1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament

1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament
Date 3 – 9 April
Edition 6th
Category Grand Prix circuit (WCT)
Prize money $175,000
Surface Carpet / Indoor
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Venue Ahoy Rotterdam
Champions
Singles
United States Jimmy Connors [1]
Doubles
United States Fred McNair / Mexico Raúl Ramírez [2]

The 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was a World Championship Tennis (WCT) event that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix circuit. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 3 April through 9 April 1978. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title.[3]

Champions

Men's Singles

United States Jimmy Connors defeated Mexico Raúl Ramírez 7–5, 7–5

Men's Doubles

United States Fred McNair / Mexico Raúl Ramírez defeated United States Robert Lutz / United States Stan Smith 6–2, 6–3

Draws

Men's singles

Upper half

  First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
                                                     
1  United States Jimmy Connors 6 6    
   Australia Dick Crealy 1 3    
  1  United States Jimmy Connors 6 6    
 
     Sweden Kjell Johansson 3 1    
   Sweden Ove Nils Bengtson 7 6 1
   Sweden Kjell Johansson 6 7 6  
  1  United States Jimmy Connors 3 6 6  
  4  United States Dick Stockton 6 4 0  
   United States Fred McNair 3 4    
   United Kingdom John Lloyd 6 6    
     United Kingdom John Lloyd 0 3  
 
  4  United States Dick Stockton 6 6    
   United States Bill Scanlon 3 1  
6  United States Dick Stockton 6 6    
  1  United States Jimmy Connors 4 6 6
  3  United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6 4 4
3  United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6    
   United States Stan Smith 2 4    
  3  United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6  
 
     Chile Jaime Fillol 0 1    
   New Zealand Chris Lewis 5 6 6
   Chile Jaime Fillol 7 0 7  
  3  United States Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6  
     United States Robert Lutz 2 3    
   Australia Ken Rosewall 63 2    
   Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 7 6    
     Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 3 6 4
 
     United States Robert Lutz 6 3 6  
   United States Robert Lutz 6 6  
8  Poland Wojtek Fibak 4 2    

Lower half

  First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
                                                     
5  United States Sandy Mayer 6 7 6  
 United States Tom Leonard 7 6 2  
  5  United States Sandy Mayer 3 3    
 
     Australia Kim Warwick 6 6    
   South Africa Raymond Moore 6 7 3
   Australia Kim Warwick 7 6 6  
     Australia Kim Warwick 2 2    
  4  Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 6    
   India Vijay Amritraj 6 6  
   Netherlands Tom Okker 2 3    
     India Vijay Amritraj 2 2  
 
  4  Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 6    
   Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 2 66  
4  Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 7    
  4  Mexico Raúl Ramírez 7 6  
  7  Romania Ilie Năstase 5 3  
7  Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6    
   United States Sherwood Stewart 1 1    
  7  Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6  
 
     United States Mike Fishbach 3 1    
   United States Terry Moor 5 5  
   United States Mike Fishbach 7 7    
  7  Romania Ilie Năstase w/o    
  2  Sweden Björn Borg        
   United Kingdom Mark Cox 1 4    
   Italy Antonio Zugarelli 6 6    
     Italy Antonio Zugarelli 1 2  
 
  2  Sweden Björn Borg 6 6    
   Netherlands Louk Sanders 2 3  
2  Sweden Björn Borg 6 6    

References

  1. "1978 Rotterdam – Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1978 Rotterdam – Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-0354090681.

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