1978 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles

April 2022 1978 Benson & Hedges Championships USA John McEnroe USA Tim Gullikson 6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2 singles doubles 32 8 Wembley Championships Benson & Hedges Championships Benson & Hedges Championships The 1978 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles was an event of the 1978 Benson & Hedges Championships tennis tournament and was played on iindoor carpet courts at the Wembley Arena in London in the United Kingdom, between 14 November and 18 November 1978. The draw comprised 32 players and eight of them were seeded. Björn Borg was the defending Wembley Championships singles champion but did not participate in this edition. Third-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title after a win in the final against unseeded Tim Gullikson, 6–7, 6–4, 7–6, 6–2.World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook 1979 Macdonald and Jane's London 978-0354090681 26, 29, 112–113 John Barrett1978 Wembley – Singles draw https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/wembley/430/1978/draws?matchtype=singles Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Seeds 30em USA Vitas Gerulaitis (second round) USA Eddie Dibbs (second round) USA John McEnroe (champion) USA Brian Gottfried (second round) ITA Corrado Barazzutti (quarterfinals) USA Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals) USA Harold Solomon (second round) USA Roscoe Tanner (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final USA Tim Gullikson w/o USA Arthur Ashe 3 USA John McEnroe 6 6 USA Dick Stockton 4 3 USA Tim Gullikson 7 4 6 2 3 USA John McEnroe 6 6 7 6 Top half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 7 6 SUI Heinz Günthardt 5 3 TCH Vladimír Zedník 7 6 2 USA Tim Gullikson 6 7 6 GBR Mark Cox 6 6 POL Wojciech Fibak 2 4 RSA 1928 Bernard Mitton 2 6 6 USA Sandy Mayer 6 7 4 USA Brian Gottfried 7 6 GBR Richard Lewis 6 0 USA Stan Smith 6 6 GBR John Lloyd 3 4 USA Victor Amaya 6 6 3 USA Arthur Ashe 2 7 6 USA Eliot Teltscher 2 2 7 USA Harold Solomon 6 6 1 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 4 7 3 USA Tim Gullikson 6 5 6 GBR Mark Cox 1 5 6 USA Sandy Mayer 6 7 4 USA Brian Gottfried 4 6 3 USA Stan Smith 6 3 6 USA Arthur Ashe 2 6 6 7 USA Harold Solomon 6 4 1 USA Tim Gullikson 6 6 6 USA Sandy Mayer 2 2 USA Stan Smith 3 2 USA Arthur Ashe 6 6 USA Tim Gullikson w/o USA Arthur Ashe Bottom half First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 ITA Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 USA Bob Lutz 0 1 ROU Ilie Năstase 6 6 USA Peter Fleming 3 4 FRG Karl Meiler 1 3 NED Tom Okker 6 6 GBR David Lloyd 4 2 3 USA John McEnroe 6 6 8 USA Roscoe Tanner 6 6 9 USA Tom Gullikson 3 7 7 USA Dick Stockton 6 6 TCH Tomáš Šmíd 1 4 HUN Balázs Taróczy 1 6 5 ITA Adriano Panatta 6 4 7 RSA 1928 Frew McMillan 3 0 2 USA Eddie Dibbs 6 6 5 ITA Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 ROU Ilie Năstase 3 7 3 NED Tom Okker 2 3 3 USA John McEnroe 6 6 8 USA Roscoe Tanner 3 4 USA Dick Stockton 6 6 ITA Adriano Panatta 6 6 2 USA Eddie Dibbs 1 3 5 ITA Corrado Barazzutti 0 6 3 USA John McEnroe 6 7 USA Dick Stockton 6 4 8 ITA Adriano Panatta 3 6 6 3 USA John McEnroe 6 6 USA Dick Stockton 4 3 References External links World Tennis tournament details Category:Wembley Championships Singles