1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships
Appearance
1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships | |
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Date | 16–22 October |
Edition | 6th |
Category | Grand Prix circuit (Four star) |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $175,000 |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Venue | Hordern Pavilion |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Jimmy Connors[1] | |
Doubles | |
John Newcombe / Tony Roche[2] |
The 1978 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia and was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 16 October through 22 October 1978. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title.[3]
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Jimmy Connors defeated Geoff Masters 6–0, 6–0, 6–4
- It was Connors' 10th title of the year and the 84th of his career.
Doubles
[edit]John Newcombe / Tony Roche defeated Mark Edmondson / John Marks 6–4, 6–3
- It was Newcombe's only title of the year and the 65th of his career. It was Roche's 2nd title of the year and the 27th of his career.
References
[edit]- ^ "1978 Sydney Indoor – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ "1978 Sydney Indoor – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-0354090681.
External links
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