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ATP ATP 500/250 Clay Start: Apr 17, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Jose Higueras

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Jose Higueras 4 6 9

Vladimir Zednik 6 2 7

Jose Luis Clerc 6 6

7 Antonio Zugarelli 3 1

3 Patrick Proisy 6 7

Francois Jauffret 1 6

6 Tomas Smid 6 6

Jiri Granat 3 2

Pavel Hutka 2 6 7

Jean Louis Haillet 6 2 5

4 Chris Lewis 7 7

Eric Deblicker 6 6

Jiri Hrebec 6 6

Patrice Dominguez 2 1

Yannick Noah 7 3 6

Ulrich Pinner 6 6 3

Quarterfinal

1 Jose Higueras 6 6 6

Jose Luis Clerc 7 1 2

3 Patrick Proisy 6 6

6 Tomas Smid 1 3

4 Chris Lewis 4 6 6

Pavel Hutka 6 2 4

Yannick Noah 6 6

Jiri Hrebec 2 4

Semifinal

1 Jose Higueras 6 6

3 Patrick Proisy 1 2

Yannick Noah 6 7

4 Chris Lewis 2 5

Final

1 Jose Higueras 6 6 6

Yannick Noah 3 4 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Jose Higueras	Patricio Cornejo	6-3	6-1	·
Vladimir Zednik	Ricardo Cano	7-5	6-4	·
Jose Luis Clerc	Peter Elter	6-4	6-1	·
Antonio Zugarelli	Jurgen Fassbender	6-3	·	·
Patrick Proisy	Colin Dowdeswell	6-1	6-3	·
Francois Jauffret	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6-4	7-5	·
Jiri Granat	Nikola Pilic	6-7	6-3	6-3
Tomas Smid	Georges Goven	6-7	7-6	8-6
Pavel Hutka	Heinz Gunthardt	1-6	6-3	6-3
Jean Louis Haillet	Onny Parun	1-6	6-3	7-5
Eric Deblicker	Hans Kary	6-4	6-3	·
Chris Lewis	Dominique Bedel	6-1	6-3	·
Patrice Dominguez	Jan Kodes	4-6	6-3	6-4
Jiri Hrebec	Tenny Svensson	6-1	4-6	6-4
Yannick Noah	Louk Sanders	6-2	6-3	·
Ulrich Pinner	Victor Pecci	6-3	3-6	6-3

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Jose Higueras	ESP	Winner
	Yannick Noah	FRA	Final
	Chris Lewis	NZL	Semifinal
	Patrick Proisy	FRA	Semifinal
	Jiri Hrebec	CZE	Quarterfinal
	Jose Luis Clerc	ARG	Quarterfinal
PH	Pavel Hutka	CZE	Quarterfinal
TS	Tomas Smid	CZE	Quarterfinal
AZ	Antonio Zugarelli	ITA	Round of 16
ED	Eric Deblicker	FRA	Round of 16
	Francois Jauffret	FRA	Round of 16
JH	Jean Louis Haillet	FRA	Round of 16
JG	Jiri Granat	CZE	Round of 16
	Patrice Dominguez	FRA	Round of 16
	Ulrich Pinner	GER	Round of 16
VZ	Vladimir Zednik	CZE	Round of 16
CR	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	FRA	Round of 32
CD	Colin Dowdeswell	GBR	Round of 32
DB	Dominique Bedel	FRA	Round of 32
GG	Georges Goven	FRA	Round of 32
HK	Hans Kary	AUT	Round of 32
	Heinz Gunthardt	SUI	Round of 32
	Jan Kodes	CZE	Round of 32
	Jurgen Fassbender	GER	Round of 32
LS	Louk Sanders	NED	Round of 32
	Nikola Pilic	CRO	Round of 32
	Onny Parun	NZL	Round of 32
PC	Patricio Cornejo	CHI	Round of 32
PE	Peter Elter	GER	Round of 32
RC	Ricardo Cano	ARG	Round of 32
TS	Tenny Svensson	SWE	Round of 32
	Victor Pecci	PAR	Round of 32