1978 French Open

1978 French Open
Date29 May – 11 June 1978
Edition77
Category48th Grand Slam (ITF)
Prize money$337,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Sweden Björn Borg[1]
Women's singles
Romania Virginia Ruzici[2]
Men's doubles
United States Gene Mayer / United States Hank Pfister[3]
Women's doubles
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec / Romania Virginia Ruzici[2]
Mixed doubles
Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová / Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil[2]

The 1978 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 82nd staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1978.[4][5]

  1. ^ "ATP – 1978 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw". ATP.
  2. ^ a b c "WTA Tournament Archive – 1978 Roland Garros" (PDF). WTA.
  3. ^ "ATP – 1978 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  4. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 390, 396, 400, 402–3. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  5. ^ Gilles Delamarre (1991). Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire. Paris: Fédération Française de Tennis. pp. 240–245. ISBN 2906450510.

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