New South Wales Championships 1978


General 1978-12-18 - 1978-12-24
Grand Prix Circuit
Grass
6
Sydney
Australia

Source ATP; World Tennis


Info Prize Money $125,000
Palin, Maher, Phillips, Eke, Stansbury, Smith, Kachel and Moretton were qualifiers.



Media


Winner Timothy McLane (Tim) Wilkison


Players
John Gillient Alexander
Victor C. (Vic) Amaya
Arthur Robert Ashe jr
Sydney (Syd) Ball
Peter Campbell
Robert John (Bob) Carmichael
David Carter
Ross Llewellyn Case
Jose Luis Clerc
Dale H. Collings
Richard D. (Dick) Crealy
Philip Clive (Phil) Dent
Colin Sydney Dibley
Steve Docherty
Brad D. Drewett
Robin Wordsworth Drysdale
Mark Ronald Edmondson
Victor Eke
Ismael Adly El Shafei
Brian E. Fairlie
Trevor Charles (Charlie) Fancutt
Peter Feigl
Wojtek Fibak
Rodney John (Rod) Frawley
Christophe C. Freyss
Alvin R. Gardiner
Robert G. (Bob) Giltinan
Timothy Ernest (Tim) Gullikson
George Hardie III
John William James
Andrew M. Jarrett
Chris P. Kachel
Robert Bruce Kleege
Paul C. Kronk
Cliff L. Letcher
Christopher John (Chris) Lewis
Richard Alan Lewis
Warren Maher
John M.P. Marks
Geoffrey (Geoff) Masters
Peter Bernard McNamara
Paul Francis McNamee
Bernard (Bernie) Mitton
Raymond J. (Ray) Moore
Gilles Moretton
Yannick Noah
Leo Palin
Hank Pfister
Noel R. Phillips
Pascal Portes
Terry Rocavert
Anthony Dalton (Tony) Roche
Kenneth Robert (Ken) Rosewall
Raymond Owen (Ray) Ruffels
John Sadri
Russell John Simpson
Jonathan R. Smith
Cary Richard Stansbury
Sherwood Earl Stewart
Allan James Stone
Ion Tiriac
Guillermo Vilas
Kimberley (Kim) Grant Warwick
Timothy McLane (Tim) Wilkison


Rounds
Round 1
Guillermo Vilas*
Cliff L. Letcher
6-1 6-3
Charlie Fancutt*
Leo Palin
7-6 7-6
John James*
Brad D. Drewett
6-7 7-5 6-3
Vic Amaya*
Andrew M. Jarrett
5-7 6-4 6-1
Geoff Masters*
Ray Moore
6-3 3-6 6-3
Rod Frawley*
David Carter
6-3 6-2
Sherwood Stewart*
Peter McNamara
6-3 6-0
Chris Lewis*
Ismail El Shafei
6-2 6-3
Tim Gullikson*
Christophe C. Freyss
7-5 6-4
Terry Rocavert*
Dale H. Collings
4-6 6-2 6-1
Richard Lewis*
Warren Maher
6-2 6-3
Kim Warwick*
Dick Crealy
6-3 7-6
Tony Roche*
Colin Dibley
7-6 6-2
Paul C. Kronk*
John M.P. Marks
6-3 7-6
Noel R. Phillips*
Victor Eke
6-2 2-6 6-1
Phil Dent*
Wojtek Fibak
6-4 6-4
John Alexander*
Pascal Portes
6-1 6-4
John Sadri*
Ion Tiriac
7-6 6-3
George Hardie III*
Paul McNamee
6-3 3-6 7-6
Peter Feigl*
Alvin R. Gardiner
6-4 6-2
Allan Stone*
Yannick Noah
6-1 6-7 7-6
Syd Ball*
Russell Simpson
7-5 6-3
Mark Edmondson*
Bob Giltinan
7-5 7-6
Arthur Ashe *
Ray Ruffels
6-3 6-4
Ken Rosewall*
Cary Stansbury
6-4 6-2
Jonathan R. Smith*
Bruce Kleege
7-6 6-7 6-4
Chris P. Kachel*
Peter Campbell
6-2 6-4
Bernie Mitton*
Ross Case
6-4 6-2
Hank Pfister*
Brian E. Fairlie
6-3 6-3
Gilles Moretton*
Bob Carmichael
6-7 7-6 6-3
Tim Wilkison*
Robin Drysdale
6-1 6-4
Jose Luis Clerc*
Steve Docherty
6-2 6-4

