Philadelphia 1978

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WTA WTA Tour Hard Start: Mar 26, 1978 Draw: 32 32 matches

Champion: Chris Evert

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Chris Evert 4 6 6

Regina Marsikova 6 3 0

7 Wendy Turnbull 7 6

Dianne Fromholtz 6 2

4 Tracy Austin 6 7

5 Virginia Wade 6 6

Glynis Coles 2 3

6 Billie Jean King 6 6

Renata Tomanova 1 3

3 Betty Stove 6 6 6

Yvonne Vermaak 7 1 3

8 Kerry Reid 4 6 6

Rosie Casals 6 3 4

Virginia Ruzici

Quarterfinal

1 Chris Evert 6 6

7 Wendy Turnbull 2 1

5 Virginia Wade 6 6

4 Tracy Austin 4 4

6 Billie Jean King 6 6

3 Betty Stove 1 3

Virginia Ruzici 6 7

8 Kerry Reid 1 5

Semifinal

1 Chris Evert 6 6

5 Virginia Wade 3 2

6 Billie Jean King 6 6

Virginia Ruzici 1 2

Final

1 Chris Evert 6 6

6 Billie Jean King 0 4

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Chris Evert	Laura Dupont	6-2	6-2	·
Regina Marsikova	Lea Antonoplis	6-3	6-1	·
Wendy Turnbull	Terry Holladay	3-6	6-4	7-6
Dianne Fromholtz	Mima Jausovec	4-6	6-2	6-4
Tracy Austin	Barbara Potter	6-2	6-1	·
Kathy May	Lesley Hunt	6-3	6-0	·
Virginia Wade	Kristien Shaw	7-5	6-2	·
Glynis Coles	Ruta Gerulaitis	6-3	6-0	·
Renata Tomanova	Zenda Liess	5-7	7-5	6-3
Billie Jean King	Florenta Mihai	6-4	6-3	·
Yvonne Vermaak	Pam Teeguarden	6-3	6-1	·
Betty Stove	Francoise Durr	6-3	6-2	·
Rosie Casals	Joanne Russell	6-2	1-6	7-5
Kerry Reid	Helena Anliot	6-3	6-1	·
Michelle Tyler	Janet Newberry	6-4	6-4	·
Virginia Ruzici	Katja Ebbinghaus	6-1	6-3	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Chris Evert	USA	Winner
	Billie Jean King	USA	Final
VW	Virginia Wade	GBR	Bronze
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Bronze
	Betty Stove	NED	Quarterfinal
	Kerry Reid	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Tracy Austin	USA	Quarterfinal
WT	Wendy Turnbull	AUS	Quarterfinal
	Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	Round of 16
GC	Glynis Coles	GBR	Round of 16
KM	Kathy May	USA	Round of 16
MT	Michelle Tyler	GBR	Round of 16
RM	Regina Marsikova	CZE	Round of 16
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Round of 16
	Rosie Casals	USA	Round of 16
YV	Yvonne Vermaak	RSA	Round of 16
BP	Barbara Potter	USA	Round of 32
FM	Florenta Mihai	ROU	Round of 32
	Francoise Durr	FRA	Round of 32
HA	Helena Anliot	SWE	Round of 32
JN	Janet Newberry	USA	Round of 32
JR	Joanne Russell	USA	Round of 32
	Katja Ebbinghaus	FRG	Round of 32
KS	Kristien Shaw	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
MJ	Mima Jausovec	SLO	Round of 32
	Pam Teeguarden	USA	Round of 32
RG	Ruta Gerulaitis	USA	Round of 32
TH	Terry Holladay	USA	Round of 32
ZL	Zenda Liess	USA	Round of 32

Other matches

Round	Winner	Loser	Score
BR	Virginia Wade	Virginia Ruzici	3-0 RET