1978 BMW Open – Singles

1978 BMW Open
1977 champion   Željko Franulović
Champion   Guillermo Vilas
Runner-up   Buster Mottram
Final score   6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles   Doubles

Željko Franulović was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Buster Mottram.

Guillermo Vilas won in the final 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 against Mottram.

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Guillermo Vilas (Champion)
  2. Buster Mottram (Final)
  3. Balázs Taróczy (Semifinals)
  4. Karl Meiler (Quarterfinals)
  1. Hans Gildemeister (Second Round)
  2. Željko Franulović (Semifinals)
  3. Pat Du Pré (First Round)
  4. Jiří Hřebec (First Round)

Draw

Key

NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

Final
1   Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6    
2   Buster Mottram 1 3 3    

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1   G Vilas 6 6    
    G Gnettner 4 3       1   G Vilas 6 6    
    J Fassbender 7 4 6       J Fassbender 2 4    
    O Parun 6 6 4       1   G Vilas 6 7    
    G Goven 7 1 4           V Zednik 2 5    
    V Zednik 6 6 6         V Zednik 6 4 6
    P Cornejo 3 0     5   H Gildemeister 3 6 4  
5   H Gildemeister 6 6         1   G Vilas 6 6 6
3   B Taróczy 6 3 7       3   B Taróczy 1 7 1
    L Sanders 3 6 5     3   B Taróczy 6 3 7  
    N Pilić 6 6 7       N Pilić 2 6 5  
    B Fairlie 2 7 5       3   B Taróczy 6 6  
    J Yuill 1 0             U Pinner 3 4    
    U Pinner 6 6           U Pinner 6 4 6
    J James 1 5     7   P Du Pré 1 6 2  
7   P Du Pré 6 7    

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6   Ž Franulović 7 6    
    T Okker 5 1       6   Ž Franulović 6 6 6  
Q   J Feaver 6 7     Q   J Feaver 7 0 1  
    I El Shafei 3 6         6   Ž Franulović 6 6    
    J-F Caujolle 3 2         4   K Meiler 1 2    
    P Feigl 6 6           P Feigl 2 2  
    B Hewitt 6 5     4   K Meiler 6 6    
4   K Meiler 7 6         6   Ž Franulović 6 4 3
8   J Hřebec 3 2         2   B Mottram 4 6 6
    F Jauffret 6 6           F Jauffret 4 7 4  
Q   C Kirmayr 6 6     Q   C Kirmayr 6 6 6  
Q   M Wunschig 3 2         Q   C Kirmayr 6 4 3
Q   R Cano 6 6         2   B Mottram 4 6 6  
    H Kary 2 2       Q   R Cano 6 2 1
    W Zerngibl 4 5     2   B Mottram 2 6 6  
2   B Mottram 6 7    

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