Guillermo VilasGuillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...
defeated
John MarksJohn Marks is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia.Marks is best remembered for finishing runner-up in singles at the 1978 Australian Open, although he never won a singles title in his career. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 63...
6–4 6–4 3–6 6–3 in the final to win the
Men's Singles title at the
1978 Australian OpenList of the 1978 Australian Open champions:-Men's singles: Guillermo Vilas def. John Marks, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3*It was Vilas's 3rd career Grand Slam title, and his 1st Australian Open title.-Women's singles: Christine O'Neil def...
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See also:
- 1978 Australian Open - Women's Singles
Christine O'Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen 6–3 7–6 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1978 Australian Open.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...
- 1978 Australian Open - Men's Doubles
- 1978 Australian Open - Women's Doubles
- 1978 Australian Open - Mixed Doubles
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Guillermo VilasGuillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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 Guillermo VilasGuillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...
, (Champion)
- José Luis Clerc
José Luis Clerc is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history....
, (First Round)
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 Arthur AsheArthur Robert Ashe, Jr. was a professional tennis player, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. During his career, he won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States...
, (Semifinals)
- Tim Gullikson
Timothy Ernest "Tim" Gullikson was a tennis player and coach who was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin in the United States.In 1977, he won three tour singles titles and was named the ATP's Newcomer of the Year...
, (Second Round)
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 Wojtek Fibak, (Third Round)
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 John Alexander, (Quarterfinals)
- Ken Rosewall
Kenneth Robert Rosewall AM MBE is a former world top-ranking amateur and professional tennis player from Australia. He won 23 Majors including eight Grand Slam singles titles and before the Open Era a record fifteen Pro Slam titles . Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam...
, (Third Round)
- Victor Amaya
Victor Amaya is a former American male professional tour tennis player.The left-handed Amaya's career high ranking was World No. 15, which he attained in June, 1980....
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- Hank Pfister
Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career...
, (Semifinals)
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 Yannick NoahYannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...
, (First Round)
- Tony Roche
Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player, native of Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title and twelve Grand Slam doubles titles. He is also very well known for coaching...
, (Quarterfinals)
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 Peter FeiglPeter Feigl is a former Austrian professional tennis player.Feigl is best known for being a quarter-finalist in the 1978 Australian Open.-Singles titles :-References:...
, (Quarterfinals)
- Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...
, (Third Round)
- Geoff Masters
Geoff Masters is a former Australian tennis player.-Tennis tour career:In 1977 Masters and Ross Case won the doubles in Wimbledon.-Doubles titles :-Post-tennis playing career:...
, (First Round)
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 Bernard MittonBernard Mitton, born 9 November 1954 is a professional male tennis player in both singles and doubles from the Republic of South Africa. He was born in Vryburg, South Africa....
, (Second Round)
- Allan Stone
----Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...
, (Third Round)
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Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- L = Loser
- r. = retired
Finals
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