# Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 1978

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:27/porsche-tennis-grand-prix?season=1978
Tour: WTA

Tracy Austin won the 1978 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, defeating Betty Stove 6-3 6-3 in the final. The WTA 500 event was played October 23–29 on carpet courts in Filderstadt, Germany.

The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is the women's indoor clay-court event staged at Porsche Arena in Stuttgart.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Stuttgart Open, WTA Stuttgart, Filderstadt
- Category: WTA 500
- Surface: Carpet
- Location: Filderstadt, Germany
- Start date: 1978-10-23
- End date: 1978-10-29

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## Champion
- Winner: Tracy Austin
- Runner-up: Betty Stove
- Final score: 6-3 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Tracy Austin def. Betty Stove 6-3 6-3

### SF
- Betty Stove def. Virginia Ruzici  
- Tracy Austin def. Mima Jausovec 7-6 6-1

### QF
- Mima Jausovec def. Lesley Hunt 7-6 6-4
- Tracy Austin def. Sabina Simmonds 6-1 6-0
- Virginia Ruzici def. Nina Bohm 5-7 7-6 6-3
- Betty Stove def. Heidi Eisterlehner 6-3 6-3

### R16
- Tracy Austin def. Betsy Nagelsen 6-3 6-1
- Sabina Simmonds def. Tine Zwaan 7-6 6-4
- Virginia Ruzici def. Iris Riedel Kuhn 6-3 7-6
- Mima Jausovec def. Rene Blount 6-3 6-3
- Heidi Eisterlehner def. Jutta Diesslin 6-4 6-1
- Betty Stove def. Sharon Walsh Pete 6-3 6-4
- Nina Bohm def. Tanya Harford 7-6 4-6 6-2
- Lesley Hunt def. Sylvia Hanika 6-3 7-5

### R32
- Iris Riedel Kuhn def. Katja Ebbinghaus 7-5 6-3
- Heidi Eisterlehner def. Joanne Russell 6-2 6-3
- Sharon Walsh Pete def. Michele Gurdal 7-6 6-3
- Rene Blount def. Marie Pinterova 6-1 6-2
- Tanya Harford def. Cynthia Ashling 6-2 6-2
- Mima Jausovec def. Jackie Fayter 6-7 6-1 6-3
- Sylvia Hanika def. Jeanne Evert 6-1 6-3
- Betty Stove def. Marlie Buehler 6-3 6-4
- Lesley Hunt def. Glynis Coles 7-6 6-2
- Sabina Simmonds def. Brigette Cuypers 6-0 5-7 6-4
- Betsy Nagelsen def. Elly Appel 2-6 6-3 6-4
- Jutta Diesslin def. Anthea Stewart 6-3 6-7 6-4
- Virginia Ruzici def. Kate Glancy 6-2 6-2
- Tracy Austin def. Elke Renz 6-0 6-1
- Tine Zwaan def. Petra Van Oyen 1-6 6-4 6-1
- Nina Bohm def. Renata Tomanova 7-5 6-1

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

Other editions available: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:27/porsche-tennis-grand-prix?season=1978
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