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WTA WTA Tour Clay Start: May 22, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Regina Marsikova

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

Mima Jausovec 7 6

Lesley Hunt 5 3

Janet Newberry 6 6

Diane Desfor 4 4

Regina Marsikova 6 6

Fiorella Bonicelli 1 1

Betsy Nagelsen 4 6 6

Laura Dupont 6 3 4

Katja Ebbinghaus 6 4 6

Ruta Gerulaitis 3 6 4

Michelle Tyler 2 6 6

Heidi Eisterlehner 6 3 2

Renata Tomanova 6 6

Marie Pinterova 4 3

Virginia Ruzici 7 7

Mariana Simionescu 5 6

Quarterfinal

Janet Newberry 3 6 7

Mima Jausovec 6 2 5

Regina Marsikova 6 6

Betsy Nagelsen 4 2

Michelle Tyler 3 6 6

Katja Ebbinghaus 6 3 2

Virginia Ruzici 7 7

Renata Tomanova 6 5

Semifinal

Regina Marsikova 6 6

Janet Newberry 4 2

Virginia Ruzici 6 6 6

Michelle Tyler 7 3 3

Final

Regina Marsikova 7 7

Virginia Ruzici 5 5

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Mima Jausovec	Claudia Casabianca	6-3	6-2	·
Lesley Hunt	Kate Latham	6-1	6-2	·
Diane Desfor	Glynis Coles	6-7	6-1	6-2
Janet Newberry	Daniela Marzano	6-7	6-1	6-4
Regina Marsikova	Hana Strachonova	6-3	6-3	·
Fiorella Bonicelli	Helena Anliot	6-3	6-1	·
Betsy Nagelsen	Jeanne Evert	6-1	6-4	·
Laura Dupont	Caroline Stoll	4-6	6-2	6-2
Katja Ebbinghaus	Cynthia Doerner	6-4	6-3	·
Ruta Gerulaitis	Iris Riedel Kuhn	6-4	6-2	·
Heidi Eisterlehner	Sabina Simmonds	7-5	7-5	·
Michelle Tyler	Kathy May	6-3	6-3	·
Renata Tomanova	Sonoe Yonezawa	6-0	6-3	·
Marie Pinterova	Pam Teeguarden	6-2	6-4	·
Mariana Simionescu	Florenta Mihai	6-1	6-4	·
Virginia Ruzici	Sharon Walsh Pete	6-3	7-5	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
RM	Regina Marsikova	CZE	Winner
	Virginia Ruzici	ROU	Final
JN	Janet Newberry	USA	Semifinal
MT	Michelle Tyler	GBR	Semifinal
BN	Betsy Nagelsen	USA	Quarterfinal
	Katja Ebbinghaus	FRG	Quarterfinal
MJ	Mima Jausovec	SLO	Quarterfinal
RT	Renata Tomanova	GER	Quarterfinal
DD	Diane Desfor	USA	Round of 16
FB	Fiorella Bonicelli	URU	Round of 16
HE	Heidi Eisterlehner	GER	Round of 16
LD	Laura Dupont	USA	Round of 16
LH	Lesley Hunt	AUS	Round of 16
MS	Mariana Simionescu	ROU	Round of 16
MP	Marie Pinterova	HUN	Round of 16
RG	Ruta Gerulaitis	USA	Round of 16
CS	Caroline Stoll	USA	Round of 32
CC	Claudia Casabianca	ARG	Round of 32
CD	Cynthia Doerner	AUS	Round of 32
DM	Daniela Marzano	ITA	Round of 32
FM	Florenta Mihai	ROU	Round of 32
GC	Glynis Coles	GBR	Round of 32
HS	Hana Strachonova	SUI	Round of 32
HA	Helena Anliot	SWE	Round of 32
IK	Iris Riedel Kuhn	FRG	Round of 32
JE	Jeanne Evert	USA	Round of 32
KL	Kate Latham	USA	Round of 32
KM	Kathy May	USA	Round of 32
	Pam Teeguarden	USA	Round of 32
SS	Sabina Simmonds	ITA	Round of 32
SP	Sharon Walsh Pete	USA	Round of 32
SY	Sonoe Yonezawa	JPN	Round of 32