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ATP ATP 500/250 Hard Start: Oct 24, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Guillermo Vilas

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 3 6

Louk Sanders 2 6 3

Rolf Gehring 3 6 7

6 Vijay Amritraj 6 1 5

3 Wojtek Fibak 6 6

8 Ulrich Pinner 2 6 6

Angel Gimenez 6 2 3

5 Victor Amaya 6 6

Gianni Ocleppo 1 2

Raymond Moore 3 6 7

Ismail El Shafei 6 4 6

Heinz Gunthardt 1 7 6

Patrice Dominguez 6 6 3

2 John McEnroe 6 6

Bernard Fritz 3 2

Quarterfinal

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6 7

Rolf Gehring 2 7 6

3 Wojtek Fibak 6 6

8 Ulrich Pinner 4 3

5 Victor Amaya 6 6

Raymond Moore 4 2

2 John McEnroe 4 6 6

Heinz Gunthardt 6 3 0

Semifinal

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

3 Wojtek Fibak 3 0

2 John McEnroe 6 6

5 Victor Amaya 3 2

Final

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 5 7 6

2 John McEnroe 3 7 5 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Guillermo Vilas	Ivan Dupasquier	6-1	6-2	·
Louk Sanders	Trey Waltke	6-4	7-5	·
Rolf Gehring	Anand Amritraj	6-4	6-4	·
Vijay Amritraj	Rohun Beven	6-4	6-3	·
Wojtek Fibak	Paul Van Min	7-5	7-5	·
Mark Cox	Colin Dowdeswell	7-6	6-3	·
Angel Gimenez	David Schneider	6-3	6-2	·
Ulrich Pinner	Dick Bohrnstedt	7-5	6-4	·
Victor Amaya	Markus Gunthardt	6-2	6-3	·
Gianni Ocleppo	Ion Tiriac	6-4	6-3	·
Ismail El Shafei	Jiri Hrebec	7-6	6-2	·
Raymond Moore	John Lloyd	6-3	6-3	·
Patrice Dominguez	Vladimir Zednik	6-3	6-7	7-6
Heinz Gunthardt	Javier Soler	6-2	6-0	·
Bernard Fritz	Andrew Pattison	6-4	6-4	·
John McEnroe	Bruce Manson	6-2	6-2	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Guillermo Vilas	ARG	Winner
	John McEnroe	USA	Final
VA	Victor Amaya	USA	Semifinal
	Wojtek Fibak	POL	Semifinal
	Heinz Gunthardt	SUI	Quarterfinal
	Raymond Moore	RSA	Quarterfinal
RG	Rolf Gehring	GER	Quarterfinal
	Ulrich Pinner	GER	Quarterfinal
AG	Angel Gimenez	ESP	Round of 16
BF	Bernard Fritz	FRA	Round of 16
GO	Gianni Ocleppo	ITA	Round of 16
	Ismail El Shafei	EGY	Round of 16
LS	Louk Sanders	NED	Round of 16
MC	Mark Cox	GBR	Round of 16
	Patrice Dominguez	FRA	Round of 16
	Vijay Amritraj	IND	Round of 16
AA	Anand Amritraj	IND	Round of 32
AP	Andrew Pattison	USA	Round of 32
BM	Bruce Manson	USA	Round of 32
CD	Colin Dowdeswell	GBR	Round of 32
DS	David Schneider	USA	Round of 32
DB	Dick Bohrnstedt	USA	Round of 32
	Ion Tiriac	ROU	Round of 32
ID	Ivan Dupasquier	SUI	Round of 32
JS	Javier Soler	ESP	Round of 32
	Jiri Hrebec	CZE	Round of 32
	John Lloyd	GBR	Round of 32
MG	Markus Gunthardt	SUI	Round of 32
PM	Paul Van Min	NED	Round of 32
RB	Rohun Beven	GBR	Round of 32
TW	Trey Waltke	USA	Round of 32
VZ	Vladimir Zednik	CZE	Round of 32