Dayton 1978

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ATP ATP 500/250 Carpet Start: Apr 2, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Brian Gottfried

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Tom Gullikson 7 6

Byron Bertram 5 0

Dick Crealy 6 6

6 Hank Pfister 6 6

Anand Amritraj 2 3

5 Arthur Ashe 6 6

Ashok Amritraj 0 3

4 Tim Gullikson 6 3 6

Ove Bengtson 3 6 3

3 Harold Solomon 6 6

2 Eddie Dibbs 6 6

1 Brian Gottfried 6 6

Billy Martin 4 2

Quarterfinal

5 Arthur Ashe 6 6 6

4 Tim Gullikson 7 2 4

3 Harold Solomon 7 2 6

6 Hank Pfister 6 6 2

2 Eddie Dibbs 6 3 6

Dick Crealy 2 6 3

1 Brian Gottfried 6 6

Tom Gullikson 2 4

Semifinal

2 Eddie Dibbs 6 6

3 Harold Solomon 3 0

1 Brian Gottfried 6 3 6

5 Arthur Ashe 1 6 3

Final

1 Brian Gottfried 2 6 7

2 Eddie Dibbs 6 4 6

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
John Yuill	Geoff Masters	6-3	6-4	·
Terry Moor	George Hardie	6-3	7-6	·
Gene Mayer	Ross Case	6-4	6-1	·
Billy Martin	Tony Roche	7-6	6-4	·
Tom Gullikson	Steve Krulevitz	4-6	6-4	6-4
Dick Crealy	Dick Bohrnstedt	3-6	6-0	6-3
Byron Bertram	Sashi Menon	7-6	6-3	·
Ove Bengtson	Marcello Lara	6-7	6-2	6-4
Ashok Amritraj	Vijay Amritraj	6-2	6-1	·
Anand Amritraj	Erik Van Dillen	6-2	7-6	·
Hank Pfister	David Schneider	7-6	6-2	·
Arthur Ashe	Butch Walts	6-3	6-1	·
Tim Gullikson	Bernard Mitton	6-1	6-1	·
Harold Solomon	Nick Saviano	6-4	6-1	·
Eddie Dibbs	Brian Teacher	6-2	7-5	·
Brian Gottfried	Pat Dupre	4-6	7-6	6-3

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
BG	Brian Gottfried	USA	Winner
	Eddie Dibbs	USA	Final
	Arthur Ashe	USA	Semifinal
HS	Harold Solomon	USA	Semifinal
	Dick Crealy	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Hank Pfister	USA	Quarterfinal
	Tim Gullikson	USA	Quarterfinal
TG	Tom Gullikson	USA	Quarterfinal
AA	Anand Amritraj	IND	Round of 16
AA	Ashok Amritraj	IND	Round of 16
BM	Billy Martin	USA	Round of 16
BB	Byron Bertram	RSA	Round of 16
	Gene Mayer	USA	Round of 16
JY	John Yuill	RSA	Round of 16
OB	Ove Bengtson	SWE	Round of 16
	Terry Moor	USA	Round of 16
BM	Bernard Mitton	RSA	Round of 32
BT	Brian Teacher	USA	Round of 32
BW	Butch Walts	USA	Round of 32
DS	David Schneider	USA	Round of 32
DB	Dick Bohrnstedt	USA	Round of 32
	Erik Van Dillen	USA	Round of 32
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 32
GH	George Hardie	USA	Round of 32
ML	Marcello Lara	MEX	Round of 32
NS	Nick Saviano	USA	Round of 32
	Pat Dupre	USA	Round of 32
RC	Ross Case	AUS	Round of 32
SM	Sashi Menon	IND	Round of 32
SK	Steve Krulevitz	USA	Round of 32
	Tony Roche	AUS	Round of 32
	Vijay Amritraj	IND	Round of 32