Johannesburg 1978

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ATP ATP 500/250 Hard Start: Apr 3, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Cliff Richey

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

Patrice Dominguez 4 2

Eric Deblicker 6 6 6

Andre Zietsmann 3 7 3

4 Colin Dibley 4 6 7

Roger Taylor 6 2 5

Colin Dowdeswell 6 5 7

Pascal Portes 4 7 5

Yannick Noah 7 6

Bernard Mitton 7 6

3 Hank Pfister 6 4

8 Cliff Richey 6 5 6

Andrew Pattison 4 7 4

Frew Mcmillan 6 6

Quarterfinal

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

Eric Deblicker 3 4

Colin Dowdeswell 7 6

4 Colin Dibley 5 3

Bernard Mitton 6 6

Yannick Noah 2 3

8 Cliff Richey 5 6 6

Frew Mcmillan 7 4 3

Semifinal

Colin Dowdeswell 6 6 6

1 Guillermo Vilas 1 7 4

8 Cliff Richey 6 7

Bernard Mitton 2 5

Final

8 Cliff Richey 6 6

Colin Dowdeswell 2 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Guillermo Vilas	John Yuill	7-5	3-6	7-5
Patrice Dominguez	Jurgen Fassbender	6-3	3-6	6-4
Andre Zietsmann	Richard Lewis	2-6	6-4	7-5
Eric Deblicker	Patrick Proisy	6-1	7-6	·
Colin Dibley	George Hardie	6-7	5-7	·
Roger Taylor	F Briscoe	6-3	6-1	·
Colin Dowdeswell	Ross Case	2-6	6-7	6-4
Pascal Portes	Robin Drysdale	6-2	6-7	6-3
Paul Avis	Heinz Gunthardt	6-4	6-1	·
Yannick Noah	Geoff Masters	7-5	6-3	·
Bernard Mitton	Georges Goven	6-4	6-3	·
Hank Pfister	George Rudman	6-1	6-0	·
Cliff Richey	Frank Gebert	6-3	6-1	·
Andrew Pattison	Brian Fairlie	6-1	6-2	·
Ion Tiriac	Byron Bertram	6-2	6-4	·
Frew Mcmillan	Peter Fleming	6-4	3-6	7-6

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Cliff Richey	USA	Winner
CD	Colin Dowdeswell	GBR	Final
BM	Bernard Mitton	RSA	Semifinal
	Guillermo Vilas	ARG	Semifinal
	Colin Dibley	AUS	Quarterfinal
ED	Eric Deblicker	FRA	Quarterfinal
FM	Frew Mcmillan	RSA	Quarterfinal
	Yannick Noah	FRA	Quarterfinal
AZ	Andre Zietsmann	RSA	Round of 16
AP	Andrew Pattison	USA	Round of 16
	Hank Pfister	USA	Round of 16
	Ion Tiriac	ROU	Round of 16
PP	Pascal Portes	FRA	Round of 16
	Patrice Dominguez	FRA	Round of 16
PA	Paul Avis	RSA	Round of 16
	Roger Taylor	GBR	Round of 16
BF	Brian Fairlie	NZL	Round of 32
BB	Byron Bertram	RSA	Round of 32
FB	F Briscoe	RSA	Round of 32
FG	Frank Gebert	GER	Round of 32
	Geoff Masters	AUS	Round of 32
GH	George Hardie	USA	Round of 32
GR	George Rudman	RSA	Round of 32
GG	Georges Goven	FRA	Round of 32
	Heinz Gunthardt	SUI	Round of 32
JY	John Yuill	RSA	Round of 32
	Jurgen Fassbender	GER	Round of 32
	Patrick Proisy	FRA	Round of 32
	Peter Fleming	USA	Round of 32
RL	Richard Lewis	GBR	Round of 32
RD	Robin Drysdale	GBR	Round of 32
RC	Ross Case	AUS	Round of 32