WTA Tour 1978

◄ WTA Tour 1978 ►
Period:	January 1978 - December 1978
Edition:	8th
Number of tournaments:	45
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) Tour Championships (3) Virginia Slims Circuit (11) Colgate Series (22) Non-Tour Events (5)
successes
Awards
Player of the year:	Martina Navrátilová
Double team of the year:	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová
Newcomer of the year:	Virginia Ruzici
Newcomer of the year:	Pam Shriver

The 1978 Grand Slam winners

French Open :
Virginia Ruzici

Wimbledon Championships :
Martina Navrátilová

US Open :
Chris Evert

Australian Open :
Chris O'Neil

The 1978 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims Circuit and Colgate Series ) was the 8th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association . It comprised 45 tournaments.

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Federation Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is still listed because the top players usually play there too.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Tour Championships Virginia Slims Circuit Colgate Series Non-tour events

Others Federation Cup

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.01.	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Betty Stöve	7: 5, 6: 4
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull	6: 3, 7: 5
09.01.	Virginia Slims of Hollywood Hollywood , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Evonne Cawley	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 3
		Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	6: 2, 6: 4
16.01.	Virginia Slims of Houston & Bridgestone Doubles of Houston Houston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Billie Jean King	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Greer Stevens Mona Guerrant	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6
23.01.	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles & Bridgestone Doubles of Los Angeles Los Angeles , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 hard court	Martina Navrátilová	Rosie Casals	6: 3, 6: 2
		Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Virginia Wade Greer Stevens	6: 3, 6: 2
01/30	Virginia Slims of Chicago & Bridgestone Doubles of Chicago Chicago , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Evonne Cawley	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Betty Stöve Evonne Cawley	Rosie Casals JoAnne Russell	6: 1, 6: 4

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.02.	Virginia Slims of Seattle Seattle , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Betty Stöve	6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 1
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Patricia Bostrom Marita Redondo	6: 2, 6: 3
February 20	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Dianne Fromholtz	6: 3, 6: 2
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	6: 3, 6: 4
02/27	Virginia Slims of Kansas City & Bridgestone Doubles of Kansas City Kansas City , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 hard court	Martina Navrátilová	Billie Jean King	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 6: 4

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.03.	Virginia Slims of Dallas & Bridgestone Doubles of Dallas Dallas , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Evonne Cawley	Tracy Austin	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Anne Smith	Evonne Cawley Betty Stöve	6: 3, 7: 6
13.03.	Virginia Slims of Boston Boston , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Evonne Cawley	Chris Evert	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Evonne Cawley Betty Stöve	6: 3, 6: 2
March 20	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia , United States Virginia Slims Circuit - $ 100,000 hard court	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King	6-0, 6-4
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	6: 3, 7: 5
27.03.	Virginia Slims Championships Oakland , United States Masters - $ 150,000 Indoor Carpet	Martina Navrátilová	Evonne Cawley	7: 6, 6: 4

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04/03	Bridgestone Doubles Salt Lake City , United States Carpet (hall)	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Virginia Wade Françoise Durr	6: 4, 6: 4
04/10	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head , United States Colgate Series - $ 110,000 Clay	Chris Evert	Kerry Reid	6: 2, 6: 0
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Mona Guerrant Greer Stevens	6: 3, 7: 5

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
May 15	International Tennis Championships of Germany Hamburg , Federal Republic of Germany Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Clay Court	Mima Jaušovec	Virginia Ruzici	6: 2, 6: 3
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 0
May 22nd	Italian Open Rome , Italy Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Clay	Regina Maršíková	Virginia Ruzici	7: 5, 7: 5
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Florența Mihai Betsy Nagelsen	6: 2, 2: 6, 7: 6
	Surrey Grass Courts Guildford , UK Non-Tour Event Lawn	Evonne Cawley	Winnie Shaw	6: 1, 6: 1
05/29	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 75,000 Clay Court (Red)	Virginia Ruzici	Mima Jaušovec	6: 2, 6: 2
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Lesley Bowrey Gail Sherriff	5: 7, 6: 4, 8: 6
		Renáta Tomanová Pavel Složil	Virginia Ruzici Patrice Dominguez	7: 6, exercise

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.06.	Kent Championships Beckenham , Great Britain Non-Tour Event	Evonne Cawley	Laura duPont	6: 4, 6: 2
12.06.	Chichester International Chichester , UK Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Lawn	Evonne Cawley	Pam Teeguarden	6: 4, 6: 4
		Janet Newberry Pam Shriver	Michelle Tyler Yvonne Vermaak	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
19.06.	Colgate International Eastbourne , UK Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Lawn	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	6: 4, 4: 6, 9: 7
		Chris Evert Betty Stöve	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 5
26.06.	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , United Kingdom Grand Slam - $ 150,000 Lawn	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	4: 6, 9: 8, 6: 3
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels	6: 2, 6: 2

