ATP Roland Garros 1978 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Bjorn Borg won the 1978 Roland Garros, defeating Guillermo Vilas 6-1 6-1 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 29 to June 12, 1978.

Champion
Bjorn Borg
def. Guillermo Vilas , 6-1 6-1 6-3
Dates
May 29 — Jun 12
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jun 12, 1978* F Bjorn Borg #2 6-1 6-1 6-3 Guillermo Vilas #3 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jun 11, 1978* SF Guillermo Vilas #2 6-3 6-3 6-2 Dick Stockton #16 H2H Match data
Jun 11, 1978* SF Bjorn Borg #3 6-0 6-1 6-0 Corrado Barazzutti #10 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jun 9, 1978* QF Corrado Barazzutti #10 6-2 7-6 6-1 Eddie Dibbs #6 H2H Match data
Jun 9, 1978* QF Bjorn Borg #3 6-3 6-3 6-0 Raul Ramirez #8 H2H Match data
Jun 9, 1978* QF Guillermo Vilas #2 6-4 2-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 Hans Gildemeister — Match data
Jun 9, 1978* QF Dick Stockton #16 7-5 6-1 6-3 Manuel Orantes #7 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Hans Gildemeister 7-5 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 John Alexander #21 — Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Raul Ramirez #8 6-2 6-2 7-6 Victor Pecci #57 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Guillermo Vilas #2 6-2 6-2 6-2 Arthur Ashe #27 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Dick Stockton #16 7-5 6-1 6-3 Rolf Gehring #152 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Eddie Dibbs #6 6-3 7-5 6-1 Wojtek Fibak #15 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Bjorn Borg #3 6-2 6-4 7-6 Roscoe Tanner #11 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Corrado Barazzutti #10 6-1 6-4 6-1 Stanislav Birner #229 H2H Match data
Jun 7, 1978* R16 Manuel Orantes #7 6-3 7-6 7-6 Tim Gullikson — Match data
R32 (16)
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Bjorn Borg #3 6-0 6-2 6-2 Paolo Bertolucci #47 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Hans Gildemeister 3-6 7-5 6-0 6-4 Harold Solomon #12 — Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Guillermo Vilas #2 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-1 Yannick Noah #96 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Eddie Dibbs #6 7-6 6-1 3-6 6-1 Paul Mcnamee #83 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Manuel Orantes #7 7-5 7-5 6-2 Tomas Smid #35 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Victor Pecci #57 6-3 6-0 6-0 Buster C Mottram #17 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Wojtek Fibak #15 6-1 4-6 6-1 6-1 John Lloyd — Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Corrado Barazzutti #10 5-7 6-4 7-5 6-2 Patrice Dominguez #65 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Arthur Ashe #27 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-4 Jan Kodes #61 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Raul Ramirez #8 6-2 6-4 6-4 Brian Teacher #58 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Dick Stockton #16 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-4 Balazs Taroczy #28 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Rolf Gehring #152 6-3 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 Brian Gottfried #5 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 John Alexander #21 7-6 6-2 6-3 Ricardo Cano #117 H2H Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Tim Gullikson 6-2 7-6 6-2 Jeff Borowiak #38 — Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Stanislav Birner #229 7-6 6-2 6-4 Stan Smith #25 — Match data
Jun 4, 1978* R32 Roscoe Tanner #11 7-5 7-6 6-4 Colin Dibley #55 H2H Match data
R64 (31)
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Guillermo Vilas #2 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-4 Billy Martin #69 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Jan Kodes #61 3-6 6-3 7-5 7-6 Nikola Pilic #93 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 John Alexander #21 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-2 Klaus Eberhard #272 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Dick Stockton #16 6-1 6-0 7-5 John Marks #180 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Harold Solomon #12 7-6 6-3 6-7 6-3 Belus Prajoux #126 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Jeff Borowiak #38 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-4 Adriano Panatta #23 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 John Lloyd 2-6 0-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 Ulrich Pinner #70 — Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Rolf Gehring #152 4-6 3-6 7-6 7-5 6-3 Terry Moor #56 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Stanislav Birner #229 7-6 7-5 6-2 Zeljko Franulovic #40 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Stan Smith #25 7-6 3-6 5-7 7-6 6-4 Colin Dowdeswell #74 — Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Victor Pecci #57 6-2 6-3 6-4 Ivan Molina #97 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Brian Teacher #58 6-2 6-4 6-3 Jose Higueras #19 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Tim Gullikson 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 Georges Goven #98 — Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Tomas Smid #35 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-1 Ricardo Ycaza #97 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Brian Gottfried #5 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-4 David Carter #258 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Wojtek Fibak #15 6-1 6-2 6-3 Van Winitsky #99 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Eddie Dibbs #6 7-6 6-1 6-3 Bob Giltinan #65 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Ricardo Cano #117 6-1 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-0 Patrick Proisy #43 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Colin Dibley #55 6-3 6-3 7-6 Heinz Gunthardt #53 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Raul Ramirez #8 6-1 6-3 6-2 Antonio Zugarelli #77 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Balazs Taroczy #28 6-1 6-1 6-1 Chris Lewis #46 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Patrice Dominguez #65 7-6 5-7 7-5 6-2 Hank Pfister #31 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Buster C Mottram #17 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-1 Christophe Roger-Vasselin #93 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Paolo Bertolucci #47 6-2 6-3 7-5 George Hardie #92 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Yannick Noah #96 6-0 6-3 6-2 Gilles Moretton #217 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Paul Mcnamee #83 6-2 6-3 6-3 Terry Rocavert #147 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Corrado Barazzutti #10 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 Gianni Ocleppo #207 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Roscoe Tanner #11 6-3 6-0 6-1 Pascal Portes #352 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Manuel Orantes #7 7-5 6-1 7-6 Alejandro Pierola #217 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Bjorn Borg #3 6-0 6-1 6-0 Rick Fagel #90 H2H Match data
Jun 2, 1978* R64 Arthur Ashe #27 6-2 6-4 6-4 Jose Luis Clerc #89 H2H Match data
