van Dillen Eliot Teltscher Byron Bertram
		Sandy Mayer Gene Mayer 6–3, 6–4	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe
24 April	Alan King Tennis Classic Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Hard – $250,000 – S32/D16	Harold Solomon 6–1, 3-0, ret.	Corrado Barazzutti	Hank Pfister Raúl Ramírez	Roscoe Tanner John Newcombe Kim Warwick Brian Gottfried
		Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 6–3, 7–6	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez

May

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 May	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Eddie Dibbs 6–7, 6–2, 7–5	Pat Du Pré	John James Steve Docherty	Bruce Manson Carlos Kirmayr Pancho Walthall Dick Stockton
		Van Winitsky Russell Simpson 4–6, 7–6, 6–2	Carlos Kirmayr Ricardo Ycaza
8 May	World Doubles WCT USA Carpet – $200,000 – D8	Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
	Nations Cup Germany Clay – $200,000 – D8	Spain 2–1	Australia
	Dallas WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet – $200,000 – S8	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–3, 6–2, 6–1	Eddie Dibbs	Björn Borg Corrado Barazzutti	Dick Stockton Raúl Ramírez Ilie Năstase Brian Gottfried
15 May	German Open Hamburg, Germany Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 6–4, 6–2	Wojciech Fibak	Manuel Orantes Buster Mottram	Kjell Johansson Vladimír Zedník Hans Gildemeister Paolo Bertolucci
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–2, 6–4	Antonio Muñoz Víctor Pecci
22 May	Florence, Italy Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 6–4, 6–2, 6–1	Patrice Dominguez	Ángel Giménez John Alexander	Jiří Granát Rick Fagel Lito Alvárez Ricardo Ycaza
		Adriano Panatta Corrado Barazzutti 6–3, 6–7, 6–3	Mark Edmondson John Marks
	Italian Open Rome, Italy Clay – $148,640 – S64/D32	Björn Borg 1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3	Adriano Panatta	Eddie Dibbs José Higueras	Harold Solomon John Lloyd John Alexander Victor Amaya
		Belus Prajoux Víctor Pecci 6–7, 7–6, 6–1	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
	Romika Cup Munich, Germany Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–3, 6–3	Buster Mottram	Balázs Taróczy Željko Franulović	Vladimír Zedník Ulrich Pinner Karl Meiler Carlos Kirmayr
		Guillermo Vilas Ion Țiriac 3–6, 6–4, 7–6	Jürgen Fassbender Tom Okker
29 May 5 June	French Open Paris, France Clay	Björn Borg 6–1, 6–1, 6–3	Guillermo Vilas	Corrado Barazzutti Dick Stockton	Raúl Ramírez Eddie Dibbs Manuel Orantes Hans Gildemeister
		Gene Mayer Hank Pfister 6–3, 6–2, 6–2	José Higueras Manuel Orantes
		Renáta Tomanová Pavel Složil 7–6, ret.	Virginia Ruzici Patrice Dominguez

June

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 June	Brussels, Belgium Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Werner Zirngibl 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3	Ricardo Cano	Adriano Panatta Paolo Bertolucci	Jiří Granát Jürgen Fassbender Antonio Muñoz Éric Deblicker
		Antonio Zugarelli Jean-Louis Haillet 6–3, 4–6, 7–5	Onny Parun Vladimír Zedník
19 June	Birmingham, England Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–1, 6–2	Raúl Ramírez	Roscoe Tanner Brian Gottfried	Ismail El Shafei John Newcombe Belus Prajoux Bernard Mitton
		Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen 4–6, 6–1, 3–6. 8–6, 6–3	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux
	Queen's Club London, England Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32	Tony Roche 8–6, 9–7	John McEnroe	Colin Dibley Sandy Mayer	John Alexander Tom Gullikson Nick Saviano John Lloyd
		Frew McMillan Bob Hewitt 6–2, 7–5	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez
26 June	Berlin, Germany Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Vladimír Zedník 6–4, 7–5, 6–2	Harald Elschenbroich	Andreas Maurer Peter Elter	François Jauffret Željko Franulović Hans Jürgen Pohmann Hans Gildemeister
		Jürgen Fassbender Colin Dowdeswell 6–3, 6–4	Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister
26 June 3 July	Wimbledon London, England Grass	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–2, 6–3	Jimmy Connors	Tom Okker Vitas Gerulaitis	Sandy Mayer Ilie Năstase Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
		Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6–1, 6–4, 6–2	John McEnroe Peter Fleming
		Frew McMillan Betty Stöve 6–1, 14-12	Ray Ruffels Billie Jean King

