Newport 1978

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ATP ATP 500/250 Grass Start: Jul 10, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Bernard Mitton

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Tim Wilkison 7 6

Steve Docherty 5 2

Bernard Mitton 6 2 6

Robin Drysdale 3 6 3

8 Tom Gullikson 7 6

Mike Machette 6 2

7 Bob Giltinan 6 6

John Austin 1 2

John James 6 2 7

4 Victor Amaya 3 6 6

Russell Simpson 6 6

3 Hank Pfister 3 4

2 Tim Gullikson 6 6 6

Dick Bohrnstedt 7 3 2

1 Arthur Ashe 7 6

Manuel Santana 5 2

Quarterfinal

Tim Wilkison 2 2

7 Bob Giltinan 6 6

Russell Simpson 4 3

8 Tom Gullikson 6 1 6

2 Tim Gullikson 3 6 4

Bernard Mitton 6 6

1 Arthur Ashe 4 4

Semifinal

8 Tom Gullikson 6 3

Bernard Mitton 6 6

7 Bob Giltinan 3 0

Final

Bernard Mitton 6 3 7

John James 1 6 6

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Russell Simpson	Rick Fisher	6-4	6-4	·
Manuel Santana	Woody Blocher	6-7	6-3	6-3
Mike Machette	Rod Frawley	6-1	6-4	·
John James	Sashi Menon	6-2	6-1	·
Robin Drysdale	Bhanu Nunna	6-1	6-4	·
Steve Docherty	Joel Bailey	4-6	6-1	6-2
Dick Bohrnstedt	Scott Carnahan	6-3	7-5	·
John Austin	Hal Gorman	6-4	6-3	·
Tom Gullikson	Tom Mott	6-3	6-1	·
Bob Giltinan	Jay Royappa	6-4	6-1	·
Bernard Mitton	Brian Teacher	7-5	7-6	·
Tim Wilkison	Colin Dibley	6-4	4-6	6-4
Victor Amaya	Matt Mitchell	6-3	6-4	·
Hank Pfister	Peter Pearson	6-2	6-3	·
Tim Gullikson	John Marks	7-5	6-2	·
Arthur Ashe	Chris Dunk	6-2	6-4	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
BM	Bernard Mitton	RSA	Winner
JJ	John James	AUS	Final
BG	Bob Giltinan	AUS	Semifinal
TG	Tom Gullikson	USA	Semifinal
	Arthur Ashe	USA	Quarterfinal
RS	Russell Simpson	NZL	Quarterfinal
	Tim Gullikson	USA	Quarterfinal
TW	Tim Wilkison	USA	Quarterfinal
DB	Dick Bohrnstedt	USA	Round of 16
	Hank Pfister	USA	Round of 16
JA	John Austin	USA	Round of 16
MS	Manuel Santana	ESP	Round of 16
MM	Mike Machette	USA	Round of 16
RD	Robin Drysdale	GBR	Round of 16
SD	Steve Docherty	AUS	Round of 16
VA	Victor Amaya	USA	Round of 16
BN	Bhanu Nunna	IND	Round of 32
BT	Brian Teacher	USA	Round of 32
CD	Chris Dunk	USA	Round of 32
	Colin Dibley	AUS	Round of 32
HG	Hal Gorman	UNK	Round of 32
JR	Jay Royappa	IND	Round of 32
JB	Joel Bailey	USA	Round of 32
JM	John Marks	AUS	Round of 32
MM	Matt Mitchell	USA	Round of 32
PP	Peter Pearson	USA	Round of 32
RF	Rick Fisher	USA	Round of 32
RF	Rod Frawley	AUS	Round of 32
SM	Sashi Menon	IND	Round of 32
SC	Scott Carnahan	USA	Round of 32
TM	Tom Mott	USA	Round of 32
WB	Woody Blocher	USA	Round of 32