1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships
1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships | |
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Date | February 27 – March 5 |
Edition | 9th |
Category | Grand Prix |
Draw | 32S/16D |
Prize money | $225,000 |
Surface | Carpet / Indoor |
Location | Memphis, TN, USA |
Venue | Racquet Club of Memphis |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Jimmy Connors [1] | |
Doubles | |
Raúl Ramírez / Brian Gottfried [2] |
The 1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament was held from February 27 through March 5, 1978. Jimmy Connors won the singles title and $39,000 first-prize money.[3][4]
Champions
Men's Singles
Jimmy Connors defeated Tim Gullikson 7–6, 6–3
Men's Doubles
Raúl Ramírez / Brian Gottfried defeated Phil Dent / John Newcombe 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
References
- ↑ "ATP – 1978 Memphis Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
- ↑ "ATP – 1978 Memphis Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. ATP.
- ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1978). World of Tennis 1978 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9780354090391.
- ↑ "Gullikson Tough, But Connors Wins". Reading Eagle. Mar 6, 1978.
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