July

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 July	Western Championships Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Clay – $125,000 – S64/D32	Eddie Dibbs 5–7, 6–3, 6–2	Raúl Ramírez	Harold Solomon Terry Moor	Erick Iskersky Hans Gildemeister Peter McNamara Francisco González
		Raúl Ramírez Gene Mayer 2–6, 6–3, 6–4	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie
	Forest Hills WCT Forest Hills, New York, USA Clay – $300,000 – S16/D8	Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 6–0	Ilie Năstase	John McEnroe Wojciech Fibak
		John Alexander Phil Dent 7–6, 7–6	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart
	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 7–6, 6–4	José Luis Clerc	Jeff Borowiak Ulrich Pinner	Heinz Günthardt Belus Prajoux Cliff Letcher Tom Okker
		Tom Okker Mark Edmondson 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick
	Newport, Rhode Island, USA Grass – $75,000 – S32/D16	Bernard Mitton 8–6, 9–7	John James	Bob Giltinan Tom Gullikson	Arthur Ashe Russell Simpson Tim Wilkison Tim Gullikson
		Tom Gullikson Tim Gullikson 6–4, 6–4	Colin Dibley Bob Giltinan
17 July	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–1, 6–2	Corrado Barazzutti	Antonio Muñoz Balázs Taróczy	Chris Lewis Kjell Johansson Mark Edmondson Raymond Moore
		Mark Edmondson Bob Carmichael 7–5, 6–4	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy
	Stuttgart Outdoor Stuttgart, Germany Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Ulrich Pinner 6–2, 6–2, 7–6	Kim Warwick	Buster Mottram Carlos Kirmayr	Belus Prajoux Željko Franulović Klaus Eberhard Peter Elter
		Tomáš Šmíd Jan Kodeš 6–3, 7–6	Carlos Kirmayr Belus Prajoux
24 July	Washington Star International Washington, D.C., USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 7–5, 7–5	Eddie Dibbs	José Higueras Manuel Orantes	Hans Gildemeister Harold Solomon Wojciech Fibak Jaime Fillol
		Arthur Ashe Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–4	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez
	Dutch Open Hilversum, Netherlands Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Balázs Taróczy 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4	Tom Okker	Corrado Barazzutti Peter Elter	David Carter Ulrich Pinner Patrick Proisy Buster Mottram
		Balázs Taróczy Tom Okker 7–6, 4–6, 7–5	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson
	Kitzbühel, Austria Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Chris Lewis 6–1, 6–4, 6–0	Vladimír Zedník	José Luis Clerc Jiří Hřebec	Guillermo Vilas Szabolcs Baranyi Željko Franulović Christophe Roger-Vasselin
		Chris Lewis Mike Fishbach 6–7, 6–4, 6–3	Pavel Hutka Pavel Složil
31 July	Louisville, Kentucky, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Harold Solomon 6–2, 6–2	John Alexander	Wojciech Fibak Eddie Dibbs	Brian Gottfried Manuel Orantes Patricio Cornejo Nick Saviano
		Víctor Pecci Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 6–7, 6–4	Victor Amaya John James
	South Orange, New Jersey, USA Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–3	José Luis Clerc	Balázs Taróczy John McEnroe	Jeff Borowiak Peter Fleming John Lloyd Deon Joubert
		John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6–3, 6–3	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas
	Volvo International North Conway, New Hampshire, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Eddie Dibbs 6–4, 6–4	John Alexander	Manuel Orantes Corrado Barazzutti	Harold Solomon Wojciech Fibak Gene Mayer Heinz Günthardt
		Van Winitsky Robin Drysdale 4–6, 7–6, 6–3	Mike Fishbach Bernard Mitton

