1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships

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1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships

Date

February 27 – March 5

Edition

9th

Category

Grand Prix

Draw

32S / 16D

Prize money

$225,000

Surface

Hard / Indoor

Location

Memphis, TN, United States

Venue

Racquet Club of Memphis

Champions

Singles

Jimmy Connors^[1]

Doubles

Raúl Ramírez /

Brian Gottfried^[2]

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The 1978 U.S. National Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the ninth edition of the tournament was held from February 27 through March 5, 1978. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title and $39,000 first-prize money. It was Connors' fourth title at the event after his three successive titles from 1973 to 1975, when the tournament was held in Salisbury, Maryland.^[3]^[4]

Finals

Singles

Jimmy Connors defeated Tim Gullikson 7–6, 6–3

It was Connors' third singles title of the year and the 64th of his career.

Doubles

Raúl Ramírez / Brian Gottfried defeated Phil Dent / John Newcombe 3–6, 7–6, 6–2

References

^ "1978 Memphis – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
^ "1978 Memphis – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
^ John Barrett, ed. (1978). World of Tennis 1978 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 81–82. ISBN 9780354090391.
^ "Gullikson Tough, But Connors Wins". Reading Eagle. March 6, 1978 – via Google News Archive.

External links

U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships / Memphis Open

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