Atlanta 1978

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ATP ATP 500/250 Hard Start: Aug 21, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Stan Smith

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Roscoe Tanner 6 6

Mike Cahill 2 4

7 Brian Teacher 6 6

Marcello Lara 2 1

Eliot Teltscher 7 2 7

Bill Scanlon 6 6 5

Alvin Gardiner 3 6 7

David Carter 6 4 6

Christophe Freyss 3 0

3 Stan Smith 3 6 6

Andrew Pattison 6 3 4

Butch Walts 6 6

John Feaver 2 1

Bruce Manson 6 6

2 John Alexander 4 2

Quarterfinal

1 Roscoe Tanner 5 6 7

7 Brian Teacher 7 3 6

Eliot Teltscher 6 6

Alvin Gardiner 3 1

3 Stan Smith 6 6

Butch Walts 7 7

Bruce Manson 6 5

Semifinal

Eliot Teltscher 6 6

1 Roscoe Tanner 4 4

3 Stan Smith 7 7

Butch Walts 6 6

Final

3 Stan Smith 4 6 2

Eliot Teltscher 6 1 1

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Roscoe Tanner	Sashi Menon	6-1	6-2	·
Mike Cahill	Terry Rocavert	6-1	6-3	·
Marcello Lara	Erik Van Dillen	5-7	7-6	6-4
Brian Teacher	John Austin	6-2	6-2	·
Eliot Teltscher	Woody Blocher	6-1	6-3	·
Bill Scanlon	Jiri Granat	6-4	3-6	6-1
David Carter	Willem Prinsloo	6-7	6-3	6-0
Alvin Gardiner	Nick Saviano	4-6	6-3	6-4
Christophe Freyss	Tom Leonard	6-3	6-4	·
John James	Stanislav Birner	6-2	6-3	·
Andrew Pattison	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6-4	6-4	·
Stan Smith	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	6-2	6-2	·
John Feaver	Bob Giltinan	6-3	7-5	·
Butch Walts	Ferdi Taygan	6-3	4-6	6-4
Bruce Manson	Matt Mitchell	6-4	6-7	6-3
John Alexander	Tim Wilkison	7-5	7-6	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Stan Smith	USA	Winner
ET	Eliot Teltscher	USA	Final
BW	Butch Walts	USA	Semifinal
	Roscoe Tanner	USA	Semifinal
AG	Alvin Gardiner	AUS	Quarterfinal
BT	Brian Teacher	USA	Quarterfinal
BM	Bruce Manson	USA	Quarterfinal
JJ	John James	AUS	Quarterfinal
AP	Andrew Pattison	USA	Round of 16
BS	Bill Scanlon	USA	Round of 16
CF	Christophe Freyss	FRA	Round of 16
DC	David Carter	AUS	Round of 16
	John Alexander	AUS	Round of 16
JF	John Feaver	GBR	Round of 16
ML	Marcello Lara	MEX	Round of 16
MC	Mike Cahill	USA	Round of 16
BG	Bob Giltinan	AUS	Round of 32
CR	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	FRA	Round of 32
	Erik Van Dillen	USA	Round of 32
FT	Ferdi Taygan	USA	Round of 32
JG	Jiri Granat	CZE	Round of 32
JM	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	MEX	Round of 32
JA	John Austin	USA	Round of 32
MM	Matt Mitchell	USA	Round of 32
NS	Nick Saviano	USA	Round of 32
SM	Sashi Menon	IND	Round of 32
SB	Stanislav Birner	CZE	Round of 32
TR	Terry Rocavert	AUS	Round of 32
TW	Tim Wilkison	USA	Round of 32
TL	Tom Leonard	USA	Round of 32
WP	Willem Prinsloo	RSA	Round of 32
WB	Woody Blocher	USA	Round of 32