US Clay Courts 1978


General 1978-08-07 - 1978-08-13
Grand Prix Circuit
Clay
6
Indianapolis, Indiana
United States of America

Source ATP; World Tennis


Info Prize Money $175.00
Portes, Krulevitz, Moretton, Guerry, Svensson, Feigl and A.Fillol were qualifiers. Drewett was a lucky loser.



Media


Winner James Scott (Jimmy) Connors


Players
Victor C. (Vic) Amaya
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci
Alvaro Betancur
Jeff Borowiak
David Carter
Jose Luis Clerc
James Scott (Jimmy) Connors
Patricio Cornejo Seckel
Richard D. (Dick) Crealy
Martin (Marty) Davis
Eric Deblicker
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Steve Branch Denton
Steve Docherty
Colin Dowdeswell
Brad D. Drewett
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Ismael Adly El Shafei
Rick Fagel
Peter Feigl
Jaime Jose Fillol sr
Alvaro Fillol
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach
Željko Franulović
Rodney John (Rod) Frawley
Hans G. Gildemeister
Zan Guerry
Heinz Peter Gunthardt
George Hardie III
José Higueras
François Jauffret
Kjell Johansson
Hans Kary
Johan C. Kriek
Steven Elliott (Steve) Krulevitz
Christopher John (Chris) Lewis
John Michael Lloyd
Billy Martin
Eugene (Gene) Mayer
Chris Mayotte
John Patrick McEnroe
Bernard (Bernie) Mitton
Gilles Moretton
Bruce Nichols
Yannick Noah
Gianni Ocleppo
Manuel (Manolo) Orantes Corral
Douglas Palm
Adriano Panatta
Hank Pfister
Pascal Portes
Belus Prajoux
Keith Richardson
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
William (Bill) Scanlon
Howard David Schoenfield
Tenny Svensson
Balazs Taroczy
Ion Tiriac
Chip Tolleson
Robert van't Hof
Guillermo Vilas


Rounds
Round 1
Jimmy Connors*
Rod Frawley
6-3 6-2
Heinz Gunthardt*
Hank Pfister
2-6 7-5 6-4
Steve Denton*
Gianni Ocleppo
5-7 6-4 6-1
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Chip Tolleson
6-3 6-3
Balazs Taroczy*
Pascal Portes
5-7 6-3 7-5
Gene Mayer*
Hans Kary
6-3 7-6
Vic Amaya*
Steve Krulevitz
6-3 6-4
John McEnroe*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
3-6 6-2 6-1
Manuel Orantes*
Billy Martin
7-5 6-3
Rick Fagel*
Gilles Moretton
6-4 6-2
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
François Jauffret
6-4 7-6
Jose Luis Clerc*
Bernie Mitton
5-7 6-3 6-4
Hans G. Gildemeister*
Steve Docherty
3-6 6-2 6-3
Jeff Borowiak*
Bruce Nichols
4-6 7-6 6-0
Zan Guerry*
Martin (Marty) Davis
6-4 6-2
Tenny Svensson*
Ken Rosewall
3-6 6-2 8-6
George Hardie III*
Brad D. Drewett
6-2 7-6
Peter Feigl*
Douglas Palm
6-1 4-6 6-2
Kjell Johansson*
Chris Mayotte
6-2 6-1
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach*
John Lloyd
2-6 6-3 6-2
Adriano Panatta*
David Carter
6-2 6-4
Howard Schoenfield*
Eric Deblicker
4-6 6-2 6-2
Johan C. Kriek*
Alvaro Fillol
6-2 6-4
Corrado Barazzutti*
Patricio Cornejo
6-1 6-3
José Higueras*
Ismail El Shafei
6-4 6-2
Željko Franulović*
Ion Tiriac
5-7 6-2 6-3
Colin Dowdeswell*
Belus Prajoux
3-6 7-6 8-6
Chris Lewis*
Keith Richardson
6-1 6-1
Phil Dent*
Bill Scanlon
6-2 6-1
Alvaro Betancur*
Paolo Bertolucci
4-6 7-5 7-5
Yannick Noah*
Robert van't Hof
6-7 6-3 6-4
Guillermo Vilas*
Dick Crealy
6-0 6-2