August

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 August	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	Roscoe Tanner 6–3, 7–5	Victor Amaya	Brian Teacher Brian Fairlie	Terry Rocavert Tom Leonard Bill Scanlon Dick Stockton
		Erik Van Dillen Dick Stockton 7–6, 6–3	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie
	Columbus, Ohio, USA Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Arthur Ashe 6–3, 6–4	Robert Lutz	Brian Gottfried Eliot Teltscher	Francisco González Iván Molina Peter Fleming Tom Gullikson
		Bob Giltinan Colin Dibley 6–2, 6–3	Marcello Lara Eliot Teltscher
	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Clay – $175,000 – S64/D32	Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–1	José Higueras	Manuel Orantes Corrado Barazzutti	John McEnroe Jeff Borowiak Kjell Johansson Guillermo Vilas
		Hank Pfister Gene Mayer 6–3, 6–1	Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis
14 August	Canadian Open Toronto, Ontario, Canada Clay – $175,000 – S48/D24	Eddie Dibbs 5–7, 6–4, 6–1	José Luis Clerc	Chris Lewis Paul Kronk	John McEnroe Raúl Ramírez Balázs Taróczy Iván Molina
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–3, 7–6	Heinz Günthardt Colin Dowdeswell
	Stowe, Vermont, USA Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 5–7, 6–3, 6–2	Tim Gullikson	Robert Lutz Eliot Teltscher	Tom Gullikson Cliff Richey Tim Gullikson Harold Solomon
		Tom Gullikson Tim Gullikson 3–6, 7–6, 6–3	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick
21 August	Cleveland, Ohio, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Peter Feigl 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Van Winitsky	Mike Cahill Dick Stockton	Christophe Roger-Vasselin Erik Van Dillen Rick Fisher Pascal Portes
		Erik Van Dillen Dick Stockton 6–1, 6–4	Rick Fisher Bruce Manson
	Atlanta, Georgia, USA Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Stan Smith 4–6, 6–1, 2-1, ret.	Eliot Teltscher	Roscoe Tanner Butch Walts	Brian Teacher Alvin Gardiner John James Bruce Manson
		Butch Walts John Alexander 3–6, 6–4, 7–6	Mike Cahill Marcello Lara
	U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Boston, Massachusetts, USA Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32	Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–3	Harold Solomon	Corrado Barazzutti Arthur Ashe	John McEnroe José Higueras Wojciech Fibak José Luis Clerc
		Balázs Taróczy Víctor Pecci 6–3, 3–6, 6–1	Heinz Günthardt Van Winitsky
28 August 4 September	US Open Flushing Meadow, New York, USA Hard	Jimmy Connors 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis John McEnroe	Raúl Ramírez Johan Kriek Butch Walts Brian Gottfried
		Robert Lutz Stan Smith 1–6, 7–5, 6–3	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan 6–3, 7–6	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels

