Minneapolis 1978

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WTA WTA Tour Carpet Start: Oct 9, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Chris Evert

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Barbara Potter 4 7 6

Kim Sands 6 6 2

Kerry Reid 6 6 7

Sue Barker 4 7 6

Virginia Wade 6 6

Joanne Russell 2 3

Betty Stove 6 6

Ann Kiyomura Hayashi 4 2

Tracy Austin 6 6

Ruta Gerulaitis 1 2

Wendy Turnbull 6 6

Caroline Stoll 3 0

Virginia Ruzici 2 6 7

Ilana Kloss 6 1 6

2 Chris Evert 6 6

Regina Marsikova 1 4

Quarterfinal

Kerry Reid 6 3 6

Barbara Potter 2 6 4

Virginia Wade 1 6 6

Betty Stove 6 1 2

Wendy Turnbull 6 7

Tracy Austin 4 5

2 Chris Evert 6 6

Virginia Ruzici 0 2

Semifinal

Virginia Wade 4 6 7

Kerry Reid 6 3 5

2 Chris Evert 6 6

Wendy Turnbull 4 0

Final

2 Chris Evert 6 6 6

Virginia Wade 7 2 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Kim Sands	Barbara Jordan	6-2	6-2	·
Barbara Potter	Paula Smith	3-6	6-3	6-3
Kerry Reid	Michelle Tyler	6-1	6-2	·
Sue Barker	Lesley Hunt	6-4	6-2	·
Virginia Wade	Valerie Ziegenfuss	6-2	6-2	·
Joanne Russell	Betsy Nagelsen	6-4	3-6	6-3
Betty Stove	Terry Holladay	6-2	6-7	6-2
Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	Stephanie Tolleson	6-3	7-5	·
Ruta Gerulaitis	Barbara Hambridge	6-0	6-4	·
Tracy Austin	Marita Redondo	6-1	6-7	6-3
Caroline Stoll	Lea Antonoplis	4-6	7-5	6-3
Wendy Turnbull	Mareen Louie Harper	6-0	6-3	·
Ilana Kloss	Laura Dupont	4-6	7-6	6-2
Virginia Ruzici	Sharon Walsh Pete	5-7	7-5	7-5
Regina Marsikova	Jeanne Duvall	6-4	7-5	·
Chris Evert	Patricia Bostrom	6-0	6-1	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Chris Evert	USA	Winner
VW	Virginia Wade	GBR	Final
	Kerry Reid	AUS	Semifinal
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Semifinal
BP	Barbara Potter	USA	Quarterfinal
	Betty Stove	NED	Quarterfinal
	Tracy Austin	USA	Quarterfinal
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Quarterfinal
AH	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	USA	Round of 16
CS	Caroline Stoll	USA	Round of 16
	Ilana Kloss	RSA	Round of 16
JR	Joanne Russell	USA	Round of 16
KS	Kim Sands	USA	Round of 16
RM	Regina Marsikova	CZE	Round of 16
RG	Ruta Gerulaitis	USA	Round of 16
	Sue Barker	GBR	Round of 16
BH	Barbara Hambridge	RSA	Round of 32
BJ	Barbara Jordan	USA	Round of 32
BN	Betsy Nagelsen	USA	Round of 32
JD	Jeanne Duvall	USA	Round of 32
LD	Laura Dupont	USA	Round of 32
LA	Lea Antonoplis	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
MT	Michelle Tyler	GBR	Round of 32
PB	Patricia Bostrom	USA	Round of 32
PS	Paula Smith	USA	Round of 32
SP	Sharon Walsh Pete	USA	Round of 32
ST	Stephanie Tolleson	USA	Round of 32
TH	Terry Holladay	USA	Round of 32
	Valerie Ziegenfuss	USA	Round of 32