Round 2
Jimmy Connors*
Heinz Gunthardt
6-4 6-4
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Steve Denton
6-1 6-2
Balazs Taroczy*
Gene Mayer
2-6 6-4 6-4
John McEnroe*
Vic Amaya
7-5 2-6 6-2
Manuel Orantes*
Rick Fagel
6-2 7-5
Jose Luis Clerc*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
6-2 4-6 8-6
Jeff Borowiak*
Hans G. Gildemeister
6-3 6-4
Zan Guerry*
Tenny Svensson
2-6 6-4 6-0
Peter Feigl*
George Hardie III
5-7 6-4 6-2
Kjell Johansson*
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach
6-4 3-6 6-2
Adriano Panatta*
Howard Schoenfield
3-6 6-4 6-3
Corrado Barazzutti*
Johan C. Kriek
6-2 7-6
José Higueras*
Željko Franulović
7-6 6-1
Chris Lewis*
Colin Dowdeswell
6-3 4-6 6-2
Phil Dent*
Alvaro Betancur
6-4 6-4
Guillermo Vilas*
Yannick Noah
6-1 6-0

Round 3
Jimmy Connors*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
7-5 6-4
John McEnroe*
Balazs Taroczy
7-5 6-2
Manuel Orantes*
Jose Luis Clerc
6-3 6-1
Jeff Borowiak*
Zan Guerry
5-7 6-3 6-4
Kjell Johansson*
Peter Feigl
4-6 6-4 6-3
Corrado Barazzutti*
Adriano Panatta
5-7 6-4 6-0
José Higueras*
Chris Lewis
6-3 6-0
Guillermo Vilas*
Phil Dent
6-1 6-0

Quarterfinals
Jimmy Connors*
John McEnroe
3-6 6-1 6-1
Manuel Orantes*
Jeff Borowiak
6-2 6-1
Corrado Barazzutti*
Kjell Johansson
6-2 6-4
José Higueras*
Guillermo Vilas
4-6 6-4 6-3

Semifinals
Jimmy Connors*
Manuel Orantes
7-5 6-1
José Higueras*
Corrado Barazzutti
7-6 4-6 6-2

Final
Jimmy Connors*
José Higueras
7-5 6-1


Tournament
Round 1
Jimmy Connors*
Rod Frawley
Heinz Gunthardt*
Hank Pfister
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Chip Tolleson
Steve Denton*
Gianni Ocleppo
John McEnroe*
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Vic Amaya*
Steve Krulevitz
Balazs Taroczy*
Pascal Portes
Gene Mayer*
Hans Kary
Manuel Orantes*
Billy Martin
Rick Fagel*
Gilles Moretton
Jose Luis Clerc*
Bernie Mitton
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
François Jauffret
Jeff Borowiak*
Bruce Nichols
Hans G. Gildemeister*
Steve Docherty
Zan Guerry*
Martin (Marty) Davis
Tenny Svensson*
Ken Rosewall
José Higueras*
Ismail El Shafei
Željko Franulović*
Ion Tiriac
Chris Lewis*
Keith Richardson
Colin Dowdeswell*
Belus Prajoux
Guillermo Vilas*
Dick Crealy
Yannick Noah*
Robert van't Hof
Phil Dent*
Bill Scanlon
Alvaro Betancur*
Paolo Bertolucci
Corrado Barazzutti*
Patricio Cornejo
Johan C. Kriek*
Alvaro Fillol
Adriano Panatta*
David Carter
Howard Schoenfield*
Eric Deblicker
Kjell Johansson*
Chris Mayotte
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach*
John Lloyd
Peter Feigl*
Douglas Palm
George Hardie III*
Brad D. Drewett
Round 2
Jimmy Connors*
Heinz Gunthardt
Jaime Fillol Sr.*
Steve Denton
John McEnroe*
Vic Amaya
Balazs Taroczy*
Gene Mayer
Manuel Orantes*
Rick Fagel
Jose Luis Clerc*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Jeff Borowiak*
Hans G. Gildemeister
Zan Guerry*
Tenny Svensson
José Higueras*
Željko Franulović
Chris Lewis*
Colin Dowdeswell
Guillermo Vilas*
Yannick Noah
Phil Dent*
Alvaro Betancur
Corrado Barazzutti*
Johan C. Kriek
Adriano Panatta*
Howard Schoenfield
Kjell Johansson*
Michael J. (Mike) Fishbach
Peter Feigl*
George Hardie III
Round 3
Jimmy Connors*
Jaime Fillol Sr.
John McEnroe*
Balazs Taroczy
Manuel Orantes*
Jose Luis Clerc
Jeff Borowiak*
Zan Guerry
José Higueras*
Chris Lewis
Guillermo Vilas*
Phil Dent
Corrado Barazzutti*
Adriano Panatta
Kjell Johansson*
Peter Feigl
Quarterfinals
Jimmy Connors*
John McEnroe
Manuel Orantes*
Jeff Borowiak
José Higueras*
Guillermo Vilas
Corrado Barazzutti*
Kjell Johansson
Semifinals
Jimmy Connors*
Manuel Orantes
José Higueras*
Corrado Barazzutti
Final
Jimmy Connors*
José Higueras