Japan Open 1978


General 1978-10-23 - 1978-10-29
Grand Prix Circuit
Clay
6
Osaka
Japan

Source ATP; World Tennis



Media


Winner Adriano Panatta


Players
Sydney (Syd) Ball
Nunna Bhanumurthy
Mike Cahill
Scott William Carnahan
David Carter
Ross Llewellyn Case
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Eddie Dibbs
Colin Sydney Dibley
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
Mark Ronald Edmondson
Željko Franulović
Tsuyoshi Fukui
Alvin R. Gardiner
Ken-Ichi Hirai
Chris P. Kachel
Asher Kahn
Jun Kamiwazumi
Taisen Kanai
Sachio Kato
Akira Kawaguchi
Ramesh Krishnan
Jun Kuki
Tetsu Kuramitsu
Akifumi Machidori
John M.P. Marks
Geoffrey (Geoff) Masters
James Henry (Jim) McManus
Sashi Menon
Terry Moor
Akira Motomura
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram
Akinori Naguro
Osuma Nakamura
Shigeyuki Nishio
Takehiko Nishiwaki
Adriano Panatta
Hank Pfister
Anthony Dalton (Tony) Roche
Shinichi Sakamoto
Nick Saviano
Sherwood Earl Stewart
Nobuya Tamura
Kiyoshi (Kiyo) Tanabe
Etsuo Uchiyama
Kenneth B. (Butch) Walts
Kimberley (Kim) Grant Warwick
Takeo Yamamoto


Rounds
Round 1
Takehiko Nishiwaki*
Akifumi Machidori
6-4 6-2
Phil Dent*
Taisen Kanai
4-6 7-5 6-2
Sherwood Stewart*
Akira Motomura
6-4 7-5
David Carter*
Asher Kahn
6-0 6-3
Tony Roche*
Kiyoshi (Kiyo) Tanabe
6-0 6-1
Mark Edmondson*
Etsuo Uchiyama
6-4 6-3
Geoff Masters*
Sashi Menon
6-3 6-2
Kim Warwick*
John M.P. Marks
6-4 6-1
Jun Kuki*
Hank Pfister
6-2 6-2
Kenneth B. (Butch) Walts*
Ramesh Krishnan
5-7 7-5 6-3
Jun Kamiwazumi*
Colin Dibley
3-6 6-3 6-1
Akinori Naguro*
Jim McManus
6-2 6-2
Scott Carnahan*
Osuma Nakamura
6-4 6-3
Terry Moor*
Shigeyuki Nishio
6-3 7-5
Ross Case*
Tetsu Kuramitsu
6-7 6-0 6-0
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Nunna Bhanumurthy
6-1 6-2

Round 2
Eddie Dibbs*
Takehiko Nishiwaki
6-2 6-3
Phil Dent*
Chris P. Kachel
4-6 6-1 6-3
Sherwood Stewart*
Nobuya Tamura
4-6 6-2 6-0
Željko Franulović*
David Carter
7-6 6-3
Tony Roche*
Tsuyoshi Fukui
5-7 6-4 6-1
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Mark Edmondson
6-4 7-5
Geoff Masters*
Takeo Yamamoto
6-4 6-2
Kim Warwick*
Sachio Kato
6-4 6-3
Jun Kuki*
Shinichi Sakamoto
6-3 6-7 6-2
Alvin R. Gardiner*
Kenneth B. (Butch) Walts
4-6 6-2 6-1
Jun Kamiwazumi*
Syd Ball
6-3 6-3
Adriano Panatta*
Akinori Naguro
6-2 6-1
Nick Saviano*
Scott Carnahan
6-0 6-1
Terry Moor*
Ken-Ichi Hirai
6-2 5-7 6-4
Mike Cahill*
Ross Case
6-7 6-2 6-3
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Akira Kawaguchi
6-2 6-1

Round 3
Eddie Dibbs*
Phil Dent
7-5 6-1
Željko Franulović*
Sherwood Stewart
6-3 6-3
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Tony Roche
7-5 6-3
Geoff Masters*
Kim Warwick
6-4 6-3
Jun Kuki*
Alvin R. Gardiner
6-4 6-3
Adriano Panatta*
Jun Kamiwazumi
6-7 7-6 6-3
Nick Saviano*
Terry Moor
3-6 6-3 6-3
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Mike Cahill
6-4 6-3

Quarterfinals
Željko Franulović*
Eddie Dibbs
6-3 6-3
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Geoff Masters
3-6 6-0 6-2
Adriano Panatta*
Jun Kuki
6-4 6-4
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Nick Saviano
6-1 6-2

Semifinals
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Željko Franulović
4-6 7-6 6-4
Adriano Panatta*
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram
6-4 4-6 6-4

Final
Adriano Panatta*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre
6-3 6-3


Tournament
Round 1
Akinori Naguro*
Jim McManus
Jun Kamiwazumi*
Colin Dibley
Jun Kuki*
Hank Pfister
Kenneth B. (Butch) Walts*
Ramesh Krishnan
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Nunna Bhanumurthy
Ross Case*
Tetsu Kuramitsu
Scott Carnahan*
Osuma Nakamura
Terry Moor*
Shigeyuki Nishio
Mark Edmondson*
Etsuo Uchiyama
Tony Roche*
Kiyoshi (Kiyo) Tanabe
Geoff Masters*
Sashi Menon
Kim Warwick*
John M.P. Marks
David Carter*
Asher Kahn
Sherwood Stewart*
Akira Motomura
Takehiko Nishiwaki*
Akifumi Machidori
Phil Dent*
Taisen Kanai
Round 2
Adriano Panatta*
Akinori Naguro
Jun Kamiwazumi*
Syd Ball
Jun Kuki*
Shinichi Sakamoto
Alvin R. Gardiner*
Kenneth B. (Butch) Walts
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Akira Kawaguchi
Mike Cahill*
Ross Case
Nick Saviano*
Scott Carnahan
Terry Moor*
Ken-Ichi Hirai
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Mark Edmondson
Tony Roche*
Tsuyoshi Fukui
Geoff Masters*
Takeo Yamamoto
Kim Warwick*
Sachio Kato
Željko Franulović*
David Carter
Sherwood Stewart*
Nobuya Tamura
Eddie Dibbs*
Takehiko Nishiwaki
Phil Dent*
Chris P. Kachel
Round 3
Adriano Panatta*
Jun Kamiwazumi
Jun Kuki*
Alvin R. Gardiner
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Mike Cahill
Nick Saviano*
Terry Moor
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Tony Roche
Geoff Masters*
Kim Warwick
Željko Franulović*
Sherwood Stewart
Eddie Dibbs*
Phil Dent
Quarterfinals
Adriano Panatta*
Jun Kuki
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram*
Nick Saviano
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Geoff Masters
Željko Franulović*
Eddie Dibbs
Semifinals
Adriano Panatta*
Christopher J. (Buster) Mottram
Patrick (Pat) Dupre*
Željko Franulović
Final
Adriano Panatta*
Patrick (Pat) Dupre