Richmond Indoor Championships 1978


General 1978-01-30 - 1978-02-05
WCT Circuit
Indoor
5
Richmond, Virginia
United States of America

Source ATP; World Tennis



Media


Winner Vitas Kevin Gerulaitis


Players
John Gillient Alexander
Arthur Robert Ashe jr
Corrado Barazzutti
Björn Rune Borg
Jeff Borowiak
Mark M. Cox
Eddie Dibbs
Eric Clifford (Cliff) Drysdale
Wojtek Fibak
Jaime Jose Fillol sr
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach
Peter Blair Fleming
Željko Franulović
Vitas Kevin Gerulaitis
Brian Edward Gottfried
Robert Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt
José Higueras
Jan Kodes (Kodeš)
Rodney George (Rod) Laver
Robert Charles (Bob) Lutz
Alexander (Sandy) Mayer
Raymond J. (Ray) Moore
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram
Ilie Nastase
John David Newcombe
Tom Samuel (Tom) Okker
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Harold C. Solomon
Leonard Roscoe (Roscoe) Tanner
Balazs Taroczy
Antonio Zugarelli


Rounds
Round 1
Bjorn Borg*
Tom Okker
6-3 5-7 6-1
Harold C. Solomon*
Antonio Zugarelli
6-7 6-0 6-4
José Higueras*
Roscoe Tanner
6-3 6-4
John Newcombe*
Wojtek Fibak
7-6 6-4
Eddie Dibbs*
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach
6-2 6-3
Željko Franulović*
Jeff Borowiak
6-2 5-1 ret.
Rod Laver*
Jan Kodes
6-1 6-3
Mark M. Cox*
Manuel Orantes
7-6 6-2
Corrado Barazzutti*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
6-1 3-6 6-4
Bob Hewitt*
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram
4-0 ret.
Peter Fleming*
Ray Moore
4-6 6-3 6-3
Brian Gottfried*
Bob Lutz
3-6 6-3 6-4
Arthur Ashe *
Ilie Nastase
3-6 7-5 6-3
Ken Rosewall*
John Alexander
3-6 6-0 6-3
Balazs Taroczy*
Cliff Drysdale
5-7 6-4 7-5
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Alexander (Sandy) Mayer
7-5 7-5

Round 2
Bjorn Borg*
Harold C. Solomon
6-3 6-2
John Newcombe*
José Higueras
6-2 6-2
Eddie Dibbs*
Željko Franulović
6-1 6-2
Rod Laver*
Mark M. Cox
6-4 5-7 6-4
Corrado Barazzutti*
Bob Hewitt
6-1 6-2
Peter Fleming*
Brian Gottfried
6-2 6-3
Ken Rosewall*
Arthur Ashe
6-3 6-3
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Balazs Taroczy
6-1 6-2

Quarterfinals
John Newcombe*
Bjorn Borg
6-0 1-0 ret.
Eddie Dibbs*
Rod Laver
6-1 7-6
Corrado Barazzutti*
Peter Fleming
7-5 3-6 6-0
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Ken Rosewall
6-3 7-6

Semifinals
John Newcombe*
Eddie Dibbs
7-6 3-6 6-3
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Corrado Barazzutti
6-4 7-6

Final
Vitas Gerulaitis*
John Newcombe
6-3 6-4


Tournament
Round 1
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Alexander (Sandy) Mayer
Balazs Taroczy*
Cliff Drysdale
Ken Rosewall*
John Alexander
Arthur Ashe *
Ilie Nastase
Corrado Barazzutti*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
Bob Hewitt*
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram
Peter Fleming*
Ray Moore
Brian Gottfried*
Bob Lutz
John Newcombe*
Wojtek Fibak
José Higueras*
Roscoe Tanner
Bjorn Borg*
Tom Okker
Harold C. Solomon*
Antonio Zugarelli
Eddie Dibbs*
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach
Željko Franulović*
Jeff Borowiak
Rod Laver*
Jan Kodes
Mark M. Cox*
Manuel Orantes
Round 2
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Balazs Taroczy
Ken Rosewall*
Arthur Ashe
Corrado Barazzutti*
Bob Hewitt
Peter Fleming*
Brian Gottfried
John Newcombe*
José Higueras
Bjorn Borg*
Harold C. Solomon
Eddie Dibbs*
Željko Franulović
Rod Laver*
Mark M. Cox
Quarterfinals
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Ken Rosewall
Corrado Barazzutti*
Peter Fleming
John Newcombe*
Bjorn Borg
Eddie Dibbs*
Rod Laver
Semifinals
Vitas Gerulaitis*
Corrado Barazzutti
John Newcombe*
Eddie Dibbs
Final
Vitas Gerulaitis*
John Newcombe