1978 Florida Federal Open

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1978 Florida Federal Open
DateNovember 6–12
Edition6th
Category Colgate Series (AA)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$75,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Oldsmar, United States
VenueEast Lake Woodlands Country Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith
  1977  · Eckerd Open ·  1979  

The 1978 Florida Federal Open was a women's singles tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at East Lake Woodlands Country Club in Oldsmar, Florida in the United States. The event was part of the AA [lower-alpha 1] category of the 1978 Colgate Series. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from November 6 through November 12, 1978. [2] Third-seeded Virginia Wade won the title and earned $14,000 first-prize money. [2] [1] [3]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade defeated Flag of the United States.svg Anna-Maria Fernandez 6–4, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry Reid / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles [2] $14,000$7,100 [lower-alpha 2] $3,500$1,850$1,000$550

Notes

  1. Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $75,000. [1]
  2. Because Anna-Maria Fernandez was an amateur player her prize-money went to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). [3]

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