1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

April 2022 1978 Wimbledon Championships s RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt RSA 1928 Frew McMillan USA Peter Fleming USA John McEnroe 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 64 (5 Q Qualifiers) 16 grand slam 1978 Wimbledon Championships Ross Case and Geoff Masters were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Mark Edmondson and John Marks. Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan defeated Peter Fleming and John McEnroe in the final, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's doubles title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Seeds 1 1 RSA 1928 Bob Hewitt / RSA 1928 Frew McMillan (champions) 2 4 POL 1928 Wojciech Fibak / NED Tom Okker (semifinals) 3 3 USA Bob Lutz / USA Stan Smith (second round) 4 2 AUS John Alexander / AUS Phil Dent (semifinals) 5 1 USA Vitas Gerulaitis / USA Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals) 6 4 AUS Ross Case / AUS Geoff Masters (second round) 7 3 USA Fred McNair / MEX Raúl Ramírez (quarterfinals) 8 2 AUS Ray Ruffels / AUS Allan Stone (first round) 9 1 USA Marty Riessen / USA Dick Stockton (third round) 10 n/a 11 4 AUS Syd Ball / AUS Kim Warwick (third round) 12 2 SUI Colin Dowdeswell / AUS Chris Kachel (quarterfinals) 13 3 RSA 1928 Ray Moore / USA Roscoe Tanner (first round) 14 2 USA Gene Mayer / USA Hank Pfister (third round) 15 3 CHI Álvaro Fillol / CHI Jaime Fillol (first round) 16 1 AUS John Newcombe / AUS Tony Roche (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 8 6 6 5 USA Vitas GerulaitisUSA Sandy Mayer 4 9 3 3 4 AUS John AlexanderAUS Phil Dent 6 7 6 12 SUI Colin DowdeswellAUS Chris Kachel 4 5 4 7 USA Fred McNairMEX Raúl Ramírez 7 6 8 USA Peter FlemingUSA John McEnroe 9 8 9 AUS Mark EdmondsonAUS John Marks 3 4 6 6 1 2 POL 1928 Wojciech FibakNED Tom Okker 6 6 3 4 6 1 RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 9 7 6 4 AUS John AlexanderAUS Phil Dent 7 5 4 USA Peter FlemingUSA John McEnroe 1 6 9 6 2 POL 1928 Wojciech FibakNED Tom Okker 6 3 7 4 1 RSA 1928 Bob HewittRSA 1928 Frew McMillan 6 6 6 USA Peter FlemingUSA John McEnroe 1 4 2 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 9 6 9 USA V AmayaGBR J Smith 8 3 8 SWE J NorbäckSWE D Palm 6 5 5 1 AUS R CarmichaelUSA B Teacher 4 7 7 6 GBR C MottramGBR R Taylor 6 6 5 6 GBR R BevenGBR N Sears 4 4 7 4 GBR D LloydGBR J Lloyd 6 4 4 4 16 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 3 6 6 6 9 USA M RiessenUSA R Stockton 9 6 6 NZL R SimpsonUSA V Winitsky 8 2 4 RSA 1928 B MittonUSA A Pattison 6 8 2 6 12 USA A AsheFRA Y Noah 4 9 6 4 14 USA T LeonardUSA M Machette 6 6 6 Q TCH S BirnerTCH J Šimbera 2 1 3 AUS S DochertyCAN G Halder 7 4 4 5 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 9 6 6 1 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 9 6 9 AUS R CarmichaelUSA B Teacher 8 3 7 GBR C MottramGBR R Taylor 2 3 2 16 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 6 6 6 9 USA M RiessenUSA R Stockton 6 4 5 6 6 USA A AsheFRA Y Noah 2 6 7 3 4 USA T LeonardUSA M Machette 7 4 9 4 4 5 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 5 6 7 6 6 1 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 7 9 6 16 AUS J NewcombeAUS A Roche 5 8 4 9 USA M RiessenUSA R Stockton 8 4 2 0 5 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 6 6 6 6 1 RSA 1928 R HewittRSA 1928 F McMillan 6 8 6 6 5 USA V GerulaitisUSA A Mayer 4 9 3 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 9 4 6 8 6 USA J BorowiakNZL C Lewis 8 6 3 9 3 AUS P CampbellUSA J McManus 2 3 9 3 USA J BaileyUSA R Fisher 6 6 8 6 Q AUS R GiltinanAUS J Trickey 6 8 6 4 9 USA