# Japan Open 1978

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=1978
Tour: ATP

Adriano Panatta won the 1978 Japan Open, defeating Pat Dupre 6-3 6-3 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on clay courts in Tokyo, Japan, from October 23 to October 29, 1978. The match log contains 47 recorded singles results for this edition.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo Open, Rakuten Japan Open
- Category: ATP 250
- Surface: clay
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Start date: 1978-10-23
- End date: 1978-10-29

## Champion
- Winner: Adriano Panatta
- Runner-up: Pat Dupre
- Final score: 6-3 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Adriano Panatta d. Pat Dupre 6-3 6-3

### SF
- Adriano Panatta d. Buster C Mottram 6-4 4-6 6-4
- Pat Dupre d. Zeljko Franulovic 4-6 7-6 6-4

### QF
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Eddie Dibbs 6-3 6-3
- Buster C Mottram d. Nick Saviano 6-1 6-2
- Pat Dupre d. Geoff Masters 3-6 6-0 6-2
- Adriano Panatta d. Jun Kuki 6-4 6-4

### R16
- Buster C Mottram d. Mike Cahill 6-4 6-3
- Zeljko Franulovic d. Sherwood Stewart 6-3 6-3
- Geoff Masters d. Kim Warwick 6-4 6-3
- Pat Dupre d. Tony Roche 7-5 6-3
- Jun Kuki d. Alvin Gardiner 6-4 6-3
- Eddie Dibbs d. Phil Dent 7-5 6-1
- Nick Saviano d. Terry Moor 3-6 6-3 6-3
- Adriano Panatta d. Jun Kamiwazumi 6-7 7-6 6-3

### R32
- Jun Kamiwazumi d. Syd Ball 6-3 6-3
- Nick Saviano d. Scott Carnahan 6-0 6-1
- Adriano Panatta d. Akinori Naguro 6-2 6-1
- Phil Dent d. Chris Kachel 4-6 6-1 6-3
- Kim Warwick d. Sachio Kato 6-4 6-3
- Buster C Mottram d. Akira Kawaguchi 6-2 6-1
- Sherwood Stewart d. Nobuya Tamura 4-6 6-2 6-0
- Alvin Gardiner d. Butch Walts 4-6 6-2 6-1
- Jun Kuki d. Shinichi Sakamoto 6-3 6-7 6-2
- Terry Moor d. Kenichi Hirai 6-2 5-7 6-4
- Tony Roche d. Tsuyoshi Fukui 5-7 6-4 6-1
- Geoff Masters d. Takao Yamamoto 6-4 6-2
- Eddie Dibbs d. Takehiko Nishiwaki 6-2 6-3
- Mike Cahill d. Ross Case 6-7 6-2 6-3
- Pat Dupre d. Mark Edmondson 6-4 7-6
- Zeljko Franulovic d. David Carter 7-6 6-3

### R64
- Jun Kamiwazumi d. Colin Dibley 3-6 6-3 6-1
- Buster C Mottram d. Bhanu Nunna 6-1 6-2
- Kim Warwick d. John Marks 6-4 6-1
- Terry Moor d. Shigeyuki Nishio 6-3 7-5
- Jun Kuki d. Hank Pfister 6-2 6-2
- Tony Roche d. Kiyoshi Tanabe 6-0 6-1
- David Carter d. Asher Kahn 6-0 6-3
- Geoff Masters d. Sashi Menon 6-3 6-2
- Takehiko Nishiwaki d. Akifumi Machidori 6-4 6-2
- Sherwood Stewart d. Akira Motomura 6-4 7-5
- Butch Walts d. Ramesh Krishnan 5-7 7-5 6-3
- Akinori Naguro d. Jim Mcmanus 6-2 6-2
- Mark Edmondson d. Etsuo Uchiyama 6-4 6-3
- Phil Dent d. Taisen Kanai 4-6 7-5 6-2
- Ross Case d. Tetsu Kuramitsu 6-7 6-0 6-0
- Scott Carnahan d. Osuma Nakamura 6-4 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 47
- Players: 48

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=1978
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)