1978 World Championship Tennis Finals

1978 World Championship Tennis Finals
Date	May 9 – May 14
Edition	8th
Category	Grand Prix
Draw	8S
Surface	Carpet / Indoor
Location	Dallas, TX, USA
Venue	Moody Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Vitas Gerulaitis

The 1978 World Championship Tennis Finals was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 8th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix, as the World Championship Tennis and the Grand Prix circuits were now combined. It was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from May 9 through May 14, 1978.

Champions

Men's Singles

Main article: 1978 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Eddie Dibbs 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 ^[1]

It was Gerulaitis' 3rd title of the year and the 18th of his career.

References

↑ "Vitas Serves Notice". The Evening Independent. May 15, 1978. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

Seasonal finals: 1972 winter; 1982 fall; 1982 winter

1978 Grand Prix Tour

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Grand Slam tournaments

Grand Prix circuit

$175,000+	Philadelphia ^(WCT) Richmond ^(WCT) Palm Springs Memphis Milan ^(WCT) Rotterdam ^(WCT) Monte Carlo ^(WCT) Las Vegas Dallas Rome Washington D.C North Conway Indianapolis Toronto Boston Los Angeles Barcelona Sydney Indoor Tokyo Indoor Wembley Buenos Aires Johannesburg

$50,000 – $175,000	Cairo Hilversum Munich London Gstaad Båstad Vienna Paris Indoor

Year-end championships

Masters

Team events

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