1978 Transamerica Open – Doubles

1978 Transamerica Open USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 singles doubles 32 8 Pacific Coast Championships The 1978 Transamerica Open – Doubles was an event of the 1978 Transamerica Open tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California in the United States, between September 25, and October 2, 1978. The draw comprised 32 teams and eight of them were seeded. Dick Stockton and Marty Riessen were the defending Pacific Coast Championships doubles champions but did not compete together in this edition. The fifth-seeded team of Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won the doubles title after they defeated second-seeded Bob Lutz in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4.World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook 1979 Macdonald and Jane's London 978-0354090681 26, 29, 102–103 John Barrett1978 San Francisco – Doubles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/berkeley/424/1978/draws?matchtype=doubles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan (first round) USA Bob Lutz / USA Stan Smith (final) USA Vitas Gerulaitis / USA Sandy Mayer (second round, withdrew) USA Marty Riessen / USA Sherwood Stewart (quarterfinals) USA Peter Fleming / USA John McEnroe (champions) USA Gene Mayer / USA Hank Pfister (semifinals) USA Dick Stockton / USA Erik van Dillen (second round) RSA 1928 Raymond Moore / USA Roscoe Tanner (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final USA Tim Gullikson USA Tom Gullikson 3 4 5 USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 6 6 6 USA Gene Mayer USA Hank Pfister 4 4 2 USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 6 6 5 USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 5 6 6 2 USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 7 4 4 Top half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 3 4 USA Tim Gullikson USA Tom Gullikson 6 6 SWE Jan Norbäck SWE Douglas Palm 7 5 3 USA Andy Lucchesi USA George Taylor 6 7 6 USA Tony Graham USA Trey Waltke 4 7 3 AUS Cliff Letcher USA Brad Rowe 6 5 6 USA Nial Brash USA Cary Stansbury 1 2 7 USA Dick Stockton USA Erik van Dillen 6 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis USA Sandy Mayer 6 7 USA Martin Davis USA Chris Dunk 4 6 AUS Colin Dibley USA Brian Teacher 4 7 6 USA Bruce Manson ZIM Andrew Pattison 6 5 7 USA Mike Cahill USA Terry Moor 3 1 AUS Ross Case AUS Geoff Masters 6 6 USA Johan Kriek RSA 1928 Willem Prinsloo 5 4 5 USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 7 6 USA Tim Gullikson USA Tom Gullikson 7 6 USA Andy Lucchesi USA George Taylor 6 3 AUS Cliff Letcher USA Brad Rowe 6 2 7 7 USA Dick Stockton USA Erik van Dillen 4 6 6 3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis USA Sandy Mayer USA Bruce Manson ZIM Andrew Pattison w/o AUS Ross Case AUS Geoff Masters 3 6 6 5 USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 6 3 7 USA Tim Gullikson USA Tom Gullikson 1 6 6 AUS Cliff Letcher USA Brad Rowe 6 3 4 USA Bruce Manson ZIM Andrew Pattison 1 3 5 USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 6 6 USA Tim Gullikson USA Tom Gullikson 3 4 5 USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 6 6 Bottom half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 USA Gene Mayer USA Hank Pfister 4 6 7 USA John Austin USA Nick Saviano 6 3 5 SWE Ove Bengtson USA Pat DuPré 6 7 3 ITA Adriano Panatta AUS Kim Warwick 7 6 6 USA Jeff Borowiak USA Eliot Teltscher 6 3 3 USA Matt Mitchell USA Peter Rennert 4 6 6 USA Glen Holroyd USA Howard Schoenfield 4 USA Marty Riessen USA Sherwood Stewart w/o 8 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore USA Roscoe Tanner 6 5 6 USA Mike MacHette USA Dennis Ralston 4 7 4 USA Bill Maze USA Butch Walts 6 6 USA David Couch USA Don Paulsen 4 4 USA Mike Fishbach RSA 1928 Bernard Mitton 6 6 USA Bruce Nichols USA David Schneider 3 4 USA Lloyd Bourne USA Chico Hagey 1 6 2 USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 6 7 6 USA Gene Mayer USA Hank Pfister 6 4 6 ITA Adriano Panatta AUS Kim Warwick 4 6 4 USA Matt Mitchell USA Peter Rennert 1 2 4 USA Marty Riessen USA Sherwood Stewart 6 6 8 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore USA Roscoe Tanner 6 3 6 USA Bill Maze USA Butch Walts 3 6 7 USA Mike Fishbach RSA 1928 Bernard Mitton 6 6 2 USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 7 7 6 USA Gene Mayer USA Hank Pfister 6 6 4 USA Marty Riessen USA Sherwood Stewart 2 2 USA Bill Maze USA Butch Walts 6 6 2 USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 7 7 6 USA Gene Mayer USA Hank Pfister 4 4 2 USA Bob Lutz USA Stan Smith 6 6 References External links ITF tournament edition details Doubles