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Australian Open 1978

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ATP Grand Slam Grass Start: Dec 26, 1978 Draw: 64 63 matches
Champion: Guillermo Vilas

Knockout bracket

Round of 16
1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6
16 Allan Stone 4 4 4
11 Tony Roche 6 6 6
Dale Collings 1 2 3
Paul Kronk 6 6 7
Peter Mcnamara 2 2 5
9 Hank Pfister 6 7 6
5 Wojtek Fibak 3 6 1
12 Peter Feigl 2 4 7 6 10
7 Ken Rosewall 6 6 5 4 8
3 Arthur Ashe 2 6 7 4 6
13 Kim Warwick 6 2 5 6 3
6 John Alexander 6 6 6
Bob Carmichael 3 2 2
John Marks 6 6 4 6
John Sadri 2 2 6 4
Quarterfinal
1 Guillermo Vilas 3 6 3 6 6
11 Tony Roche 6 1 6 3 2
9 Hank Pfister 7 6 6
Paul Kronk 5 3 3
3 Arthur Ashe 4 6 4 6 9
12 Peter Feigl 6 2 6 2 7
John Marks 6 6 7
6 John Alexander 4 4 5
Semifinal
1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6
9 Hank Pfister 2 0 4
John Marks 6 6 2 1 9
3 Arthur Ashe 4 2 6 6 7
Final
1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6 3 6
John Marks 4 4 6 3

Early rounds

Round of 64 32 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Guillermo Vilas Terry Rocavert 6-3 6-7 6-3 7-6 ·
Brad Drewett Ray Ruffels 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-1 ·
Mark Edmondson Brian Fairlie 3-6 6-2 6-1 7-6 ·
Allan Stone Tim Wilkison 6-3 6-2 6-3 · ·
Tony Roche Ion Tiriac 6-3 6-0 6-3 · ·
George Hardie Alvin Gardiner 6-7 6-2 6-4 6-1 ·
Dale Collings Gilles Moretton 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 ·
Victor Amaya Sashi Menon 7-6 7-6 6-2 · ·
Tim Gullikson Paul Mcnamee 6-2 6-2 7-6 · ·
Peter Mcnamara Chris Kachel 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-2 ·
Jai Dilouie Rod Frawley 6-3 6-2 6-1 · ·
Paul Kronk Geoff Masters 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-1 ·
Hank Pfister Jonathan Smith 6-3 6-2 6-2 · ·
Steve Docherty Robin Drysdale 6-3 6-2 6-4 · ·
John James David Carter 6-4 6-0 6-7 4-6 6-2
Wojtek Fibak David Whyte 6-4 6-1 6-2 · ·
Ken Rosewall Cary Stansbury 6-2 6-4 6-3 · ·
Sherwood Stewart Richard Lewis 6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4 ·
Bob Giltinan Ismail El Shafei 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-7 9-7
Peter Feigl Colin Dibley 6-4 1-6 6-4 7-6 ·
Kim Warwick Christophe Freyss 6-4 6-4 6-4 · ·
Dick Crealy Warren Maher 6-4 7-5 6-3 · ·
Raymond Moore Ramesh Krishnan 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-2 ·
Arthur Ashe Bruce Kleege 6-3 6-3 7-6 · ·
John Alexander Peter Campbell 6-4 7-6 6-4 · ·
Russell Simpson Dick Bohrnstedt 6-2 6-2 6-3 · ·
Bob Carmichael Andrew Jarrett 6-2 6-3 6-2 · ·
Bernard Mitton Cliff Letcher 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-1 ·
Ross Case Yannick Noah 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1
John Sadri Noel Phillips 6-3 7-6 6-4 · ·
Phil Dent Pascal Portes 7-6 2-6 1-6 6-2 6-1
John Marks Jose Luis Clerc 6-7 · · · ·
Round of 32 16 matches
Winner Loser Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
Guillermo Vilas Brad Drewett 6-4 6-4 6-3 · ·
Allan Stone Mark Edmondson 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 ·
Tony Roche George Hardie 6-3 6-4 6-4 · ·
Dale Collings Victor Amaya 6-4 3-6 6-3 7-6 ·
Peter Mcnamara Tim Gullikson 6-2 6-3 7-6 · ·
Paul Kronk Jai Dilouie 2-6 7-5 6-4 4-6 6-1
Hank Pfister Steve Docherty 7-5 6-3 4-6 3-6 8-6
Wojtek Fibak John James 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3 ·
Ken Rosewall Sherwood Stewart 2-6 7-6 7-5 7-6 ·
Peter Feigl Bob Giltinan 6-2 3-6 7-5 6-1 ·
Kim Warwick Dick Crealy 7-6 6-1 6-3 · ·
Arthur Ashe Raymond Moore 6-4 6-4 6-3 · ·
John Alexander Russell Simpson 6-3 6-3 6-4 · ·
Bob Carmichael Bernard Mitton 6-4 2-6 7-6 6-3 ·
John Sadri Ross Case 6-1 6-4 6-1 · ·
John Marks Phil Dent 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2 ·

