1978 Swiss Indoors – Doubles

Doubles
1978 Swiss Indoors
ChampionPoland Wojciech Fibak
United States John McEnroe
Runner-upUnited States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
Score7–6, 7–5
Draw16
Seeds4

The 1978 Swiss Indoors – Doubles was an event of the 1978 Swiss Indoors tennis tournament and was played on indoor hard courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, between 24 October and 29 October 1978. The draw consisted of 16 teams and four of them were seeded. Mark Cox and Buster Mottram were the defending Swiss Indoors doubles champions but did not participate in this edition. The first-seeded team of Wojciech Fibak and John McEnroe won the doubles title after a win in the final against unseeded pairing Bruce Manson and Andrew Pattison, 7–6, 7–5.[1][2]

Seeds

Draw

Key

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States John McEnroe
6 6
Germany Rolf Gehring
Germany Ulrich Pinner
3 4 1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States John McEnroe
7 6
France Bernard Fritz
Sweden Jan Norbäck
1 2 India Vijay Amritraj
India Ashok Amritraj
6 4
India Vijay Amritraj
India Ashok Amritraj
6 6 1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States John McEnroe
6 4 6
United States Victor Amaya
United States Dick R. Bohrnstedt
6 3 7 4 United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
4 6 4
Czech Republic Jiří Hřebec
Czech Republic Vladimír Zedník
2 6 6 United States Victor Amaya
United States Dick R. Bohrnstedt
6 3
France Patrice Dominguez
United States David Schneider
2 2 4 United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
7 6
4 United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
6 6 1 Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States John McEnroe
7 7
3 India Anand Amritraj
South Africa Raymond Moore
6 2 6 United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
6 5
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
France Christophe Roger-Vasselin
3 6 4 3 India Anand Amritraj
South Africa Raymond Moore
5 6
United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
6 6 6 United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
7 7
United Kingdom John Lloyd
United Kingdom David Lloyd
3 7 3 United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
2 7 6
Switzerland Markus Günthardt
Switzerland Renato Schmitz
4 7 1 2 Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6 6 4
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
United States Trey Waltke
6 6 6 Egypt Ismail El Shafei
United States Trey Waltke
2 6
Spain Ángel Giménez
Spain Fernando Soler
3 2 2 Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6 7
2 Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6 6

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 26, 29, 126. ISBN 978-0354090681.
  2. ^ "1978 Basel – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).