Round 2
Guillermo Vilas*
Charlie Fancutt
6-3 6-2
John James*
Geoff Masters
7-6 5-7 6-2
Vic Amaya*
Rod Frawley
6-4 7-6
Sherwood Stewart*
Chris Lewis
w.o.
Tim Gullikson*
Terry Rocavert
7-5 6-2
Kim Warwick*
Richard Lewis
7-5 6-4
Paul C. Kronk*
Tony Roche
7-6 6-4
Noel R. Phillips*
Phil Dent
4-6 6-3 7-5
John Alexander*
John Sadri
6-3 6-4
Peter Feigl*
George Hardie III
4-6 6-3 6-2
Allan Stone*
Syd Ball
6-4 6-1
Arthur Ashe *
Mark Edmondson
6-2 6-2
Ken Rosewall*
Jonathan R. Smith
6-3 6-4
Bernie Mitton*
Chris P. Kachel
2-6 6-4 6-4
Hank Pfister*
Gilles Moretton
3-6 6-3 7-6
Tim Wilkison*
Jose Luis Clerc
6-1 6-4

Round 3
Guillermo Vilas*
John James
6-2 6-3
Sherwood Stewart*
Vic Amaya
6-7 7-6 6-4
Kim Warwick*
Tim Gullikson
6-4 6-4
Paul C. Kronk*
Noel R. Phillips
6-4 6-4
John Alexander*
Peter Feigl
6-3 7-6
Allan Stone*
Arthur Ashe
6-2 3-6 6-3
Bernie Mitton*
Ken Rosewall
6-3 5-7 6-2
Tim Wilkison*
Hank Pfister
6-7 7-6 6-3

Quarterfinals
Sherwood Stewart*
Guillermo Vilas
6-2 7-6
Kim Warwick*
Paul C. Kronk
7-5 5-7 6-2
John Alexander*
Allan Stone
6-2 6-2
Tim Wilkison*
Bernie Mitton
7-5 6-7 6-1

Semifinals
Kim Warwick*
Sherwood Stewart
6-7 7-6 6-4
Tim Wilkison*
John Alexander
6-4 2-6 6-4

Final
Tim Wilkison*
Kim Warwick
6-3 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-2


Tournament
Round 1
Tim Wilkison*
Robin Drysdale
Jose Luis Clerc*
Steve Docherty
Hank Pfister*
Brian E. Fairlie
Gilles Moretton*
Bob Carmichael
Bernie Mitton*
Ross Case
Chris P. Kachel*
Peter Campbell
Ken Rosewall*
Cary Stansbury
Jonathan R. Smith*
Bruce Kleege
John Alexander*
Pascal Portes
John Sadri*
Ion Tiriac
Peter Feigl*
Alvin R. Gardiner
George Hardie III*
Paul McNamee
Allan Stone*
Yannick Noah
Syd Ball*
Russell Simpson
Arthur Ashe *
Ray Ruffels
Mark Edmondson*
Bob Giltinan
Kim Warwick*
Dick Crealy
Richard Lewis*
Warren Maher
Tim Gullikson*
Christophe C. Freyss
Terry Rocavert*
Dale H. Collings
Paul C. Kronk*
John M.P. Marks
Tony Roche*
Colin Dibley
Noel R. Phillips*
Victor Eke
Phil Dent*
Wojtek Fibak
Sherwood Stewart*
Peter McNamara
Chris Lewis*
Ismail El Shafei
Vic Amaya*
Andrew M. Jarrett
Rod Frawley*
David Carter
Guillermo Vilas*
Cliff L. Letcher
Charlie Fancutt*
Leo Palin
John James*
Brad D. Drewett
Geoff Masters*
Ray Moore
Round 2
Tim Wilkison*
Jose Luis Clerc
Hank Pfister*
Gilles Moretton
Bernie Mitton*
Chris P. Kachel
Ken Rosewall*
Jonathan R. Smith
John Alexander*
John Sadri
Peter Feigl*
George Hardie III
Allan Stone*
Syd Ball
Arthur Ashe *
Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick*
Richard Lewis
Tim Gullikson*
Terry Rocavert
Paul C. Kronk*
Tony Roche
Noel R. Phillips*
Phil Dent
Sherwood Stewart*
Chris Lewis
Vic Amaya*
Rod Frawley
Guillermo Vilas*
Charlie Fancutt
John James*
Geoff Masters
Round 3
Tim Wilkison*
Hank Pfister
Bernie Mitton*
Ken Rosewall
John Alexander*
Peter Feigl
Allan Stone*
Arthur Ashe
Kim Warwick*
Tim Gullikson
Paul C. Kronk*
Noel R. Phillips
Sherwood Stewart*
Vic Amaya
Guillermo Vilas*
John James
Quarterfinals
Tim Wilkison*
Bernie Mitton
John Alexander*
Allan Stone
Kim Warwick*
Paul C. Kronk
Sherwood Stewart*
Guillermo Vilas
Semifinals
Tim Wilkison*
John Alexander
Kim Warwick*
Sherwood Stewart
Final
Tim Wilkison*
Kim Warwick