R128 (63)
May 31, 1978* R128 Chris Lewis #46 6-4 6-2 6-3 Rod Frawley #197 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Ivan Molina #97 7-5 7-5 6-4 Bob Hewitt #100 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Brian Teacher #58 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-3 Patricio Cornejo #73 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Colin Dibley #55 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-1 Karl Meiler #30 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Rolf Gehring #152 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-0 6-3 Mike Fishbach #64 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Rick Fagel #90 6-1 7-6 6-1 Paul Kronk — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Buster C Mottram #17 6-2 6-3 6-2 Javier Soler #149 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 John Lloyd 6-0 7-5 6-3 Pat Dupre #54 — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Stanislav Birner #229 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 Mark Edmondson #133 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Guillermo Vilas #2 6-0 6-4 6-0 Onny Parun #146 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Jan Kodes #61 6-2 6-0 6-1 Brian Fairlie #96 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Tomas Smid #35 7-6 4-6 (ret.) Victor Amaya #49 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 David Carter #258 6-1 6-2 6-1 Barry Phillips Moore — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Van Winitsky #99 6-2 6-4 6-3 Kiyoshi Tanabe #352 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Wojtek Fibak #15 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4 Ismail El Shafei — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Heinz Gunthardt #53 6-3 6-2 7-6 Nick Saviano #59 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 John Marks #180 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-3 Dick Crealy #84 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Brian Gottfried #5 6-2 6-2 6-0 Bill Scanlon #95 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Terry Rocavert #147 6-3 6-3 7-6 Werner Zirngibl #160 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Christophe Roger-Vasselin #93 7-5 7-6 6-0 Steve Krulevitz #119 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Gilles Moretton #217 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-4 Francois Jauffret #79 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Terry Moor #56 6-2 6-4 6-4 Carlos Kirmayr #91 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Belus Prajoux #126 7-5 6-7 4-6 6-1 6-2 Louk Sanders #100 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Nikola Pilic #93 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-2 Herve Gauvain #245 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Lito Alvarez 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 Pavel Slozil #223 — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Arthur Ashe #27 6-4 6-1 6-2 Phil Dent #26 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 John Alexander #21 6-1 6-4 6-3 Jean Francois Caujolle #85 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Adriano Panatta #23 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 Jiri Granat #94 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Raul Ramirez #8 6-2 6-0 6-4 Bernard Fritz #184 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Dick Stockton #16 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-1 Robin Drysdale #70 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Colin Dowdeswell #74 6-3 5-7 6-3 1-6 6-3 Tom Gullikson — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Antonio Zugarelli #77 6-2 7-6 6-4 Peter Pearson #187 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Georges Goven #98 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-2 Vladimir Zednik #48 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Alejandro Pierola #217 6-3 2-6 0-6 6-3 6-0 Bernie Mitton #80 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Hans Gildemeister 6-1 6-3 6-4 Jerome Vanier #322 — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Zeljko Franulovic #40 6-2 7-5 6-1 Erik Van Dillen — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Pascal Portes #352 6-3 6-2 6-4 Jean Louis Haillet #156 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Balazs Taroczy #28 6-0 6-3 6-0 Denis Naegelen #298 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Paolo Bertolucci #47 6-4 3-6 6-3 0-6 6-4 Birger Andersson #197 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Bjorn Borg #3 6-1 6-1 6-1 Eric Deblicker #72 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Eddie Dibbs #6 6-1 6-3 6-1 Antonio Munoz #147 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Harold Solomon #12 6-2 7-5 6-2 John Feaver — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Ricardo Ycaza #97 6-3 7-5 6-3 Richard Lewis #93 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Corrado Barazzutti #10 3-6 7-6 6-3 0-1 (ret.) John Yuill #96 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Yannick Noah #96 6-2 6-2 6-3 Alvaro Fillol #166 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Patrick Proisy #43 6-3 6-3 7-5 Byron Bertram #63 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Victor Pecci #57 6-4 7-5 6-1 Bill Lloyd — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Jose Luis Clerc #89 6-3 6-0 6-3 Ivan Lendl H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Stan Smith #25 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-5 John James #100 — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Manuel Orantes #7 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Tom Okker #97 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Paul Mcnamee #83 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-5 Hans Kary #100 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 George Hardie #92 5-7 6-1 6-7 7-6 6-1 Jose Moreno — Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Klaus Eberhard #272 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-2 Peter Elter #156 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Gianni Ocleppo #207 6-3 6-2 6-4 Sashi Menon #175 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Roscoe Tanner #11 6-2 4-1 (ret.) Jurgen Fassbender #99 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Jeff Borowiak #38 7-5 6-4 6-0 Christophe Freyss #141 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Billy Martin #69 7-6 6-0 6-1 Pavel Hutka #137 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Hank Pfister #31 6-3 7-5 6-3 Rick Fisher #113 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Ulrich Pinner #70 4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 3-2 (ret.) Gene Mayer #62 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Ricardo Cano #117 3-6 6-4 6-3 7-5 Nicola Spear #131 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Bob Giltinan #65 6-2 6-2 7-5 Cliff Richey #45 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Patrice Dominguez #65 6-1 7-6 6-7 3-6 6-3 Kim Warwick #39 H2H Match data
May 31, 1978* R128 Jose Higueras #19 6-0 6-2 6-3 Dominique Bedel #205 H2H Match data

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