1978 South American Championships – Singles

1978 South American Championships ARG Guillermo Vilas ARG José Luis Clerc PAR Víctor Pecci 6–4, 6–4 32 8 singles doubles ATP Buenos Aires (November) ATP Buenos Aires Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion but did not compete that year. José Luis Clerc won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Víctor Pecci. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. ITA Corrado Barazzutti (semifinals) USA Harold Solomon (semifinals) ESP 1977 José Higueras (quarterfinals) ARG José Luis Clerc (champion) CHI Hans Gildemeister (first round) ITA Paolo Bertolucci (second round) CHI Jaime Fillol (first round) NZL Chris Lewis (quarterfinals) Draw First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 ITA C Barazzutti 6 6     CHI B Prajoux 4 0     CHI P Cornejo 3 6 2   ARG H Varela 6 1 6   ESP 1977 A Muñoz 4 6 1   BRA 1968 C Kirmayr 6 1 6   FRG R Gehring 6 2 6 7 CHI J Fillol 3 6 2 3 ESP 1977 J Higueras 6 6     AUS P McNamee 1 2     COL I Molina 6 6 4   Rhodesia A Pattison 4 7 6   URU J L Damiani 2 6 6   FRA P Dominguez 6 2 1   PAR V Pecci 6 6   5 CHI H Gildemeister 0 2   6 ITA P Bertolucci 6 6     ARG F Dalla Fontana 4 2     FRG A Maurer 6 5 6   ECU R Ycaza 4 7 8   FRG W Zirngibl 6 7     BRA 1968 G Barbosa 3 5     ARG R Cano 1 2   4 ARG J L Clerc 6 6   8 NZL C Lewis 6 6     USA G Hardie 2 2     VEN 1930 J Andrew 4 7 6   ARG L Álvarez 6 5 1   BRA 1968 J Soares 6 3 9   AUS P Kronk 2 6 7   USA V Winitsky 6 4 4 2 USA H Solomon 2 6 6 1 ITA C Barazzutti 6 6     ARG H Varela 4 4     BRA 1968 C Kirmayr 7 6     FRG R Gehring 6 3   3 ESP 1977 J Higueras 6 6     Rhodesia A Pattison 4 2     URU J L Damiani 3 6 1   PAR V Pecci 6 1 6 6 ITA P Bertolucci 6 2 6   ECU R Ycaza 4 6 8   FRG W Zirngibl 1 1   4 ARG J L Clerc 6 6   8 NZL C Lewis 5 6 6   VEN 1930 J Andrew 7 0 2   BRA 1968 J Soares 4 2   2 USA H Solomon 6 6   1 ITA C Barazzutti 6 6 6   BRA 1968 C Kirmayr 4 7 3 3 ESP 1977 J Higueras         PAR V Pecci w/o       ECU R Ycaza 3 3   4 ARG J L Clerc 6 6   8 NZL C Lewis 3 2   2 USA H Solomon 6 6   1 ITA C Barazzutti 4 4     PAR V Pecci 6 6   4 ARG J L Clerc 6 1 6 2 USA H Solomon 2 6 2   PAR Víctor Pecci 4 4   4 ARG José Luis Clerc 6 6   External links 1978 South American Championships Singles draw Singles