S CarnahanGBR M Wayman 3 9 3 6 7 LL AUS N CallaghanAUS V Eke 1 2 4 14 USA E MayerUSA H Pfister 6 6 6 12 SUI C DowdeswellAUS C Kachel 6 8 6 6 AUS R KellyAUS G Thomson 2 9 1 2 GBR J PaishIRL S Sorensen 9 2 6 3 4 USA C PasarellUSA E van Dillen 8 6 3 6 6 BRA 1968 C KirmayrECU R Ycaza 6 3 5 6 Q AUS D CollingsAUS K Hancock 2 6 7 8 USA Ti GulliksonUSA To Gullikson 6 6 8 8 AUS R RuffelsAUS A Stone 3 4 6 4 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 5 9 6 6 USA J BaileyUSA R Fisher 7 8 3 1 Q AUS R GiltinanAUS J Trickey 3 7 9 5 3 14 USA E MayerUSA H Pfister 6 5 8 7 6 12 SUI C DowdeswellAUS C Kachel 7 4 6 6 6 USA C PasarellUSA E van Dillen 5 6 4 8 4 Q AUS D CollingsAUS K Hancock 3 9 6 6 USA Ti GulliksonUSA To Gullikson 6 8 4 3 4 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 6 6 6 14 USA E MayerUSA H Pfister 4 4 2 12 SUI C DowdeswellAUS C Kachel 7 9 7 Q AUS D CollingsAUS K Hancock 5 8 5 4 AUS J AlexanderAUS P Dent 6 7 6 12 SUI C DowdeswellAUS C Kachel 4 5 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 USA F McNairMEX R Ramírez 7 6 6 ARG JL ClercCHI B Prajoux 5 4 3 USA T GormanUSA S Stewart 6 6 6 AUS R CrealyAUS R Frawley 2 4 2 GBR R DrysdaleGBR R Lewis 9 9 4 9 TCH J HřebecTCH V Zedník 7 8 6 8 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 6 9 6 15 CHI Á FillolCHI J Fillol 3 7 4 13 RSA 1928 R MooreUSA R Tanner 4 4 8 ARG E ÁlvarezPAR 1954 V Pecci 6 6 9 GBR J FeaverAUS J James 8 6 5 EGY 1972 I El Shafei<br/ >NZL B Fairlie 9 8 7 AUS C FancuttAUS P McNamee 1 2 5 USA P FlemingUSA J McEnroe 6 6 7 GBR C BradnamGBR A Jarrett 5 5 8 3 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 7 7 9 7 USA F McNairMEX R Ramírez 7 6 5 6 USA T GormanUSA S Stewart 5 4 7 2 GBR R DrysdaleGBR R Lewis 1 2 6 9 12 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 6 6 3 8 14 ARG E ÁlvarezPAR 1954 V Pecci 6 6 6 EGY 1972 I El Shafei<br/ >NZL B Fairlie 4 3 4 USA P FlemingUSA J McEnroe 4 6 6 8 13 USA R LutzUSA S Smith 6 1 3 9 11 7 USA F McNairMEX R Ramírez 6 6 6 IND A AmritrajIND V Amritraj 3 3 4 ARG E ÁlvarezPAR 1954 V Pecci 2 4 4 USA P FlemingUSA J McEnroe 6 6 6 7 USA F McNairMEX R Ramírez 7 6 8 USA P FlemingUSA J McEnroe 9 8 9 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 AUS R CaseAUS G Masters 6 9 6 USA D RalstonAUS F Stolle 3 8 2 Q AUS B DrewettAUS W Maher 2 4 7 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 6 9 USA J HageyUSA T Wilkison 8 6 6 LL AUS P McNamaraAUS T Rocavert 6 3 4 LL AUS M FancuttAUS W Hampson 6 6 3 5 7 LL URU JL DamianiBRA 1968 C Motta 4 4 6 7 5 11 AUS S BallAUS K Warwick 8 6 6 USA M FishbachUSA P Fishbach 6 2 4 GBR M AppletonGBR J Dier 7 7 4 4 SWE O BengtsonGBR M Cox 5 9 6 6 USA W MartinNZL O Parun 3 4 4 AUS C DibleyAUS C Letcher 6 6 6 LL FRA J-B ChanfreauAUS S Myers 2 4 1 2 POL 1928 W FibakNED T Okker 6 6 6 6 AUS R CaseAUS G Masters 8 3 9 9 2 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 9 6 7 8 6 USA J HageyUSA T Wilkison 6 6 6 LL AUS M FancuttAUS W Hampson 4 2 4 11 AUS S BallAUS K Warwick 4 7 6 8 6 SWE O BengtsonGBR M Cox 6 5 3 9 3 AUS C DibleyAUS C Letcher 3 1 4 2 POL 1928 W FibakNED T Okker 6 6 6 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 6 6 7 USA J HageyUSA T Wilkison 4 4 5 11 AUS S BallAUS K Warwick 3 7 3 6 2 POL 1928 W FibakNED T Okker 6 5 6 8 AUS M EdmondsonAUS J Marks 3 4 6 6 1 2 POL 1928 W FibakNED T Okker 6 6 3 4 6 References External links 1978 MD Wimbledon 1978 – Doubles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/wimbledon/540/1978/draws?matchType=doubles atpworldtour.com ATP World Tour 27 November 2017 1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Doubles Men's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles