1978 Virginia Slims Championships

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1978 Virginia Slims Championships
DateMarch 29 – April 2 [1]
Edition7th
Category Virginia Slims Championships
Draw8S (RR)
Prize money$150,000
Location Oakland, United States
Venue Oakland Coliseum Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martina Navratilova
  1977  ·
·  1979  

The 1978 Virginia Slims Championships were the seventh WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1978 WTA Tour. The singles event consisted of two round robin groups (Gold and Orange) of four players each. [2] The winners of each group played each other in the final and additionally there was a play-off match for third place. [1] The tournament was held from March 29 to April 2, 1978, in the Oakland Coliseum Arena. Top-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles event and the accompanying $50,000 first prize money. [3] [1] [4] [5]

Contents

The doubles tournament was held separately in Salt Lake City, Utah as the fourth edition of the WTA Doubles Championships.

Final

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evonne Goolagong, 7–6(5–0), 6–4

Prize money

EventWF3rd4th5th6th7th8th
Singles [2] $50,000$30,000$16,000$14,000$11,000$11,000$9,000$9,000

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1978 Virginia Slims Championships" (PDF). WTATour.com. Retrieved February 23, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 292, 299, 523.
  3. John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 179–182, 185. ISBN   978-0354090681.
  4. "Navratilova cops women's net title". Nashua Telegraph . UPI. April 3, 1978. p. 26 via Google News Archive.
  5. "Martina grabs tour title". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . April 3, 1978. p. 3D via Google News Archive.