1978 Australian Open
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:TennisEventInfo The 1978 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Australia and was held from 25 December 1978 to 3 January 1979. It was the 67th edition of the Australian Open and the fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Argentinian Guillermo Vilas and Australian Chris O'Neil.
Seniors
Men's singles
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- • It was Vilas' 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st title at the Australian Open.
Women's singles
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- • It was O'Neil's 1st and only career Grand Slam singles title.
Men's doubles
Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak / Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick defeated Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk / Template:Flagicon Cliff Letcher, 7–6, 7–5 [3]
- • It was Fibak's only career Grand Slam doubles title.
- • It was Warwick's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
Women's doubles
Template:Flagicon Betsy Nagelsen / Template:Flagicon Renáta Tomanová defeated Template:Flagicon Naoko Sato / Template:Flagicon Pam Whytcross, 7–5, 6–2 [4]
- • It was Nagelsen's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
- • It was Tomanová's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
Mixed doubles
This event was not held from 1970 until 1985.
References
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