1978 French Open - Men's Singles
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Björn Borg
Björn Borg
Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...

 defeated Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo 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:...

 6-1 6-1 6-3 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1978 French Open
1978 French Open
List of the 1978 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Björn Borg def. Guillermo Vilas, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3*It was Borg's 5th career Grand Slam title, and his 3rd French Open title.-Women's singles:...

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See also:
1978 French Open - Women's Singles
1978 French Open - Women's Singles
Virginia Ruzici defeated Mima Jaušovec 6-2 6-2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1978 French Open.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Virginia Ruzici is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated....

1978 French Open - Men's Doubles
1978 French Open - Women's Doubles
1978 French Open - Mixed Doubles

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Björn Borg
Björn Borg
Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...

 is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


  1.   Björn Borg
    Björn Borg
    Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...

     (Champion)

  2.   Guillermo Vilas
    Guillermo Vilas
    Guillermo 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:...

     (Finalist)

  3.   Brian Gottfried
    Brian Gottfried
    Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No....

     (Third round)

  4.   Eddie Dibbs
    Eddie Dibbs
    Eddie Dibbs is a retired American tennis player. He attained a career high ranking of World No. 5 in July 1978.-Wins :-Runner-ups :-Grand Slam singles tournament timeline:...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  5.   Manuel Orantes
    Manuel Orantes
    Manuel Orantes Corral was a tennis champion in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the US Open in 1975, beating defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final.-Career:...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  6.   Raúl Ramírez
    Raúl Ramírez
    Raúl Ramírez is a retired Mexican professional tennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s, and is regarded as one of the great all-around players of the modern era. Ramírez was also the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing...

     (Quarterfinalist)

  7.   Corrado Barazzutti
    Corrado Barazzutti
    Corrado Barazzutti is an Italian former tennis player.Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl. The previous year he had been called to the Italy Davis Cup team, for which he would play a total of 44 matches...

     (Semifinalist)

  8.   Harold Solomon
    Harold Solomon
    Harold Solomon was an American professional tennis player during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the world in 1980.- Tennis career :...

     (Third round)



  1.   Roscoe Tanner
    Roscoe Tanner
    Roscoe Tanner is an American former professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1972 and reached a career high world singles ranking of World No...

     (Fourth round)

  2.   Dick Stockton
    Dick Stockton (tennis)
    Dick Stockton , was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is currently the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia....

     (Semifinalist)

  3.   Wojtek Fibak (Fourth round)

  4.   Phil Dent
    Phil Dent
    Phillip "Phil" Dent, born on 14 February 1950, in Sydney, Australia, is a former professional tennis player. Dent's high water mark as a pro singles player was reaching the Australian Open final in 1974, which he lost to Jimmy Connors 7–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3...

     (First round)

  5.   Tim Gullikson
    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...

     (Fourth round)

  6.   Buster C. Mottram (Third round)

  7.   John Alexander (Fourth round)

  8.   Stan Smith
    Stan Smith
    Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...

     (Third round)


Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired

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