1978 Suisse Open Gstaad

1978 Suisse Open Gstaad
Date 10 – 16 July
Edition 33rd
Category Grand Prix
Draw 64S / 32D
Prize money $75,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Gstaad, Switzerland
Champions
Singles
Argentina Guillermo Vilas [1]
Doubles
Australia Mark Edmondson / Netherlands Tom Okker [2]

The 1978 Suisse Open Gstaad was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Gstaad, Switzerland. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and was held from 10 July through 16 July 1978. The tournament was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit with a total prize money available of $75,000. First-seeded Guillermo Vilas won the singles title, his second at the tournament after 1974.[3]


Winners

Men's Singles

Argentina Guillermo Vilas defeated Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 7–6, 6–4

Men's Doubles

Australia Mark Edmondson / Netherlands Tom Okker defeated South Africa Bob Hewitt / Australia Kim Warwick 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4

References

  1. ↑ "ATP – 1978 Gstaad Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "ATP – 1978 Gstaad Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 121. ISBN 978-0354090681.

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