September

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 September	Woodlands Doubles Woodlands, Texas, USA Hard – $125,000 – D32	Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart
18 September	Hartford, Connecticut, USA Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–3, 7–5	Johan Kriek	Hank Pfister Andrew Pattison	Gene Mayer Alvin Gardiner Antonio Muñoz Bill Scanlon
		Bill Maze John McEnroe 6–3, 3–6 7–5	Mark Edmondson Van Winitsky
	Pacific Southwest Open Los Angeles, California, USA Carpet – $200,000 – S64/D32	Arthur Ashe 6–2, 6–4	Brian Gottfried	Harold Solomon Peter Fleming	Dick Stockton Jan Norbäck John Lloyd Cliff Drysdale
		Phil Dent John Alexander 6–3, 7–6	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez
25 September	British Hard Court Championships, Bournemouth, England Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	José Higueras 6–2, 6–1, 6–3	Paolo Bertolucci	Ángel Giménez Andrew Jarrett	John Feaver Chris Lewis Mark Cox Iván Molina
		Rolf Thung Louk Sanders 6–3, 6–4	David Carter Rod Frawley
	Aix-en-Provence, France Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 6–0, 6–3	José Luis Clerc	Chris Lewis Ivan Lendl	Patrick Proisy Georges Goven Éric Deblicker Tomáš Šmíd
		Guillermo Vilas Ion Ţiriac 7–6, 6–1	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
	Mexico City, Mexico Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Vijay Amritraj 6–4, 6–4	Raúl Ramírez	Jorge Andrew Sashi Menon	Eric Friedler Anand Amritraj Lito Álvarez Roberto Chávez
		Vijay Amritraj Anand Amritraj 6–4, 7–5	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez
	San Francisco, California, USA Carpet – $175,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 2–6, 7–6, 6–2	Dick Stockton	Pat Du Pré Eddie Dibbs	Andrew Pattison Brian Teacher Roscoe Tanner Adriano Panatta
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 5–7, 6–4, 6–4	Robert Lutz Stan Smith

October

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 October	Maui, Hawaii, USA Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16	Bill Scanlon 6–2, 6–0	Peter Fleming	Raúl Ramírez John McEnroe	Tim Gullikson Sandy Mayer Roscoe Tanner Harold Solomon
		Tom Gullikson Tim Gullikson 7–6, 7–6	Peter Fleming John McEnroe
9 October	Madrid, Spain Clay – $100,000 – S64/D32	José Higueras 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	Tomáš Šmíd	Corrado Barazzutti Balázs Taróczy	Pavel Složil Hans Gildemeister Adriano Panatta Jaime Fillol
		Jan Kodeš Wojciech Fibak 6–7, 6–1, 6–2	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd
	Trofeo Conde de Godó Barcelona, Spain Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	Balázs Taróczy 1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3	Ilie Năstase	Ivan Lendl Paolo Bertolucci	Wojciech Fibak Ulrich Pinner José Higueras Tomáš Šmíd
		Hans Gildemeister Željko Franulović 6–1, 6–4	Jean-Louis Haillet Gilles Moretton
	Brisbane, Australia Grass – $50,000 – S32/D16	Mark Edmondson 6–4, 7–6	John Alexander	Arthur Ashe Ken Rosewall	Allan Stone Ross Case Tom Gorman Phil Dent
		Phil Dent John Alexander 6–3, 7–6	Syd Ball Allan Stone
16 October	Sydney Indoor Sydney, Australia Hard – $175,000 – S32/D16	Jimmy Connors 6–0, 6–0, 6–4	Geoff Masters	Pat Du Pré Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe Sherwood Stewart Terry Rocavert Phil Dent
		Tony Roche John Newcombe 6–4, 6–3	Mark Edmondson John Marks
23 October	Basel, Switzerland Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 5–7, 7–5, 6–4	John McEnroe	Wojciech Fibak Victor Amaya	Rolf Gehring Ulrich Pinner Raymond Moore Heinz Günthardt
		John McEnroe Wojciech Fibak 7–6, 7–5	Bruce Manson Andrew Pattison
	Tokyo Outdoor Tokyo, Japan Clay – $125,000 – S64/D32	Adriano Panatta 6–3, 6–3	Pat Du Pré	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram	Eddie Dibbs Geoff Masters Jun Kuki Nick Saviano
		Geoff Masters Ross Case 6–2, 4–6, 6–1	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram
	Vienna Indoor Vienna, Austria Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Stan Smith 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–3	Balázs Taróczy	Johan Kriek Corrado Barazzutti	Brian Gottfried John Austin Ove Nils Bengtson Tomáš Šmíd
		Balázs Taróczy Víctor Pecci 6–3, 6–7, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
30 October	Cologne, Germany Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Wojciech Fibak 6–2, 0-1, ret.	Vijay Amritraj	John McEnroe Heinz Günthardt	Johan Kriek Karl Meiler Balázs Taróczy Corrado Barazzutti
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–3, 6–2	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
	Tokyo Indoor Tokyo, Japan Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16	Björn Borg 6–2, 6–0	Brian Teacher	Sandy Mayer Ilie Năstase	Arthur Ashe Vitas Gerulaitis Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon
		Geoff Masters Ross Case 6–3, 6–4	Pat Du Pré Tom Gorman

