# Roland Garros 1978

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/249/roland-garros?season=1978
Tour: ATP

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: clay
- Location: Paris, France
- Start date: 1978-05-29
- End date: 1978-06-12

## Champion
- Winner: Bjorn Borg
- Runner-up: Guillermo Vilas
- Final score: 6-1 6-1 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Bjorn Borg d. Guillermo Vilas 6-1 6-1 6-3

### SF
- Guillermo Vilas d. Dick Stockton 6-3 6-3 6-2
- Bjorn Borg d. Corrado Barazzutti 6-0 6-1 6-0

### QF
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Eddie Dibbs 6-2 7-6 6-1
- Bjorn Borg d. Raul Ramirez 6-3 6-3 6-0
- Guillermo Vilas d. Hans Gildemeister 6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3
- Dick Stockton d. Manuel Orantes 7-5 6-1 6-3

### R16
- Hans Gildemeister d. John Alexander 7-5 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3
- Raul Ramirez d. Victor Pecci 6-2 6-2 7-6
- Guillermo Vilas d. Arthur Ashe 6-2 6-2 6-2
- Dick Stockton d. Rolf Gehring 7-5 6-1 6-3
- Eddie Dibbs d. Wojtek Fibak 6-3 7-5 6-1
- Bjorn Borg d. Roscoe Tanner 6-2 6-4 7-6
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Stanislav Birner 6-1 6-4 6-1
- Manuel Orantes d. Tim Gullikson 6-3 7-6 7-6

### R32
- Bjorn Borg d. Paolo Bertolucci 6-0 6-2 6-2
- Hans Gildemeister d. Harold Solomon 3-6 7-5 6-0 6-4
- Guillermo Vilas d. Yannick Noah 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1
- Eddie Dibbs d. Paul Mcnamee 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-1
- Manuel Orantes d. Tomas Smid 7-5 7-5 6-2
- Victor Pecci d. Buster C Mottram 6-3 6-0 6-0
- Wojtek Fibak d. John Lloyd 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-1
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Patrice Dominguez 5-7 6-4 7-5 6-2
- Arthur Ashe d. Jan Kodes 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-4
- Raul Ramirez d. Brian Teacher 6-2 6-4 6-4
- Dick Stockton d. Balazs Taroczy 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4
- Rolf Gehring d. Brian Gottfried 6-3 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-2
- John Alexander d. Ricardo Cano 7-6 6-2 6-3
- Tim Gullikson d. Jeff Borowiak 6-2 7-6 6-2
- Stanislav Birner d. Stan Smith 7-6 6-2 6-4
- Roscoe Tanner d. Colin Dibley 7-5 7-6 6-4

### R64
- Guillermo Vilas d. Billy Martin 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-4
- Jan Kodes d. Nikola Pilic 3-6 6-3 7-5 7-6
- John Alexander d. Klaus Eberhard 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-2
- Dick Stockton d. John Marks 6-1 6-0 7-5
- Harold Solomon d. Belus Prajoux 7-6 6-3 6-7 6-3
- Jeff Borowiak d. Adriano Panatta 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-4
- John Lloyd d. Ulrich Pinner 2-6 0-6 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Rolf Gehring d. Terry Moor 4-6 3-6 7-6 7-5 6-3
- Stanislav Birner d. Zeljko Franulovic 7-6 7-5 6-2
- Stan Smith d. Colin Dowdeswell 7-6 3-6 5-7 7-6 6-4
- Victor Pecci d. Ivan Molina 6-2 6-3 6-4
- Brian Teacher d. Jose Higueras 6-2 6-4 6-3
- Tim Gullikson d. Georges Goven 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
- Tomas Smid d. Ricardo Ycaza 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-1
- Brian Gottfried d. David Carter 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4
- Wojtek Fibak d. Van Winitsky 6-1 6-2 6-3
- Eddie Dibbs d. Bob Giltinan 7-6 6-1 6-3
- Ricardo Cano d. Patrick Proisy 6-1 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-0
- Colin Dibley d. Heinz Gunthardt 6-3 6-3 7-6
- Raul Ramirez d. Antonio Zugarelli 6-1 6-3 6-2
- Balazs Taroczy d. Chris Lewis 6-1 6-1 6-1
- Patrice Dominguez d. Hank Pfister 7-6 5-7 7-5 6-2
- Buster C Mottram d. Christophe Roger-Vasselin 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-1
- Paolo Bertolucci d. George Hardie 6-2 6-3 7-5
- Yannick Noah d. Gilles Moretton 6-0 6-3 6-2
- Paul Mcnamee d. Terry Rocavert 6-2 6-3 6-3
- Corrado Barazzutti d. Gianni Ocleppo 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3
- Roscoe Tanner d. Pascal Portes 6-3 6-0 6-1
- Manuel Orantes d. Alejandro Pierola 7-5 6-1 7-6
- Bjorn Borg d. Rick Fagel 6-0 6-1 6-0
- Arthur Ashe d. Jose Luis Clerc 6-2 6-4 6-4

