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1978 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles

Main article: 1978 Virginia Slims Championships

Martina Navratilova defeated Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final, 7–6, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1978 Virginia Slims Championships. It was her first Tour Finals singles title, and the first of an eventual record eight such titles.

Chris Evert was the reigning champion, but did not qualify this year.

Seeds

  1. USA Martina Navratilova (champion)
  2. AUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley (final)
  3. NED Betty Stöve (round robin)
  4. GBR Virginia Wade (round robin)
  5. USA Billie Jean King (round robin)
  6. AUS Wendy Turnbull (third place)
  7. USA Rosemary Casals (fourth place)
  8. AUS Kerry Reid (round robin)

Draw

Finals

| team-width = 210 | score-width = 20 | RD1-seed1 = 1 | RD1-team1 = USA Martina Navratilova | RD1-seed2 = 2 | RD1-team2 = AUS Evonne Goolagong Cawley | RD1-score1-1=77 | RD1-score2-1= 65 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score2-2=4 | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-score2-3=

| team-width = 210 | score-width = 20 | RD1-seed1=6 | RD1-team1=AUS Wendy Turnbull | RD1-score1-1=7 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-seed2=7 | RD1-team2=USA Rosemary Casals | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=3 | RD1-score2-3=

Round robin

Gold group

| title-1=Gold Group | title-2=RR W–L | title-3=Set W–L | title-4=Game W–L | title-5=Standings

| seed-1=1 | team-1-abbrev=USA Navratilova | team-1=USA Martina Navratilova | match-w/l-1=3–0 | set-w/l-1=6–0 (100%) | game-w/l-1=36–13 (73.5%) | standings-1=

| seed-2=3 | team-2-abbrev=NED Stöve | team-2=NED Betty Stöve | match-w/l-2=1–2 | set-w/l-2=2–4 (33.3%) | game-w/l-2=26–36 (42.0%) | standings-2=3

| seed-3=6 | team-3-abbrev=AUS Turnbull | team-3=AUS Wendy Turnbull | match-w/l-3=2–1 | set-w/l-3=4–2 (66.7%) | game-w/l-3=28–26 (51.9%) | standings-3=

| seed-4=8 | team-4-abbrev=AUS Reid | team-4=AUS Kerry Reid | match-w/l-4=0–3 | set-w/l-4=0–6 (0.0%) | game-w/l-4=24–39 (38.1%) | standings-4=4

|color-row-1= | 1v2=6–2, 6–3 |1v3=6–2, 6–1 |1v4=6–2, 6–3 |color-row-2= |2v1=2–6, 3–6 | 2v3=4–6, 3–6 |2v4=7–6, 7–6 |color-row-3= |3v1=2–6, 1–6 |3v2=6–4, 6–3 | 3v4=7–6, 6–1 |color-row-4= |4v1=2–6, 3–6 |4v2=6–7, 6–7 |4v3=6–7, 1–6

Orange group

| title-1=Orange Group | title-2=RR W–L | title-3=Set W–L | title-4=Game W–L | title-5=Standings

| seed-1=2 | team-1-abbrev=AUS Goolagong Cawley | team-1=AUS E. Goolagong Cawley | match-w/l-1=3–0 | set-w/l-1=4–0 (100%) | game-w/l-1=20–16 (55.5%) | standings-1=

| seed-2=4 | team-2-abbrev=GBR Wade | team-2=GBR Virginia Wade | match-w/l-2=1–2 | set-w/l-2=3–5 (37.5%) | game-w/l-2=30–41 (42.3%) | standings-2=3

| seed-3=5 | team-3-abbrev=USA King | team-3=USA Billie Jean King | match-w/l-3=0–3 | set-w/l-3=1–2 (33.3%) | game-w/l-3=12–13 (48.0%) | standings-3=4

| seed-4=7 | team-4-abbrev=USA Casals | team-4=USA Rosemary Casals | match-w/l-4=2–1 | set-w/l-4=2–3 (40.0%) | game-w/l-4=26–24 (52.0%) | standings-4=

|color-row-1= | 1v2=6–0, 7–6 |1v3=w/o |1v4=7–6, 6–4 |color-row-2= |2v1=0–6, 6–7 | 2v3=1–6, 6–2, 6–4 |2v4=5–7, 6–3, 0–6 |color-row-3= |3v1=w/o |3v2=6–1, 2–6, 4–6 | 3v4=w/o |color-row-4= |4v1=6–7, 4–6 |4v2=7–5, 3–6, 6–0 |4v3=w/o

References

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