Houston 1978

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WTA WTA Tour Carpet Start: Jan 16, 1978 Draw: 32 32 matches

Champion: Martina Navratilova

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Martina Navratilova 6 6

Marise Kruger 2 4

Yvonne Vermaak 6 6

Florenta Mihai 4 1

6 Betty Stove 6 7

Lea Antonoplis 2 5

5 Rosie Casals 4 6 6

Mona Guerrant 6 1 3

4 Virginia Wade 6 6

Francoise Durr 3 2

8 Wendy Turnbull 6 2 6

Greer Stevens 1 6 3

2 Billie Jean King 6 6

Quarterfinal

1 Martina Navratilova 6 6

Yvonne Vermaak 3 1

6 Betty Stove 7 7

3 Sue Barker 6 5

4 Virginia Wade 6 6

5 Rosie Casals 4 3

2 Billie Jean King 6 6

8 Wendy Turnbull 4 2

Semifinal

1 Martina Navratilova 6 7

6 Betty Stove 2 6

2 Billie Jean King 7 6

4 Virginia Wade 6 2

Final

1 Martina Navratilova 1 6 6

2 Billie Jean King 6 2 2

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Martina Navratilova	Patricia Medrado	6-0	6-0	·
Marise Kruger	Renata Tomanova	6-0	6-0	·
Florenta Mihai	Marita Redondo	6-3	6-2	·
Yvonne Vermaak	Mareen Louie Harper	6-0	6-2	·
Sue Barker	Virginia Ruzici	7-6	6-2	·
Kathy May	Patricia Bostrom	6-3	6-3	·
Betty Stove	Nancy Richey	6-3	7-5	·
Lea Antonoplis	Betsy Nagelsen	3-6	7-6	6-4
Mona Guerrant	Ruta Gerulaitis	6-3	4-6	6-2
Rosie Casals	Caroline Stoll	6-2	6-4	·
Francoise Durr	Regina Marsikova	6-2	7-5	·
Virginia Wade	Renee Richards	6-4	6-4	·
Greer Stevens	Julie Anthony	6-2	6-3	·
Wendy Turnbull	Kristien Shaw	6-4	7-6	·
Anne Smith	Laura Dupont	6-2	6-3	·
Billie Jean King	Lesley Hunt	W/O

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Martina Navratilova	USA	Winner
	Billie Jean King	USA	Final
VW	Virginia Wade	GBR	Bronze
	Betty Stove	NED	Bronze
	Rosie Casals	USA	Quarterfinal
	Sue Barker	GBR	Quarterfinal
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Quarterfinal
YV	Yvonne Vermaak	RSA	Quarterfinal
	Anne Smith	USA	Round of 16
FM	Florenta Mihai	ROU	Round of 16
	Francoise Durr	FRA	Round of 16
GS	Greer Stevens	RSA	Round of 16
KM	Kathy May	USA	Round of 16
LA	Lea Antonoplis	USA	Round of 16
MK	Marise Kruger	RSA	Round of 16
MG	Mona Guerrant	USA	Round of 16
BN	Betsy Nagelsen	USA	Round of 32
CS	Caroline Stoll	USA	Round of 32
JA	Julie Anthony	USA	Round of 32
KS	Kristien Shaw	USA	Round of 32
LD	Laura Dupont	USA	Round of 32
LH	Lesley Hunt	AUS	Round of 32
MH	Mareen Louie Harper	USA	Round of 32
MR	Marita Redondo	USA	Round of 32
NR	Nancy Richey	USA	Round of 32
PB	Patricia Bostrom	USA	Round of 32
PM	Patricia Medrado	BRA	Round of 32
RM	Regina Marsikova	CZE	Round of 32
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Round of 32
RR	Renee Richards	USA	Round of 32
RG	Ruta Gerulaitis	USA	Round of 32
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Round of 32

Other matches

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
BR	Virginia Wade	Betty Stove	7-5