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{{TennisEventInfo|1978|U.S. Pro Indoor|
| date=January 23–29
| edition=11th
| category=[[Grand Prix circuit|Grand Prix]] (WCT)
| prize_money=$225,000
| draw=64S / 32D
| surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor
| location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]], U.S.
| venue=[[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]]
| champs={{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]]<ref name=ms>{{cite web|title=1978 Philadelphia – Singles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1978/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) }}</ref>
| champd={{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]]<ref name=md>{{cite web|title=1978 Philadelphia – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/philadelphia/401/1978/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref>
}}

The '''1978 U.S. Pro Indoor''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]a at the [[Wachovia Spectrum|Spectrum]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the United States. The tournament was organized by the [[World Championship Tennis]] (WCT) and was part of the [[1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix]] circuit. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from January 23 through January 29, 1978. First-seeded [[Jimmy Connors]] won the singles title and the accompanying $35,000 first-prize money.<ref name=wot1979>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook|year=1979|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|location=London|isbn=978-0354090681|pages=176–177|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Connors' Momentum Overpowers Tanner|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tVQgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HdMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5750%2C5580667|work=[[Daytona Beach Morning Journal]]|agency=AP|date=January 28, 1978|page=4B}}</ref>

==Finals==
===Singles===
{{main|1978 U.S. Pro Indoor – Singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]] 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
* It was Connors' 1st title of the year and the 75th of his career.

===Doubles===
{{main|1978 U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]] 6–4, 6–4
* It was Hewitt's 1st title of the year and the 45th of his career. It was McMillan's 1st title of the year and the 50th of his career.

==Points and prize money==

=== Point distribution ===

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
| style="width:130px;" colspan=2|'''Event'''
| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W'''
| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F
| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF
| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16
| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32
| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64
|-
! style="background:#f3f3f3;" rowspan=2| Singles
! style="background:#f3f3f3;" | WCT
|220
|180
|140
|100
|60
|20
|10
|-
! style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Grand Prix
|225
|157
|90
|45
|22
|11
| –
|-
! style="background:#f3f3f3;" rowspan=2| Doubles
! style="background:#f3f3f3;" | WCT
|220
|180
|140
|100
|60
|20
| –
|-
! style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Grand Prix
| 45
| 31
| 18
| 9
| 5
| –
| –
|}

=== Prize money ===

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|style="width:130px" |'''Event'''
|style="width:85px; background:lime"|'''W'''
|style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F
|style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|SF
|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|QF
|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 16
|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 32
|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 64
|-
!style=background:#f3f3f3|Singles <ref name=wct78guide>{{cite book|editor1-last=Yates|editor1-first=Bob|title=WCT-78 Media Guide|date=1978|location=[[World Championship Tennis]]|page=5}}</ref>
|$34,000
|$17,000
|$8,512
|$5,000
|$3,000
|$1,600
|$862
|-
!style=background:#f3f3f3|Doubles <ref name=wct78guide/>
|$11,500
|$5,800
|$3,512
|$1,600
|$750
|$387
|–
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/philadelphia/usa/1978/m-gp-usa-07a-1978/draws-and-results/ International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament details]

{{U.S. Pro Indoor tournaments}}
{{1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix}}

[[Category:1978 Grand Prix (tennis)|U.S. Pro Indoor]]
[[Category:U.S. Pro Indoor]]
[[Category:1978 in American tennis|U.S. Professional Indoor]]
[[Category:1978 in sports in Pennsylvania|U.S. Professional Indoor]]
[[Category:January 1978 sports events in the United States|U.S. Professional Indoor]]

1978 U.S. Pro Indoor - Revision history

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