# Roland Garros 1978

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:38/roland-garros?season=1978
Tour: WTA

## Tournament info
- Category: Grand Slam
- Surface: clay
- Location: Paris, France
- Start date: 1978-05-29
- End date: 1978-06-11

## Champion
- Winner: Virginia Ruzici
- Runner-up: Mima Jausovec
- Final score: 6-2 6-2

## Knockout results
### F
- Virginia Ruzici d. Mima Jausovec 6-2 6-2

### SF
- Mima Jausovec d. Regina Marsikova 6-3 6-4
- Virginia Ruzici d. Brigitte Simon Glinel 6-3 6-0

### QF
- Brigitte Simon Glinel d. Miroslava Kozeluhova 6-3 6-3
- Regina Marsikova d. Helga Masthoff 6-3 6-3
- Mima Jausovec d. Kathy May 6-4 6-2
- Virginia Ruzici d. Fiorella Bonicelli 6-7 6-4 8-6

### R16
- Miroslava Kozeluhova d. Patricia Medrado 6-3 6-4
- Fiorella Bonicelli d. Pam Teeguarden 6-3 6-7 6-4
- Regina Marsikova d. Mariana Simionescu 6-1 6-4
- Brigitte Simon Glinel d. Viviana Gonzalez 6-4 6-3
- Virginia Ruzici d. Frederique Thibault 6-3 6-2
- Kathy May d. Hana Strachonova 6-1 6-0
- Helga Masthoff d. Lesley Hunt 7-6 6-4
- Mima Jausovec d. Lesley Turner 6-1 6-3

### R32
- Fiorella Bonicelli d. Hana Mandlikova 6-2 7-5
- Mariana Simionescu d. Iva Budarova 6-7 7-5 6-3
- Virginia Ruzici d. Elisabeth Ekblom 6-1 6-3
- Viviana Gonzalez d. Nancy Richey 6-4 4-6 6-3
- Pam Teeguarden d. Heidi Eisterlehner 6-1 6-4
- Mima Jausovec d. Betsy Nagelsen 6-4 6-2
- Kathy May d. Helle Sparre 4-6 6-2 8-6
- Helga Masthoff d. Mareen Louie Harper 3-6 6-4 6-2
- Regina Marsikova d. Diane Desfor 6-0 6-4
- Miroslava Kozeluhova d. Sylvie Rual 1-6 6-2 6-3
- Frederique Thibault d. Kate Latham 7-5 6-3
- Brigitte Simon Glinel d. Amanda Tobin 6-1 6-1
- Lesley Turner d. Michelle Tyler 7-5 6-4
- Hana Strachonova d. Renata Tomanova 6-3 6-7 6-4
- Patricia Medrado d. Jeanne Evert 6-1 6-2
- Lesley Hunt d. Katja Ebbinghaus 6-4 5-7 6-0

### R64
- Jeanne Evert d. Sabina Simmonds 6-7 6-3 6-2
- Miroslava Kozeluhova d. Laura Dupont 6-4 2-6 6-3
- Elisabeth Ekblom d. Cynthia Doerner 6-2 7-5
- Brigitte Simon Glinel d. Florenta Mihai 7-5 6-2
- Lesley Hunt d. Nancy Ornstein 6-2 6-3
- Nancy Richey d. Patricia Bostrom 6-2 6-2
- Betsy Nagelsen d. Sylvia Hanika 6-4 7-5
- Pam Teeguarden d. Janet Newberry 7-5 2-6 7-5
- Regina Marsikova d. Pam Whytcross 7-5 6-1
- Diane Desfor d. Helena Anliot 6-7 6-3 6-3
- Patricia Medrado d. Iris Riedel Kuhn 6-4 2-6 6-3
- Mima Jausovec d. Sharon Walsh Pete 6-1 6-3
- Iva Budarova d. Jackie Fayter 6-1 6-3
- Katja Ebbinghaus d. Chris Oneil 6-2 2-6 6-2
- Hana Strachonova d. Raquel Giscafre 7-6 6-1
- Renata Tomanova d. Nerida Gregory 6-1 7-5
- Mariana Simionescu d. Dianne Evers 6-4 6-2
- Virginia Ruzici d. Marjorie Blackwood 6-4 6-0
- Helle Sparre d. Mimi Wikstedt 6-3 6-4
- Kathy May d. Donna Ganz 6-1 6-2
- Mareen Louie Harper d. Robin Harris 6-2 6-3
- Viviana Gonzalez d. Nina Bohm 6-4 6-3
- Lesley Turner d. Glynis Coles 7-5 6-4
- Sylvie Rual d. Beatrix Klein 6-1 6-2
- Helga Masthoff d. Ivanna Madruga 4-6 6-0 6-4
- Kate Latham d. Gail Sherriff 4-6 6-4 6-4
- Amanda Tobin d. Jane Stratton 6-1 6-2
- Fiorella Bonicelli d. Nathalie Fuchs 6-4 6-1
- Michelle Tyler d. Ruta Gerulaitis 6-2 6-2
- Frederique Thibault d. Caroline Stoll 6-3 6-4
- Hana Mandlikova d. Marie Pinterova 6-2 6-1
- Heidi Eisterlehner d. Paula Smith 4-6 6-3 6-2

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

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