1978 Wyler's Classic

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1978 Wyler's Classic
DateSeptember 25 – October 1
Edition3rd
Category Colgate Series (AAA)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $100,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
Location Atlanta, United States
Venue Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade
  1977  · WTA Atlanta ·  1979  

The 1978 Wyler's Classic was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. The event was part of the AAA [lower-alpha 1] category of the 1978 Colgate Series. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from September 25 through October 1, 1978. [2] Second-seeded Chris Evert won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money. [2] [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert defeated Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–3), 0–6, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of France.svg Françoise Dürr / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Virginia Wade defeated Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles [2] $20,000$10,000$5,000$2,600$1,300$700

Notes

  1. Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $100,000. [1]

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References

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