1978 WCT World Doubles

Tennis tournament
1978 WCT World Doubles
DateMay 3–7
Edition6th
Prize money$200,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationMunicipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Champions
Doubles
Poland Wojtek Fibak / Netherlands Tom Okker
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The 1978 WCT World Doubles was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Kansas City, Missouri, United States that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the tour finals for the doubles season of the WCT Tour section. The tournament was held from May 3 through May 7, 1978. It was the first edition to operate a Round robin system.[1]

Final

Doubles

Poland Wojciech Fibak / Netherlands Tom Okker defeated United States Robert Lutz / United States Stan Smith 6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3

See also

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 175. ISBN 978-0354090681.
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