1978 Virginia Slims Championships
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{{main|WTA Finals}}
{{TennisEventInfo|1978|Virginia Slims Championships|
| edition=7th
| category=Virginia Slims Championships
| prize_money=$150,000
| draw=8S (RR)
| location=Oakland, United States
| venue=Oakland Coliseum Arena
| champs= {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova
| champd= {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King / {{flagicon|TCH}} Martina Navratilova
| after_name=Avon Championships
}}
The 1978 Virginia Slims Championships were the seventh WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1978 WTA Tour. The singles event consisted of two round robin groups (Gold and Orange) of four players each.{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=292, 299, 523|author=John Dolan}} The winners of each group played each other in the final and additionally there was a play-off match for third place. The tournament was held from March 29 to April 2, 1978, in the Oakland Coliseum Arena. Top-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles event and the accompanying $50,000 first prize money.{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1979|year=1979|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|location=London|isbn=978-0354090681|pages=179–182, 185|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}{{cite news|title=Navratilova cops women's net title|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D5krAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oPUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2992%2C360590|publisher=UPI|work=Nashua Telegraph|date=April 3, 1978|page=26|via=Google News Archive}}{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dGcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6715,1598636|title=Martina grabs tour title|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=April 3, 1978|page=3D|via=Google News Archive}}
Finals
=Singles=
{{Main|1978 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Evonne Goolagong, 7–6(5–0), 6–4
=Doubles=
{{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King / {{flagicon|TCH}} Martina Navratilova defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade / {{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr, 6–4, 6–4{{Citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=In the years 1975–1978 doubles not played (p. 18, https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/matchnotes/2023/808_preview.pdf)}}
Prize money
| class=wikitable style=font-size:95%;text-align:center
|style="width:130px" |Event |style="width:85px; background:lime"|W |style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|3rd |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|4th |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|5th |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|6th |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|7th |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|8th |
| style=background:#efefef|Singles
|$50,000 |$30,000 |$16,000 |$14,000 |$11,000 |$11,000 |$9,000 |$9,000 |
|---|
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.wtafinals.com}}
{{WTA Tour Championships}}
{{1978 WTA Tour}}
{{1978 in tennis}}
Category:Tennis tournaments in the United States
Category:WTA Tour Championships
Category:Tennis tournaments in California
Category:Sports competitions in Oakland, California