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.08.	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis , United States Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Clay Court	Dana Gilbert	Viviana Segal	6: 2, 6: 3
		Helen Anliot Light rafter	Barbara Hallquist Sheila McInerney	6: 3, 6: 1
08/14	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto , Canada Colgate Series - $ 35,000 hard court	Regina Maršíková	Virginia Ruzici	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 2
		Regina Maršíková Pam Teeguarden	Chris O'Neil Paula Smith	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 2
08/21	Bergen County Classic Mahwah , United States Colgate Series - $ 75,000 hard court	Virginia Wade	Kerry Reid	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
		Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	Barbara Potter Pam Whytcross	6: 3, 6: 1
08/28	US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 260,000 hard court	Chris Evert	Pam Shriver	7: 6, 6: 4
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	7: 6, 6: 4
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels	6: 3, 7: 6

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
11.09.	Toray Sillook Open Tokyo , Japan Colgate Series - $ 75,000 hard court	Virginia Wade	Betty Stöve	6: 4, 7: 6
	Women in Tennis International San Antonio , United States Colgate Series - $ 35,000	Stacy Margolin	Yvonne Vermaak	7: 5, 6: 1
		Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	Laura duPont Françoise Durr	6: 1, 6: 4
18.09.	World Tennis Classic Montreal , Canada Colgate Series - $ 40,000 hard court	Caroline Stoll	Françoise Durr	6: 3, 6: 2
		Julie Anthony Billie Jean King	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	6: 4, 6: 4
25.09.	Wyler's Women's Classic Atlanta , United States Colgate Series - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	7: 6, 0: 6, 6: 3
		Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	Martina Navrátilová Anne Smith	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02.10.	Thunderbird Classic Phoenix , United States Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Carpet Hall	Martina Navrátilová	Tracy Austin	6: 4, 6: 2
		Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	Martina Navrátilová Anne Smith	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 2
09.10.	Barcelona Barcelona , Spain clay court	Hana Mandlíková	Sabina Simmonds	6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 3
	US Indoors Bloomington , United States Colgate Series - $ 100,000 Carpet Hall	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Lesley Hunt Ilana Kloss	6: 3, 6: 3
16.10.	BMW Challenge Brighton , Great Britain Colgate Series - $ 75,000 Carpet (hall)	Virginia Ruzici	Betty Stöve	5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 5
		Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Ilana Kloss JoAnne Russell	6-0, 7-6
23.10.	Porsche Classic Filderstadt , Federal Republic of Germany Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Carpet (hall)	Tracy Austin	Betty Stöve	6: 3, 6: 3
		Tracy Austin Betty Stöve	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6: 3, 6: 2
10/30	Río de la Plata Championships Buenos Aires , Argentina Colgate Series - $ 35,000	Caroline Stoll	Emilse Raponi	6: 3, 6: 2
		Françoise Durr Valerie Ziegenfuss	Laura duPont Regina Maršíková	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.11.	Florida Federal Open Clearwater , United States Colgate Series - $ 75,000 hard court	Virginia Wade	Anna Maria Fernández	6: 4, 7: 6
		Martina Navrátilová Anne Smith	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	7: 6, 6: 3
11/13	Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs , United States Masters - $ 250,000 hard court	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 6: 3
		Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	6: 3, 6: 4
November 20	Colgate International Christchurch Christchurch , New Zealand Colgate Series - $ 35,000 Lawn	Regina Maršíková	Sylvia Hanika	6: 2, 6: 1
		Lesley Hunt Sharon Walsh	Katja Ebbinghaus Sylvia Hanika	6: 1, 7: 5
	Gunze World Tennis Tokyo , Japan Non-Tour Event - $ 150,000 Hard Court	Tracy Austin	Martina Navrátilová	6: 1, 6: 1
		Martina Navrátilová Betty Stöve	Tracy Austin Kathy May	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
11/27	Federation Cup Final Melbourne , Australia Lawn	United States	Australia	2: 1

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.12.	Toyota Classic Sydney , Australia Colgate Series - $ 75,000 hard court	Dianne Fromholtz	Kerry Reid	6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 4
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Judy Chaloner Anne Hobbs	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
11.12.	Adelaide International Adelaide , Australia Colgate Series - $ 50,000 Lawn	Kerry Reid	Beth Norton	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 1
		Lesley Hunt Sharon Walsh	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	6: 2, 6: 2
	Emeron Cup Tokyo , Japan Non-Tour Event - $ 100,000 hard court	Chris Evert	Martina Navrátilová	7: 5, 6: 2
December 18	New South Wales Open Sydney , Australia Colgate Series - $ 75,000 hard court	Dianne Fromholtz	Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 7: 5
		Lesley Hunt Sharon Walsh	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	6: 2, 6: 1
25.12.	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 35,000 Lawn	Chris O'Neil	Betsy Nagelsen	6: 3, 7: 6
		Betsy Nagelsen Renáta Tomanová	Naoko Satō Pam Whytcross	7: 5, 6: 2

¹ The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).