November

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 November	Bercy Paris, France Hard – $50,000 – S32/D16	Robert Lutz 6–2, 6–2, 7–6	Tom Gullikson	Brian Gottfried Mark Cox	Robin Drysdale Ulrich Pinner Patrick Proisy John Austin
		Andrew Pattison Bruce Manson 7–6, 6–2	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas
	Stockholm, Sweden Hard – $175,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 6–2, 6–2	Tim Gullikson	Björn Borg Wojciech Fibak	Peter Fleming Tom Okker Arthur Ashe Stan Smith
		Tom Okker Wojciech Fibak 6–3, 6–2	Robert Lutz Stan Smith
13 November	Hong Kong Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16	Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–3, 6–2	Pat Du Pré	Hank Pfister Ramesh Krishnan	Butch Walts Ken Rosewall Geoff Masters Terry Moor
		John Marks Mark Edmondson 5–7, 7–6, 6–1	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe
	Taipei, Taiwan Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Brian Teacher 6–3, 6–3, 6–3	Tom Gorman	Mike Cahill Pat Du Pré	Butch Walts Steve Docherty Yannick Noah Pascal Portes
		Butch Walts Sherwood Stewart 6–2, 6–7, 7–6	Mark Edmondson John Marks
	Wembley London, England Carpet – $175,000 – S32/D16	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2	Tim Gullikson	Arthur Ashe Dick Stockton	Sandy Mayer Stan Smith Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 7–6, 4–6, 6–4	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
20 November	Bogotá, Colombia Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Víctor Pecci 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3	Rolf Gehring	José Luis Damiani Paul McNamee	José Higueras Jairo Velasco, Sr. Chris Lewis Andrew Pattison
		Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 6–4, 6–3	Hans Gildemeister Víctor Pecci
	Manila, Philippines Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	Yannick Noah 6–2, 6–0	Peter Feigl	Peter McNamara Brian Teacher	Mike Cahill Ángel Giménez Terry Moor Tom Gorman
		Brian Teacher Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 7–6	Ross Case Chris Kachel
27 November	South American Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay – $175,000 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 6–4, 6–4	Víctor Pecci	Corrado Barazzutti Harold Solomon	Carlos Kirmayr José Higueras Ricardo Ycaza Chris Lewis
		Van Winitsky Chris Lewis 6–4, 3–6, 6–0	José Luis Clerc Belus Prajoux
	Bologna, Italy Carpet – $50,000 – S32/D16	Peter Fleming 6–2, 7–6	Adriano Panatta	John McEnroe Željko Franulović	Karl Meiler Balázs Taróczy Tomáš Šmíd Bernard Mitton
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–1, 6–4	Jean-Louis Haillet Antonio Zugarelli

December

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 December	Calcutta, India Clay – $50,000 – S32/D16	Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–2	Pascal Portes	Anand Amritraj Louk Sanders	Vijay Amritraj Sherwood Stewart Ramesh Krishnan Christophe Freyss
		Sherwood Stewart Sashi Menon 7–6, 6–4	Gilles Moretton Yannick Noah
	South African Open Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $175,000 – S32/D16	Tim Gullikson 2–6, 7–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4	Harold Solomon	Johan Kriek David Schneider	Tom Gullikson Colin Dowdeswell Peter Fleming Heinz Günthardt
		Raymond Moore Peter Fleming 6–3, 7–6	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan
	Santiago, Chile Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16	José Luis Clerc 3–6, 6–3, 6–1	Víctor Pecci	Paul McNamee Rolf Gehring	Paolo Bertolucci Ricardo Cano Hans Gildemeister Fernando Maynetto
		Víctor Pecci Hans Gildemeister 6–4, 6–3	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol
11 December	WCT Challenge Cup Canada Carpet – S8	Ilie Năstase 2–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4	Peter Fleming	Raúl Ramírez Björn Borg	Round Robin John McEnroe Dick Stockton Harold Solomon Roscoe Tanner
18 December	New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Grass – $100,000 – S64/D32	Tim Wilkison 6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–2	Kim Warwick	Sherwood Stewart John Alexander	Guillermo Vilas Paul Kronk Allan Stone Bernard Mitton
		Hank Pfister Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 6–4	Syd Ball Bob Carmichael
25 December	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia	Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	John Marks	Hank Pfister Arthur Ashe	Tony Roche Paul Kronk Peter Feigl John Alexander
		Wojciech Fibak Kim Warwick 7–6, 7–5	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher

