1978 Cathay Trust Championships

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1978 Cathay Trust Championships
Date13–19 November
Edition2nd
Category Grand Prix
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $50,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Taipei, Taiwan
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Teacher [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Butch Walts / Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart [2]
  1977  · Taipei Grand Prix ·  1979  

The 1978 Cathay Trust Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Taipei, Taiwan that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 13 November through 19 November 1978. Second-seeded Brian Teacher won the singles title. [3]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Brian Teacher defeated Flag of the United States.svg Tom Gorman 6–3, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Butch Walts / Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Edmondson / Flag of the United States.svg John Marks 6–2, 6–7, 7–6

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References

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  2. "1978 Taipei – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 126. ISBN   978-0354090681.