1978 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles

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Singles
1978 Virginia Slims Championships
Champion Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
Runner-up Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Final score 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Navratilova defeated Goolagong in the final 7–6, 6–4. Chris Evert was the defending champion, but did not qualify.

Seeds

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Draw

Key

Finals

Final
(1) Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 77 6
(2) Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 65 4
  Third place play-off
           
  6  Australia Wendy Turnbull 7 6
7  United States Rosemary Casals 6 3

Round Robin

Gold Group

Gold Group Czechoslovakia Navratilova Netherlands Stöve Australia Turnbull Australia Reid RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
1 Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–3 6–2, 6–1 6–2, 6–3 3–0 6–0 (100%) 36–13 (73.5%) 1st
3 Netherlands Betty Stöve 2–6, 3–6 4–6, 3–6 7–6, 7–6 1–2 2–4 (33.3%) 26–36 (42.0%) 3
6 Australia Wendy Turnbull 2–6, 1–6 6–4, 6–3 7–6, 6–1 2–1 4–2 (66.7%) 28–26 (51.9%) 2nd
8 Australia Kerry Reid 2–6, 3–6 6–7, 6–7 6–7, 1–6 0–3 0–6 (0.0%) 24–39 (38.1%) 4

Orange Group

Orange Group Australia Goolagong Cawley United Kingdom Wade United States King United States Casals RR W–L Set W–L Game W–L Standings
2 Australia E. Goolagong Cawley 6–0, 7–6 w/o 7–6, 6–4 3–0 4–0 (100%) 20–16 (55.5%) 1st
4 United Kingdom Virginia Wade 0–6, 6–7 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 5–7, 6–3, 0–6 1–2 3–5 (37.5%) 30–41 (42.3%) 3
5 United States Billie Jean King w/o 6–1, 2–6, 4–6 w/o 0–3 1–2 (33.3%) 12–13 (48.0%) 4
7 United States Rosemary Casals 6–7, 4–6 7–5, 3–6, 6–0 w/o 2–1 2–3 (40.0%) 26–24 (52.0%) 2nd

See also

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