Players (64)

PlayerCountryReached
Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas ARG Winner
JM John Marks AUS Final
Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe USA Semifinal
Hank Pfister Hank Pfister USA Semifinal
John Alexander John Alexander AUS Quarterfinal
PK Paul Kronk AUS Quarterfinal
PF Peter Feigl AUT Quarterfinal
Tony Roche Tony Roche AUS Quarterfinal
AS Allan Stone AUS Round of 16
Bob Carmichael Bob Carmichael AUS Round of 16
DC Dale Collings AUS Round of 16
John Sadri John Sadri USA Round of 16
Ken Rosewall Ken Rosewall AUS Round of 16
KW Kim Warwick AUS Round of 16
PM Peter Mcnamara AUS Round of 16
Wojtek Fibak Wojtek Fibak POL Round of 16
BM Bernard Mitton RSA Round of 32
BG Bob Giltinan AUS Round of 32
Brad Drewett Brad Drewett AUS Round of 32
Dick Crealy Dick Crealy AUS Round of 32
GH George Hardie USA Round of 32
JD Jai Dilouie USA Round of 32
JJ John James AUS Round of 32
ME Mark Edmondson AUS Round of 32
PD Phil Dent AUS Round of 32
Raymond Moore Raymond Moore RSA Round of 32
RC Ross Case AUS Round of 32
RS Russell Simpson NZL Round of 32
SS Sherwood Stewart USA Round of 32
SD Steve Docherty AUS Round of 32
Tim Gullikson Tim Gullikson USA Round of 32
VA Victor Amaya USA Round of 32
AG Alvin Gardiner AUS Round of 64
AJ Andrew Jarrett GBR Round of 64
BF Brian Fairlie NZL Round of 64
BK Bruce Kleege USA Round of 64
CS Cary Stansbury USA Round of 64
CK Chris Kachel AUS Round of 64
CF Christophe Freyss FRA Round of 64
CL Cliff Letcher AUS Round of 64
Colin Dibley Colin Dibley AUS Round of 64
DC David Carter AUS Round of 64
DW David Whyte AUS Round of 64
DB Dick Bohrnstedt USA Round of 64
Geoff Masters Geoff Masters AUS Round of 64
GM Gilles Moretton FRA Round of 64
Ion Tiriac Ion Tiriac ROU Round of 64
Ismail El Shafei Ismail El Shafei EGY Round of 64
JS Jonathan Smith GBR Round of 64
Jose Luis Clerc Jose Luis Clerc ARG Round of 64
NP Noel Phillips AUS Round of 64
PP Pascal Portes FRA Round of 64
PM Paul Mcnamee AUS Round of 64
PC Peter Campbell AUS Round of 64
Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan IND Round of 64
Ray Ruffels Ray Ruffels AUS Round of 64
RL Richard Lewis GBR Round of 64
RD Robin Drysdale GBR Round of 64
RF Rod Frawley AUS Round of 64
SM Sashi Menon IND Round of 64
TR Terry Rocavert AUS Round of 64
TW Tim Wilkison USA Round of 64
WM Warren Maher AUS Round of 64
Yannick Noah Yannick Noah FRA Round of 64