1978 Rio de la Plata Championships

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1978 Rio de la Plata Championships
Date30 October – 5 November
Category Colgate Series (A)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$35,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Stoll
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss
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The 1978 Rio de la Plata Championships, also known as the River Plate Championships, was a women's singles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Buenos Aires in Argentina. The event was part of the A [a] category of the 1978 Colgate Series. The tournament was held from 30 October through 5 November 1978. [1] Third-seeded Caroline Stoll won the singles title and earned $6,000 first-prize money. [1] [2]

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Winners

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Stoll defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Emilse Raponi 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss defeated Flag of the United States.svg Laura DuPont / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Regina Maršíková 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles [1] $6,000$3,000$1,800$900$600$325

Notes

  1. ↑ Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $35,000.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000005-QINU`"'

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 292.
  2. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 138, 140, 158. ISBN   978-0354090681.
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