International tennis championships of Germany 1978 / men's singles

This article describes the results of the men's singles at the 1978 International Tennis Championships in Germany .

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Guillermo Vilas  victory 02.  Eddie Dibbs Round of 16 03.  Manuel Orantes Semifinals 04th  John Newcombe  Second round 05.  Wojtek Fibak final 06th  Phil Dent First round 07th  Buster Mottram Semifinals 08th.  Jaime Fillol Second round

No. player Round reached 09.  José Higueras Round of 16 10.  John Lloyd Round of 16 11.  Hank Pfister Second round 12.  Balázs Taróczy Second round 13.  Tomás Šmíd First round 14th  Paolo Bertolucci  Quarter finals 15th  Jeff Borowiak First round 16.  Kim Warwick Round of 16

qualification

For the three-round qualification on May 13th and 14th, 27 players competed, eight of whom qualified for the main tournament.

Qualifiers
Birger Anderson	Pavel Huťka
Pavel Složil	Klaus Eberhard
Stanislav Birner	Paul Kronk
Andreas Maurer	?

In addition, the Spaniard Antonio Muñoz came as a lucky loser .

Tournament schedule

Explanation of symbols

LL = Lucky Loser

Q = qualifier

r = retired

Results

Up to the quarter-finals the game was played on two winning sets and from the semi-finals on three winning sets.

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Guillermo Vilas

0

1

3

Manuel Orantes

6th

1

r

1

Guillermo Vilas

6th

6th

6th

5

Wojtek Fibak

2

4th

2

7th

Buster Mottram

3

6th

4th

5

Wojtek Fibak

6th

7th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

G. Vilas

6th

6th

Y. Noah

3

1

1

G. Vilas

6th

4th

6th

P. Portes

6th

2

4th

I. Țiriac

4th

6th

4th

I. Țiriac

3

6th

6th

1

G. Vilas

4th

6th

6th

R. Drysdale

4th

4th

9

J. Higueras

6th

3

3

J. Fassbender

6th

6th

J. Fassbender

6th

0

J. Hřebec

0

6th

0

9

J. Higueras

7th

6th

9

J. Higueras

6th

4th

6th

1

G. Vilas

6th

6th

13

T. Šmíd

6th

3

Kj. Johansson

3

4th

Kj. Johansson

7th

6th

Kj. Johansson

2

7th

6th

Q

P. Složil

6th

2

4th

Q

B. Anderson

6th

6th

3

Q

B. Anderson

1

6th

6th

Kj. Johansson

6th

1

6th

Ch. Lewis

0

4th

H. Günthardt

4th

6th

4th

V. Amaya

6th

6th

V. Amaya

5

6th

H. Günthardt

6th

6th

10

H. Günthardt

7th

7th

6th

Ph. Dent

7th

2

8th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3

M. Orantes

6th

7th

V. Pecci

4th

5

3

M. Orantes

7th

6th

B. Teacher

6th

4th

6th

B. Teacher

5

2

D. Crealy

3

6th

4th

3

M. Orantes

6th

6th

Ž. Franulović

6th

6th

Ž. Franulović

3

1

M. Fishbach

1

2

Ž. Franulović

6th

5

6th

Á. Betancur

4th

2

11

H. Pfister

3

7th

3

11

H. Pfister

6th

6th

3

M. Orantes

6th

6th

15th

J. Borowiak

3

6th

2

V. Zedník

3

3

R. Lewis

6th

1

6th

R. Lewis

0

2

N. Pilic

4th

6th

P. McNamee

6th

6th

P. McNamee

6th

7th

P. McNamee

2

4th

V. Zedník

6th

6th

V. Zedník

6th

6th

H.-J. Pohmann

2

3

V. Zedník

7th

6th

C. Kirmayr

3

7th

2

8th

J. Fillol

5

3

8th

J. Fillol

6th

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

7th

B. Mottram

6th

6th

I. El Shafei

2

4th

7th

B. Mottram

6th

6th

B. Hewitt

1

6th

2

P. Cornejo

4th

3

P. Cornejo

6th

3

6th

7th

B. Mottram

6th

7th

É. Deblicker

6th

4th

7th

10

J. Lloyd

4th

5

T. Okker

4th

6th

5

É. Deblicker

4th

6th

5

B. Lloyd

3

5

10

J. Lloyd

6th

0

7th

10

J. Lloyd

6th

7th

7th

B. Mottram

2

6th

6th

16

K. Warwick

6th

6th

H. Gildemeister

6th

4th

4th

W. Zirngibl

3

2

16

K. Warwick

2

6th

6th

Q

S. Birner

6th

7th

Q

S. Birner

6th

4th

2

P. Parent

2

5

16

K. Warwick

6th

4th

1

H. Gildemeister

6th

6th

H. Gildemeister

2

6th

6th

R. Taylor

4th

4th

H. Gildemeister

7th

6th

C. Dowdeswell

6th

4th

4th

J. Newcombe

5

4th

4th

J. Newcombe

7th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

W. Fibak

6th

6th

Q

A. Mason

4th

3

5

W. Fibak

6th

6th

Q

P. Huťka

6th

6th

Q

P. Huťka

4th

0

P. DuPré

4th

4th

5

W. Fibak

4th

6th

6th

Q

K. Eberhard

6th

6th

Q

K. Eberhard

6th

1

2

B. Mitton

2

1

Q

K. Eberhard

6th

2

7th

Q

P. Kronk

2

2

12

B. Taróczy

3

6th

5

12

B. Taróczy

6th

6th

5

W. Fibak

6th

5

6th

14th

P. Bertolucci

7th

6th

9

14th

P. Bertolucci

1

7th

3

J. Kodeš

6th

7th

7th

14th

P. Bertolucci

6th

6th

A. Zugarelli

4th

6th

3

P. Proisy

3

4th

P. Proisy

6th

3

6th

14th

P. Bertolucci

6th

6th

6th

F. Jauffret

5

2

2

E. Dibbs

7th

4th

4th

LL

A. Muñoz

7th

6th

LL

A. Muñoz

4th

1

U. Pinner

6th

4th

5

2

E. Dibbs

6th

6th

2

E. Dibbs

3

6th

7th

swell

• Hamburger Abendblatt , issues from May 16-22, 1978, available in the online archive at http://www.abendblatt.de (fee required)
• Tennis, official organ of the German Tennis Federation , volume 32, issue 11 (June 1, 1978 edition)

Web links

• The tournament schedule on the ATP website

Remarks

1. ↑ Manuel Orantes had to give up because of a damaged spinal disc.