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1978 tennis event results
Martina Navratilova defeated
Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final, 7β6, 6β4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1978 Virginia Slims Championships. It was her first
Tour Finals singles title, and the first of an eventual record eight such titles.
Chris Evert was the reigning champion, but did not qualify this year.
Seeds
Draw
Key
Finals
Round robin
Gold group
Gold Group
Navratilova
StΓΆve
Turnbull
Reid
RR WβL
Set WβL
Game WβL
Standings
1
Martina Navratilova
6β2, 6β3
6β2, 6β1
6β2, 6β3
3β0
6β0 (100%)
36β13 (73.5%)
3
Betty StΓΆve
2β6, 3β6
4β6, 3β6
7β6, 7β6
1β2
2β4 (33.3%)
26β36 (42.0%)
3
6
Wendy Turnbull
2β6, 1β6
6β4, 6β3
7β6, 6β1
2β1
4β2 (66.7%)
28β26 (51.9%)
8
Kerry Reid
2β6, 3β6
6β7, 6β7
6β7, 1β6
0β3
0β6 (0.0%)
24β39 (38.1%)
4
Orange group
Orange Group
Goolagong Cawley
Wade
King
Casals
RR WβL
Set WβL
Game WβL
Standings
2
E. Goolagong Cawley
6β0, 7β6
w/o
7β6, 6β4
3β0
4β0 (100%)
20β16 (55.5%)
4
Virginia Wade
0β6, 6β7
1β6, 6β2, 6β4
5β7, 6β3, 0β6
1β2
3β5 (37.5%)
30β41 (42.3%)
3
5
Billie Jean King
w/o
6β1, 2β6, 4β6
w/o
0β3
1β2 (33.3%)
12β13 (48.0%)
4
7
Rosemary Casals
6β7, 4β6
7β5, 3β6, 6β0
w/o
2β1
2β3 (40.0%)
26β24 (52.0%)
See also
References
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