1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Singles

1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament USA Jimmy Connors MEX Raúl Ramírez 7–5, 7–5 32 8 singles doubles Rotterdam Open The 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Singles was an event of the 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands, between 3 April and 9 April 1978. The draw comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. Sixth-seeded Dick Stockton was the defending Rotterdam Open singles champion but lost in the quarterfinals to first-seeded Jimmy Connors who won the singles title after a win in the final against fourth-seeded Raúl Ramírez, 7–5, 7–5.1978 Rotterdam – Singles draw http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/rotterdam/407/1978/draws?matchType=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em USA Jimmy Connors (champion) SWE Björn Borg (quarterfinals) USA Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals) MEX Raúl Ramírez (final) USA Sandy Mayer (second round) USA Dick Stockton (quarterfinals) ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase (semifinals) POL Wojtek Fibak (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Jimmy Connors 4 6 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6 4 4 4 MEX Raúl Ramírez 7 6 7 ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase 5 3 1 USA Jimmy Connors 7 7 4 MEX Raúl Ramírez 5 5 Upper half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 USA Jimmy Connors 6 6 AUS Dick Crealy 1 3 SWE Ove Nils Bengtson 7 6 1 SWE Kjell Johansson 6 7 6 USA Fred McNair 3 4 UK John Lloyd 6 6 USA Bill Scanlon 3 1 6 USA Dick Stockton 6 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 USA Stan Smith 2 4 NZL Chris Lewis 5 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol 7 0 7 AUS Ken Rosewall 63 2 TCH Vladimír Zedník 7 6 USA Robert Lutz 6 6 8 POL Wojtek Fibak 4 2 1 USA Jimmy Connors 6 6 SWE Kjell Johansson 3 1 UK John Lloyd 0 3 4 USA Dick Stockton 6 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 CHI Jaime Fillol 0 1 TCH Vladimír Zedník 3 6 4 USA Robert Lutz 6 3 6 1 USA Jimmy Connors 3 6 6 4 USA Dick Stockton 6 4 0 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 USA Robert Lutz 2 3 1 USA Jimmy Connors 4 6 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 6 4 4 Lower half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 USA Sandy Mayer 6 7 6 USA Tom Leonard 7 6 2 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore 6 7 3 AUS Kim Warwick 7 6 6 IND Vijay Amritraj 6 6 NED Tom Okker 2 3 TCH Tomáš Šmíd 2 66 4 MEX Raúl Ramírez 6 7 7 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 6 6 USA Sherwood Stewart 1 1 USA Terry Moor 5 5 USA Mike Fishbach 7 7 UK Mark Cox 1 4 ITA Antonio Zugarelli 6 6 NED Louk Sanders 2 3 2 SWE Björn Borg 6 6 5 USA Sandy Mayer 3 3 AUS Kim Warwick 6 6 IND Vijay Amritraj 2 2 4 MEX Raúl Ramírez 6 6 7 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 6 6 USA Mike Fishbach 3 1 ITA Antonio Zugarelli 1 2 2 SWE Björn Borg 6 6 AUS Kim Warwick 2 2 4 MEX Raúl Ramírez 6 6 7 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase w/o 2 SWE Björn Borg 4 MEX Raúl Ramírez 7 6 7 ROM 1965 Ilie Năstase 5 3 References External links World Tennis tournament details Singles