1978 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles

Singles
1978 Benson & Hedges Championships
ChampionUnited States John McEnroe
Runner-upUnited States Tim Gullikson
Score6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2
Draw32
Seeds8

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]

Seeds

  1. United States Vitas Gerulaitis (second round)
  2. United States Eddie Dibbs (second round)
  3. United States John McEnroe (champion)
  4. United States Brian Gottfried (second round)
  5. Italy Corrado Barazzutti (quarterfinals)
  6. United States Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Harold Solomon (second round)
  8. United States Roscoe Tanner (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Italy Corrado Barazzutti 6 6
United States Bob Lutz 0 1 5 Italy Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6
Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6 Romania Ilie Năstase 3 7 3
United States Peter Fleming 3 4 5 Italy Corrado Barazzutti 0 6
Germany Karl Meiler 1 3 3 United States John McEnroe 6 7
Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6 Netherlands Tom Okker 2 3
United Kingdom David Lloyd 4 2 3 United States John McEnroe 6 6
3 United States John McEnroe 6 6 3 United States John McEnroe 6 6
8 United States Roscoe Tanner 6 6 9 United States Dick Stockton 4 3
United States Tom Gullikson 3 7 7 8 United States Roscoe Tanner 3 4
United States Dick Stockton 6 6 United States Dick Stockton 6 6
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd 1 4 United States Dick Stockton 6 4 8
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 1 6 5 Italy Adriano Panatta 3 6 6
Italy Adriano Panatta 6 4 7 Italy Adriano Panatta 6 6
South Africa Frew McMillan 3 0 2 United States Eddie Dibbs 1 3
2 United States Eddie Dibbs 6 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 26, 29, 112–113. ISBN 978-0354090681.
  2. ^ "1978 Wembley – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).