1978 Australian Open

The 1978 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia and was held from 25 December 1978 to 3 January 1979. It was the 67th edition of the Australian Open and the fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Argentinian Guillermo Vilas and Australian Chris O'Neil.

1978 Australian Open
Date25 December - 3 January 1979
Edition67th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceGrass
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueKooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Guillermo Vilas [1]
Women's Singles
Chris O'Neil [2]
Men's Doubles
Wojciech Fibak / Kim Warwick [3]
Women's Doubles
Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová [4]

Seniors

Men's singles
Main article: 1978 Australian Open – Men's Singles

Guillermo Vilas defeated John Marks, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 [1]

• It was Vilas' 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st title at the Australian Open.

Women's singles
Main article: 1978 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Chris O'Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) [2]

• It was O'Neil's 1st and only career Grand Slam singles title.

Men's doubles

Wojciech Fibak / Kim Warwick defeated Paul Kronk / Cliff Letcher, 7–6, 7–5 [3]

• It was Fibak's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
• It was Warwick's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles

Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová defeated Naoko Sato / Pam Whytcross, 7–5, 6–2 [4]

• It was Nagelsen's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
• It was Tomanová's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

Mixed doubles

This event was not held from 1970 until 1985.

References
  1. "1978 Men's Singles". Tennis Australia.
  2. "1978 Women's Singles". Tennis Australia.
  3. "1978 Men's Doubles". Tennis Australia.
  4. "1978 Women's Doubles". Tennis Australia.
Preceded by
December 1977 Australian Open		 Australian Open Succeeded by
1979 Australian Open
Preceded by
1978 US Open		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
1979 French Open
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