1978 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles

Singles
1978 Benson & Hedges Championships
Champion	John McEnroe
Runner-up	Tim Gullikson
Score	6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2
Draw	32
Seeds	8

The 1978 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles was an event of the 1978 Benson & Hedges Championships tennis tournament and was played on iindoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 14 November and 18 November 1978. The draw comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. Björn Borg was the defending Wembley Championships singles champion but did not participate in this edition. Third-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title after a win in the final against unseeded Tim Gullikson, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2.^[1][2]

	Semifinals							Final
		Tim Gullikson	w/o
		Arthur Ashe
									Tim Gullikson	7	4	6	2
								3	John McEnroe	6	6	7	6
	3	John McEnroe	6	6
		Dick Stockton	4	3

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Vitas Gerulaitis	7	6
		Heinz Günthardt	5	3				1	Vitas Gerulaitis	4	7	3
		Vladimír Zedník	7	6	2				Tim Gullikson	6	5	6
		Tim Gullikson	6	7	6											Tim Gullikson	6	6
		Mark Cox	6	6											6	Sandy Mayer	2	2
		Wojciech Fibak	2	4					Mark Cox	1	5
		Bernard Mitton	2	6				6	Sandy Mayer	6	7
	6	Sandy Mayer	6	7																			Tim Gullikson	w/o
	4	Brian Gottfried	7	6																			Arthur Ashe
		Richard Lewis	6	0				4	Brian Gottfried	4	6	3
		Stan Smith	6	6					Stan Smith	6	3	6
		John Lloyd	3	4												Stan Smith	3	2
		Victor Amaya	6	6	3											Arthur Ashe	6	6
		Arthur Ashe	2	7	6				Arthur Ashe	2	6	6
		Eliot Teltscher	2	2				7	Harold Solomon	6	4	1
	7	Harold Solomon	6	6

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	Corrado Barazzutti	6	6
		Bob Lutz	0	1				5	Corrado Barazzutti	6	6	6
		Ilie Năstase	6	6					Ilie Năstase	3	7	3
		Peter Fleming	3	4											5	Corrado Barazzutti	0	6
		Karl Meiler	1	3											3	John McEnroe	6	7
		Tom Okker	6	6					Tom Okker	2	3
		David Lloyd	4	2				3	John McEnroe	6	6
	3	John McEnroe	6	6																		3	John McEnroe	6	6
	8	Roscoe Tanner	6	6	9																		Dick Stockton	4	3
		Tom Gullikson	3	7	7			8	Roscoe Tanner	3	4
		Dick Stockton	6	6					Dick Stockton	6	6
		Tomáš Šmíd	1	4												Dick Stockton	6	4	8
		Balázs Taróczy	1	6	5											Adriano Panatta	3	6	6
		Adriano Panatta	6	4	7				Adriano Panatta	6	6
		Frew McMillan	3	0				2	Eddie Dibbs	1	3
	2	Eddie Dibbs	6	6

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