January

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 January	Colgate-Palmolive Masters New York, USA Carpet – $400,000 – S8/D4	John McEnroe 6–7, 6–3, 7–5	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried Eddie Dibbs	Jimmy Connors Harold Solomon Raúl Ramírez Corrado Barazutti
		Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–4, 6–2, 6–4	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker

Points system

The tournaments listed above were divided into nine point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round.^[4] The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:

	Grand Slam	$250,000+	$225,000+	$200,000+	$175,000+	$125,000+	$100,000+	$75,000+	$50,000+
Winner	300 (60)	250 (50)	225 (45)	200 (40)	175 (35)	125 (25)	100 (20)	75 (15)	50 (10)
Runner-up	210 (42)	175 (35)	157 (31)	140 (28)	122 (24)	87 (17)	70 (14)	52 (10)	35 (7)
Semifinalist	120 (24)	100 (20)	90 (18)	80 (16)	70 (14)	50 (10)	40 (8)	30 (6)	20 (4)
Quarterfinalist	60 (12)	50 (10)	45 (9)	40 (8)	35 (7)	25 (5)	20 (4)	15 (3)	10 (2)
Fourth round	30 (6)	25 (5)	22 (5)	20 (4)	17 (3)	12 (2)	10 (2)	7 (–)	5 (–)
Third round	15 (–)	12 (–)	11 (–)	10 (–)	9 (–)	6 (–)	5 (–)	– (–)	– (–)
Second round	7 (–)	6 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

ATP rankings

As of 1 January 1978 Rk Name 1  Jimmy Connors (USA) 2  Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 3  Björn Borg (SWE) 4  Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) 5  Brian Gottfried (USA) 6  Eddie Dibbs (USA) 7  Manuel Orantes (ESP) 8  Raúl Ramírez (MEX) 9  Ilie Năstase (ROU) 10  Dick Stockton (USA) 11  Corrado Barazzutti (ITA) 12  Ken Rosewall (AUS) 13  Wojciech Fibak (POL) 14  Harold Solomon (USA) 15  Roscoe Tanner (USA) 16  Sandy Mayer (USA) 17  Jaime Fillol (CHI) 18  John Alexander (AUS) 19  Tony Roche (AUS) 20  Buster Mottram (GBR)

Year-end rankings (December 1978) Rk Name Points Average High Low Change 1  Jimmy Connors (USA) 1239 88.50 = 2  Björn Borg (SWE) 1106 79.00 +1 3  Guillermo Vilas (ARG) 830 55.33 –1 4  John McEnroe (USA) 871 43.55 +17 5  Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) 574 41.00 –1 6  Eddie Dibbs (USA) 1096 40.59 = 7  Brian Gottfried (USA) 856 34.24 –2 8  Raúl Ramírez (MEX) 895 33.15 = 9  Harold Solomon (USA) 892 33.04 +5 10  Corrado Barazzutti (ITA) 728 30.33 +1 11  Roscoe Tanner (USA) 647 29.41 +4 12  Manuel Orantes (ESP) 553 29.11 –5 13  Arthur Ashe (USA) 720 27.69 +117 14  José Higueras (ESP) 635 27.61 +16 15  José Luis Clerc (ARG) 546 27.30 +263 16  Ilie Năstase (ROU) 491 27.28 –7 17  Sandy Mayer (USA) 531 26.55 –1 18  Tim Gullikson (USA) 611 24.44 +42 19  Dick Stockton (USA) 530 23.04 –9 20  Balázs Taróczy (HUN) 438 21.90 +12

