1978 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1978 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
| Champion | Vitas Gerulaitis |
| Runner-up | Eddie Dibbs |
| Score | 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 |
Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Vitas Gerulaitis won in the final 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 against Eddie Dibbs.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Björn Borg (semifinals, withdrew)
- Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals)
- Vitas Gerulaitis (champion)
- Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals)
- Eddie Dibbs (final)
- Raúl Ramirez (quarterfinals)
- Corrado Barazzutti (semifinals)
- Dick Stockton (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Björn Borg | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Dick Stockton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Björn Borg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vitas Gerulaitis | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Raúl Ramirez | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Eddie Dibbs | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Eddie Dibbs | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ilie Năstase | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Eddie Dibbs | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Corrado Barazzutti | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Corrado Barazzutti | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Brian Gottfried | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1978 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived 2009-05-06)