1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships

1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Date 16–22 October
Edition 6th
Category Grand Prix circuit (Four star)
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $175,000
Location Sydney, Australia
Venue Hordern Pavilion
Champions
Singles
United States Jimmy Connors [1]
Doubles
Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche [2]

The 1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia and was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 16 October through 22 October 1978. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title.[3]

Finals

Singles

United States Jimmy Connors defeated Australia Geoff Masters 6–0, 6–0, 6–4

  • It was Connors' 10th title of the year and the 84th of his career.

Doubles

Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche defeated Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia John Marks 6–4, 6–3

  • It was Newcombe's only title of the year and the 65th of his career. It was Roche's 2nd title of the year and the 27th of his career.

References

  1. ↑ "1978 Sydney Indoor Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ↑ "1978 Sydney Indoor 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. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0354090681.
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