# Madrid 1978

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/245/madrid?season=1978
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: clay
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Start date: 1978-10-08
- End date: 1978-10-14

## Champion
- Winner: Jose Higueras
- Runner-up: Tomas Smid
- Final score: 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-4

## Knockout results
### F
- Jose Higueras d. Tomas Smid 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-4

### SF
- Tomas Smid d. Balazs Taroczy 7-6 7-5
- Jose Higueras d. Corrado Barazzutti 6-1 6-7 6-4

### QF
- Balazs Taroczy d. Jaime Fillol 6-3 6-3
- Tomas Smid d. Adriano Panatta 4-6 7-6 6-4
- Jose Higueras d. Hans Gildemeister 6-7 7-6 8-6
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Pavel Slozil 6-4 7-5

### R16
- Balazs Taroczy d. Ivan Molina 7-5 6-2
- Pavel Slozil d. Wojtek Fibak 6-2 7-5
- Tomas Smid d. Jose Luis Clerc 6-4 6-2
- Adriano Panatta d. Vladimir Zednik 6-2 7-6
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Zeljko Franulovic 6-2 6-2
- Hans Gildemeister d. Ulrich Pinner 6-3 6-1
- Jose Higueras d. Chris Lewis 3-6 6-4 6-4
- Jaime Fillol d. Jan Kodes 6-4 2-6 6-3

### R32
- Ivan Molina d. Fernando Luna 2-6 6-4 6-3
- Hans Gildemeister d. Per Hjertquist 6-4 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Manuel Orantes 7-6 6-4
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Andreas Maurer 7-6 7-5
- Chris Lewis d. L Maeso 6-3 6-4
- Wojtek Fibak d. Ulf Eriksson 6-2 6-2
- Pavel Slozil d. Javier Soler 7-5 6-1
- Balazs Taroczy d. Paolo Bertolucci 1-6 6-0 6-2
- Vladimir Zednik d. Jairo Velasco 4-6 6-2 6-2
- Adriano Panatta d. Colin Dowdeswell 6-3 6-4
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Hans Kary 7-6 6-1
- Jose Higueras d. Jiri Hrebec 2-1 RET
- Jaime Fillol d. Fernando Vasquez 7-6 6-3
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Ricardo Ycaza 7-5 6-4
- Tomas Smid d. Georges Goven 6-2 6-1
- Ulrich Pinner d. Pavel Hutka 6-1 6-1

### R64
- Tomas Smid d. Janos Benyik 6-4 6-2
- Adriano Panatta d. Lito Alvarez 6-1 6-1
- Andreas Maurer d. Rolf Gehring 6-4 6-2
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Ferdi Taygan 2-6 6-2 6-1
- L Maeso d. Peter Elter 6-2 6-2
- Fernando Vasquez d. Richard Lewis 6-2 6-3
- Pavel Slozil d. Karl Meiler 6-1 6-1
- Fernando Luna d. Jiri Granat 6-2 6-3
- Hans Kary d. Werner Zirngibl 6-0 3-6 6-3
- Hans Gildemeister d. Alejandro Pierola 6-4 5-7 6-3
- Jiri Hrebec d. Gabriel Urpi 6-2 6-2
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Jean Louis Haillet 6-4 7-6
- Ulrich Pinner d. Bernard Fritz 6-1 3-6 6-3
- Georges Goven d. Heinz Gunthardt 6-2 6-7 6-4
- Wojtek Fibak d. Ramiro Benavides 6-4 7-5
- Chris Lewis d. Gonzalo Nunez 6-1 6-2
- Jan Kodes d. Robin Drysdale 6-1 4-6 6-1
- Vladimir Zednik d. Peter Feigl 4-6 6-2 4-0 RET
- Jaime Fillol d. Belus Prajoux 7-6 6-3
- Manuel Orantes d. Alvaro Betancur 6-4 6-3
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Alvaro Fillol 6-3 4-6 6-4
- Colin Dowdeswell d. Ivan Lendl 4-6 7-5 6-3
- Ricardo Ycaza d. John Feaver 6-2 1-6 6-3
- Pavel Hutka d. Gilles Moretton 3-6 6-0 6-3
- Per Hjertquist d. Tim Garcia 6-4 6-0
- Jairo Velasco d. Stanislav Birner 6-1 2-6 7-5
- Ivan Molina d. Francisco Gonzalez 6-3 3-6 6-4
- Jose Higueras d. Paul Mcnamee 6-3 6-3
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Roberto Vizcaino 6-4 6-1
- Javier Soler d. Antonio Munoz 6-1 6-3
- Balazs Taroczy d. Klaus Eberhard 7-5 6-2
- Ulf Eriksson d. Juan Ignacio Muntanola 6-3 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 63
- Players: 64

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/245/madrid?season=1978
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