Virginia Slims of Detroit 1978

Virginia Slims of Detroit 1978
date	February 20, 1978 - February 26, 1978
Edition	6th
navigation	1977  ◄  1978  ►  1979
WTA tour
venue	Detroit United States
Tournament number	427
category	Virginia Slims Circuit
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	32E / 16D
Prize money	US $ 100,000
Last year's winner	Martina Navrátilová
Last year's winner (double)	Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová
As of August 10, 2018

The 1978 Virginia Slims of Detroit was a women's tennis tournament in Detroit . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1978 and took place from February 20-26, 1978.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová victory 02.  Evonne Cawley Quarter finals 03.  Virginia Wade Semifinals 04th  Wendy Turnbull Round of 16

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rosie Casals Round of 16 06th  Sue Barker 1 round 07th  Dianne Fromholtz final 08th.  Kerry Reid Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

K. Ebbinghaus

1

2

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

M. Jaušovec

6th

6th

M. Jaušovec

2

3

H. Strachoňová

3

4th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

8th

K. Reid

6th

6th

8th

K. Reid

2

0

J. Newberry

4th

0

8th

K. Reid

6th

6th

6th

V. Ruzici

6th

5

4th

B. Cuypers

3

7th

4th

B. Cuypers

4th

7th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

3

V. Wade

6th

6th

3

V. Wade

4th

2

M. Redondo

2

2

3

V. Wade

6th

6th

Z. Liess

4th

5

R. Tomanová

2

1

R. Tomanová

6th

7th

3

V. Wade

6th

6th

5

R. Casals

7th

6th

G. Stevens

3

4th

L. Hunt

5

3

5

R. Casals

1

6th

4th

S. Tolleson

3

6th

4th

G. Stevens

6th

2

6th

G. Stevens

6th

4th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

S. Walsh

7th

3

7th

7th

D. Fromholtz

3

2

R. Gerulaitis

6th

6th

6th

S. Walsh

4th

6th

6th

C. Stoll

5

C. Stoll

6th

0

3

6th

S. Barker

3

r

S. Walsh

1

3

BJ King

6th

6th

BJ King

6th

6th

K. Harter

3

4th

BJ King

6th

6th

R. Maršíková

6th

1

3

4th

W. Turnbull

4th

3

4th

W. Turnbull

4th

6th

6th

BJ King

3

6th

6th

N. Lorenzetti

1

2

7th

D. Fromholtz

6th

0

7th

R. Richards

6th

6th

R. Richards

3

4th

Y. Vermaak

3

1

7th

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

7th

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

7th

D. Fromholtz

6th

6th

M. Guerrant

0

6th

6th

2

E. Cawley

2

1

F. Dürr

6th

0

1

M. Guerrant

6th

4th

3

M. Tyler

4th

1

2

E. Cawley

4th

6th

6th

2

E. Cawley

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová   victory 02.  Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull   final 03.  Mona Guerrant Greer Stevens   Semifinals 04th  Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

BJ King M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

S. Tolleson S. Walsh

2

2

1

BJ King M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

B. Cuypers Y. Vermaak

5

6th

6th

B. Cuypers Y. Vermaak

1

2

K. Harter, C. Stoll

7th

4th

4th

1

BJ King M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

4th

F. Dürr V. Wade

5

6th

6th

4th

F. Dürr V. Wade

4th

4th

L. Hunt R. Maršíková

7th

2

4th

4th

F. Dürr V. Wade

2

6th

6th

R. Casals S. Barker

6th

7th

R. Casals S. Barker

6th

3

4th

R. Gerulaitis R. Tomanová

1

6th

1

BJ King M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

Z. Liess R. Richards

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O.

2

K. Reid W. Turnbull

3

4th

H. Anliot K. Ebbinghaus

Z. Liess R. Richards

3

4th

M. Redondo, M. Tyler

1

0

3

M. Guerrant, G. Stevens

6th

6th

3

M. Guerrant, G. Stevens

6th

6th

3

M. Guerrant, G. Stevens

2

4th

N. Lorenzetti H. Strachoňová

6th

6th

1

2

K. Reid W. Turnbull

6th

6th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

7th

2

6th

M. Jaušovec V. Ruzici

2

4th

D. Fromholtz J. Newberry

1

4th

2

K. Reid W. Turnbull

6th

6th

2

K. Reid W. Turnbull

6th

6th

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• Virginia Slims of Detroit 1978 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Virginia Slims of Detroit 1978 (English) on the ITF website