1978 Bridgestone Doubles Championships

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1978 Bridgestone Doubles Championships
DateApril 5–8
Edition4th
Draw8D
Prize money$100,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Venue Salt Palace
Champions
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King / Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
  1977  · WTA Doubles Championships ·  1979  

The 1978 Bridgestone Doubles Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah in the United States that was part of the Colgate Series of the 1978 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from April 5 through April 8, 1978. The first-seeded team of Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova won the title and earned $36,000 first-prize money [1]

Contents

Final

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Billie Jean King / Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova defeated Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade 6–4, 6–4

See also

References

  1. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 292, 529.