### R128
- Chris Lewis d. Rod Frawley 6-4 6-2 6-3
- Ivan Molina d. Bob Hewitt 7-5 7-5 6-4
- Brian Teacher d. Patricio Cornejo 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3
- Colin Dibley d. Karl Meiler 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-1
- Rolf Gehring d. Mike Fishbach 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-0 6-3
- Rick Fagel d. Paul Kronk 6-1 7-6 6-1
- Buster C Mottram d. Javier Soler 6-2 6-3 6-2
- John Lloyd d. Pat Dupre 6-0 7-5 6-3
- Stanislav Birner d. Mark Edmondson 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-2
- Guillermo Vilas d. Onny Parun 6-0 6-4 6-0
- Jan Kodes d. Brian Fairlie 6-2 6-0 6-1
- Tomas Smid d. Victor Amaya 7-6 4-6 RET
- David Carter d. Barry Phillips Moore 6-1 6-2 6-1
- Van Winitsky d. Kiyoshi Tanabe 6-2 6-4 6-3
- Wojtek Fibak d. Ismail El Shafei 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4
- Heinz Gunthardt d. Nick Saviano 6-3 6-2 7-6
- John Marks d. Dick Crealy 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3
- Brian Gottfried d. Bill Scanlon 6-2 6-2 6-0
- Terry Rocavert d. Werner Zirngibl 6-3 6-3 7-6
- Christophe Roger-Vasselin d. Steve Krulevitz 7-5 7-6 6-0
- Gilles Moretton d. Francois Jauffret 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-4
- Terry Moor d. Carlos Kirmayr 6-2 6-4 6-4
- Belus Prajoux d. Louk Sanders 7-5 6-7 4-6 6-1 6-2
- Nikola Pilic d. Herve Gauvain 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Lito Alvarez d. Pavel Slozil 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-2
- Arthur Ashe d. Phil Dent 6-4 6-1 6-2
- John Alexander d. Jean Francois Caujolle 6-1 6-4 6-3
- Adriano Panatta d. Jiri Granat 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-1
- Raul Ramirez d. Bernard Fritz 6-2 6-0 6-4
- Dick Stockton d. Robin Drysdale 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-1
- Colin Dowdeswell d. Tom Gullikson 6-3 5-7 6-3 1-6 6-3
- Antonio Zugarelli d. Peter Pearson 6-2 7-6 6-4
- Georges Goven d. Vladimir Zednik 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-2
- Alejandro Pierola d. Bernie Mitton 6-3 2-6 0-6 6-3 6-0
- Hans Gildemeister d. Jerome Vanier 6-1 6-3 6-4
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Erik Van Dillen 6-2 7-5 6-1
- Pascal Portes d. Jean Louis Haillet 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Balazs Taroczy d. Denis Naegelen 6-0 6-3 6-0
- Paolo Bertolucci d. Birger Andersson 6-4 3-6 6-3 0-6 6-4
- Bjorn Borg d. Eric Deblicker 6-1 6-1 6-1
- Eddie Dibbs d. Antonio Munoz 6-1 6-3 6-1
- Harold Solomon d. John Feaver 6-2 7-5 6-2
- Ricardo Ycaza d. Richard Lewis 6-3 7-5 6-3
- Corrado Barazzutti d. John Yuill 3-6 7-6 6-3 0-1 RET
- Yannick Noah d. Alvaro Fillol 6-2 6-2 6-3
- Patrick Proisy d. Byron Bertram 6-3 6-3 7-5
- Victor Pecci d. Bill Lloyd 6-4 7-5 6-1
- Jose Luis Clerc d. Ivan Lendl 6-3 6-0 6-3
- Stan Smith d. John James 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-5
- Manuel Orantes d. Tom Okker 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
- Paul Mcnamee d. Hans Kary 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5
- George Hardie d. Jose Moreno 5-7 6-1 6-7 7-6 6-1
- Klaus Eberhard d. Peter Elter 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-2
- Gianni Ocleppo d. Sashi Menon 6-3 6-2 6-4
- Roscoe Tanner d. Jurgen Fassbender 6-2 4-1 RET
- Jeff Borowiak d. Christophe Freyss 7-5 6-4 6-0
- Billy Martin d. Pavel Hutka 7-6 6-0 6-1
- Hank Pfister d. Rick Fisher 6-3 7-5 6-3
- Ulrich Pinner d. Gene Mayer 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-2 RET
- Ricardo Cano d. Nicola Spear 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-5
- Bob Giltinan d. Cliff Richey 6-2 6-2 7-5
- Patrice Dominguez d. Kim Warwick 6-1 7-6 6-7 3-6 6-3
- Jose Higueras d. Dominique Bedel 6-0 6-2 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 125
- Players: 127

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/249/roland-garros?season=1978
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