South Orange 1978

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ATP ATP 500/250 Clay Start: Jul 30, 1978 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Guillermo Vilas

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

Belus Prajoux 3 3

8 Jeff Borowiak

4 Balazs Taroczy 3 6 6

Peter Mcnamara 6 3 4

5 Peter Fleming 6 5 6

Ramiro Benavides 1 7 2

7 Jose Luis Clerc 6 6

Patricio Cornejo 3 4

3 John Lloyd 6 6

Deon Joubert 1 7 6

Bernard Fritz 6 6 2

2 John McEnroe 6 4 6

Keith Richardson 2 6 1

Quarterfinal

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 3 6

8 Jeff Borowiak 4 6 2

4 Balazs Taroczy 7 6

5 Peter Fleming 5 1

7 Jose Luis Clerc 6 6

3 John Lloyd 3 4

2 John McEnroe 7 6

Deon Joubert 6 2

Semifinal

1 Guillermo Vilas 7 6

4 Balazs Taroczy 6 1

7 Jose Luis Clerc 6 4 6

2 John McEnroe 2 6 3

Final

1 Guillermo Vilas 6 6

7 Jose Luis Clerc 1 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Guillermo Vilas	Butch Seewagen	6-2	6-0	·
Belus Prajoux	Ion Tiriac	6-0	7-5	·
Paul Mcnamee	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	7-6	6-2	·
Jeff Borowiak	Fritz Buehning	6-4	6-1	·
Balazs Taroczy	Alvaro Betancur	7-6	6-0	·
Peter Mcnamara	Erick Iskersky	6-0	5-7	6-2
Ramiro Benavides	Raymond Moore	6-4	0-6	6-4
Peter Fleming	Jay Lapidus	7-6	4-6	7-6
Jose Luis Clerc	Andy Mccurry	6-1	6-4	·
Patricio Cornejo	Francois Jauffret	7-6	6-2	·
John James	Ricardo Cano	6-2	6-4	·
John Lloyd	Ivan Molina	6-4	6-3	·
Bernard Fritz	Ferdi Taygan	7-6	6-2	·
Deon Joubert	Billy Martin	6-2	6-4	·
Keith Richardson	Eliot Teltscher	2-6	7-6	6-1
John McEnroe	Rick Fagel	6-2	6-3	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Guillermo Vilas	ARG	Winner
	Jose Luis Clerc	ARG	Final
	Balazs Taroczy	HUN	Semifinal
	John McEnroe	USA	Semifinal
DJ	Deon Joubert	RSA	Quarterfinal
JB	Jeff Borowiak	USA	Quarterfinal
	John Lloyd	GBR	Quarterfinal
	Peter Fleming	USA	Quarterfinal
BP	Belus Prajoux	CHI	Round of 16
BF	Bernard Fritz	FRA	Round of 16
JJ	John James	AUS	Round of 16
KR	Keith Richardson	USA	Round of 16
PC	Patricio Cornejo	CHI	Round of 16
PM	Paul Mcnamee	AUS	Round of 16
PM	Peter Mcnamara	AUS	Round of 16
RB	Ramiro Benavides	BOL	Round of 16
AB	Alvaro Betancur	COL	Round of 32
AM	Andy Mccurry	USA	Round of 32
BM	Billy Martin	USA	Round of 32
BS	Butch Seewagen	USA	Round of 32
CR	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	FRA	Round of 32
ET	Eliot Teltscher	USA	Round of 32
EI	Erick Iskersky	USA	Round of 32
FT	Ferdi Taygan	USA	Round of 32
	Francois Jauffret	FRA	Round of 32
FB	Fritz Buehning	USA	Round of 32
	Ion Tiriac	ROU	Round of 32
IM	Ivan Molina	COL	Round of 32
JL	Jay Lapidus	USA	Round of 32
	Raymond Moore	RSA	Round of 32
RC	Ricardo Cano	ARG	Round of 32
RF	Rick Fagel	USA	Round of 32