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

• Vijay Amritraj (1) Mexico City
• Arthur Ashe (3) San Jose, Columbus, Los Angeles
• Björn Borg (9) Birmingham WCT, Boca Raton, Las Vegas, Milan WCT, Rome, French Open, Wimbledon, Båstad, Tokyo Indoor
• José Luis Clerc (3) Florence, Buenos Aires, Santiago
• Jimmy Connors (10) Philadelphia, Denver, Memphis, Rotterdam WCT, Birmingham, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Stowe, US Open, Sydney Indoor
• Eddie Dibbs (4) Tulsa, Cincinnati, North Conway, Toronto
• Cliff Drysdale (1) Baltimore
• Mark Edmondson (1) Brisbane
• Peter Feigl (1) Cleveland
• Wojciech Fibak (1) Cologne
• Peter Fleming (1) Bologna
• Vitas Gerulaitis (3) Richmond WCT, Dallas WCT, Forest Hills WCT
• Brian Gottfried (3) Washington Indoor, Dayton, Houston
• Tim Gullikson (1) Johannesburg
• Heinz Günthardt (1) Springfield
• José Higueras (4) Cairo, Nice, Bournemouth, Madrid
• Kjell Johansson (1) Nigeria
• Chris Lewis (1) Kitzbühel
• Robert Lutz (1) Bercy
• Gene Mayer (1) Guadalajara
• Sandy Mayer (1) St. Louis WCT
• John McEnroe (4) Hartford, San Francisco, Stockholm, Wembley
• Bernard Mitton (1) Newport
• Ilie Năstase (2) Miami, WCT Challenge Cup
• Yannick Noah (2) Manila, Calcutta
• Manuel Orantes (1) Boston
• Adriano Panatta (1) Tokyo Outdoor
• Víctor Pecci (1) Bogotá
• Ulrich Pinner (1) Stuttgart Outdoor
• Raúl Ramírez (2) Mexico City WCT, Monte Carlo WCT
• Cliff Richey (1) Johannesburg
• Tony Roche (1) Queen's Club
• Bill Scanlon (1) Maui
• Tomáš Šmíd (1) Sarasota
• Stan Smith (2) Atlanta, Vienna
• Harold Solomon (2) Las Vegas, Louisville
• Dick Stockton (1) Little Rock
• Roscoe Tanner (2) Palm Springs, New Orleans
• Balázs Taróczy (2) Hilversum, Barcelona
• Brian Teacher (1) Taiwan
• Eliot Teltscher (1) Hong Kong
• Guillermo Vilas (7) Hamburg, Munich, Gstaad, South Orange, Aix-en-Provence, Basel, Australian Open
• Tim Wilkison (1) Sydney Outdoor
• Vladimír Zedník (1) Berlin
• Werner Zirngibl (1) Brussels

The following players won their first title in 1978:

• José Luis Clerc Florence
• Peter Feigl Cleveland
• Peter Fleming Bologna
• Heinz Günthardt Springfield
• Kjell Johansson Nigeria
• Gene Mayer Guadalajara
• John McEnroe Hartford
• Bernard Mitton Newport
• Yannick Noah Manila
• Ulrich Pinner Stuttgart Outdoor
• Tomáš Šmíd Sarasota
• Eliot Teltscher Hong Kong
• Tim Wilkison Sydney Outdoor

See also

• 1978 WTA Tour

References

1. "Tennis finds unity at last". Star-News. Mar 25, 1977.
2. "Tennis Merger Afoot". The Victoria Advocate. AP. March 24, 1977. p. 3B.
3. John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 23–31. ISBN 978-0354090681.
4. John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 26. ISBN 978-0354090681.

External links

• 1978 ATP tournament archive
• ATP – History men's professional tours

Further reading

• Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.