WTA Wimbledon 1978 Draw & Results

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Martina Navratilova won the 1978 Wimbledon, defeating Chris Evert 2-6 6-4 7-5 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 26–July 10 on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Martina Navratilova
def. Chris Evert , 2-6 6-4 7-5
Dates
Jun 26 — Jul 10
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Match type

95 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1978 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Martina Navratilova 2-6 6-4 7-5 Chris Evert 2× CH H2H Match data Jul 10, 1978* F
SF (2)
Martina Navratilova 2-6 6-4 6-4 Evonne Goolagong CH H2H Match data Jul 9, 1978* SF
Chris Evert 2× CH 8-6 6-2 Virginia Wade DEF H2H Match data Jul 9, 1978* SF
QF (4)
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-3 3-6 6-2 Billie Jean King 4× CH H2H Match data Jul 7, 1978* QF
Virginia Wade DEF 6-0 6-4 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data Jul 7, 1978* QF
Evonne Goolagong CH 7-5 6-3 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data Jul 7, 1978* QF
Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-4 Marise Kruger H2H Match data Jul 7, 1978* QF
R16 (8)
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-3 6-4 Kerry Reid H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Marise Kruger 4-6 6-4 6-3 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Evonne Goolagong CH 6-2 6-1 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Virginia Ruzici 5-7 6-4 6-3 Betty Stove H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Mima Jausovec 8-6 4-6 6-3 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Billie Jean King 4× CH 6-2 6-2 Sue Barker H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Martina Navratilova 6-2 6-3 Tracy Austin H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
Virginia Wade DEF 7-5 6-4 Ruta Gerulaitis H2H Match data Jul 5, 1978* R16
R32 (16)
Tracy Austin 6-3 6-3 Barbara Hallquist H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Martina Navratilova 3-6 6-1 6-4 Kathy Jordan H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Kerry Reid 6-0 6-4 Helle Sparre H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Marise Kruger 6-4 6-4 Ilana Kloss H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Billie Jean King 4× CH 4-6 6-3 6-3 Renata Tomanova H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Evonne Goolagong CH 6-4 6-3 Janet Newberry H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Wendy Turnbull 6-2 8-6 Carrie Meyer H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-1 4-6 6-0 Laura Dupont H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Dianne Fromholtz 3-6 6-2 7-5 Terry Holladay H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Betty Stove 6-3 6-2 Francoise Durr H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Virginia Wade DEF 6-1 6-4 Yvonne Vermaak H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Mima Jausovec 6-2 6-2 Michelle Tyler H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Regina Marsikova 4-6 6-2 13-11 Kathy May H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Sue Barker 2-6 8-6 7-5 Pam Shriver H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Virginia Ruzici 8-6 6-4 Brigette Cuypers H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32
Ruta Gerulaitis 6-0 6-0 Marita Redondo H2H Match data Jul 2, 1978* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R64 (32)
Pam Shriver 6-0 6-0 Robin Harris H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Virginia Wade DEF 6-1 6-4 Lesley Turner H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Carrie Meyer 9-8 6-1 Hana Strachonova H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Terry Holladay 3-6 7-5 6-4 Bunny Bruning H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Kathy Jordan 6-2 6-0 Viviana Gonzalez H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Renata Tomanova 5-7 6-3 6-2 Dianne Evers H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Ilana Kloss 6-3 6-1 Cynthia Doerner H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Betty Stove 6-1 6-3 Stacy Margolin H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Wendy Turnbull 8-9 6-3 6-4 Sue Mappin H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Francoise Durr 6-2 6-2 Lesley Charles H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Virginia Ruzici 6-3 7-5 Raquel Giscafre H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Kathy May 6-2 6-3 Caroline Stoll H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Regina Marsikova 9-8 4-6 6-3 Lesley Hunt H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Ruta Gerulaitis 6-0 6-0 Heather Ludloff H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Yvonne Vermaak 6-0 4-6 6-2 Barbara Potter H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Mima Jausovec 9-8 7-9 6-4 Joanne Russell H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Billie Jean King 4× CH 6-3 6-2 Marie Pinterova H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Laura Dupont 6-2 6-0 Judy Chaloner H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Evonne Goolagong CH 6-0 6-2 Lele Forood H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Helle Sparre 4-6 6-2 6-1 Iris Riedel Kuhn H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Michelle Tyler 6-3 6-4 Helen Gourlay H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Brigette Cuypers 7-5 6-2 Marjorie Blackwood H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Janet Newberry 6-3 9-8 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Kerry Reid 6-1 6-0 Mariana Simionescu H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Marita Redondo 6-2 6-2 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Martina Navratilova 7-5 6-1 Pam Whytcross H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Chris Evert 2× CH 6-1 6-0 Helena Anliot H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Sue Barker 6-1 6-3 Tanya Harford H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Tracy Austin 6-2 6-1 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Barbara Hallquist 2-6 7-5 6-3 Jeanne Duvall H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Dianne Fromholtz 6-3 6-2 Mona Guerrant H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
Marise Kruger 6-4 6-4 Paula Smith H2H Match data Jun 30, 1978* R64
R128 (32)
Ruta Gerulaitis 6-4 6-2 Stephanie Tolleson H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Ilana Kloss 6-1 6-1 Chris Oneil H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Francoise Durr 6-1 6-0 Fiorella Bonicelli H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Judy Chaloner 9-7 6-4 Sheila Mcinerney H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Virginia Wade DEF 6-1 6-2 Elisabeth Ekblom H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Kathy May 6-1 8-6 Pam Teeguarden H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Paula Smith 6-1 9-7 Jo Durie H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Billie Jean King 4× CH 6-0 6-2 Michele Gurdal H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Renata Tomanova 6-1 6-4 Linda Mottram H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Sue Barker 6-4 6-1 Ann Kiyomura Hayashi H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Regina Marsikova 6-0 7-5 Valerie Ziegenfuss H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Marita Redondo 6-1 7-5 Jackie Fayter H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Kathy Jordan 6-2 9-8 Marcie Louie H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Helen Gourlay 6-1 6-3 Wendy Barlow H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Hana Strachonova 6-1 7-5 Candy Reynolds H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Janet Newberry 7-5 6-4 Jane Stratton H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Dianne Fromholtz 8-6 6-3 Katja Ebbinghaus H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Martina Navratilova 6-1 6-3 Julie Anthony H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Stacy Margolin 6-1 6-2 Anne Hobbs H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Sue Mappin 6-2 6-4 Paulina Peisachov H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Helle Sparre 6-3 6-4 Glynis Coles H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Tracy Austin 6-1 6-8 6-4 Diane Desfor H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Helena Anliot 6-4 6-2 Frederique Thibault H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Terry Holladay 6-4 7-5 Kate Latham H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Brigette Cuypers 9-8 6-0 Kathleen Harter H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Yvonne Vermaak 6-1 6-4 Donna Ganz H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Lele Forood 6-0 6-1 Brigitte Simon Glinel H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Kerry Reid 6-2 6-4 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Mima Jausovec 6-3 6-1 Florenta Mihai H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Pam Shriver 6-3 6-3 Mimi Wikstedt H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Jeanne Duvall 5-7 7-5 6-1 Sandy Collins H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128
Virginia Ruzici 6-1 6-2 Winnie Shaw H2H Match data Jun 28, 1978* R128

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Wimbledon held?
Wimbledon is held in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.
Who won the most recent Wimbledon?
The 2026 Wimbledon was won by Linda Noskova, who defeated Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Who has won the most Wimbledon titles?
Martina Navratilova has won 9 Wimbledon titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Wimbledon played?
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