1978 Paris Open – Doubles

Doubles
1978 Paris Open
1977 Champions United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Champions United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
Runners-up Romania Ion Ţiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
Final score 7–6, 6–2

Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Bruce Manson and Andrew Pattison won the doubles title at the 1978 Paris Open tennis tournament defeating Ion Ţiriac and Guillermo Vilas in the final 7–6, 6–2.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. United States Robert Lutz / United States Stan Smith (Semifinals)
  2. Romania Ion Ţiriac / Argentina Guillermo Vilas (Final)
  3. Egypt Ismail El Shafei / South Africa Raymond Moore (Semifinals)
  4. France Jean-Louis Haillet / France Gilles Moretton (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 United States R Lutz
United States S Smith
6 6  
  France B Fritz
France C Roger-Vasselin
4 4   1 United States R Lutz
United States S Smith
6 6  
  France P Dominguez
France D Naegelen
6 6     France P Dominguez
France D Naegelen
3 3  
  France C Freyss
France P Portes
3 2   1 United States R Lutz
United States S Smith
4 3  
4 France J-L Haillet
France G Moretton
6 7     United States B Manson
Rhodesia A Pattison
6 6  
  Spain A Jimenez
Spain J Soler
4 5   4 France J-L Haillet
France G Moretton
3 6  
  United States B Manson
Rhodesia A Pattison
5 6 6   United States B Manson
Rhodesia A Pattison
6 7  
  United Kingdom J Feaver
Australia J James
7 3 2   United States Bruce Manson
Rhodesia Andrew Pattison
7 6  
  United Kingdom R Drysdale
United Kingdom R Lewis
6 2   2 Romania Ion Ţiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6 2  
  United States J Austin
United States G Hardie
7 6     United States J Austin
United States G Hardie
2 4  
  France D Bedel
France P Proisy
6 3 4 3 Egypt I El Shafei
South Africa R Moore
6 6  
3 Egypt I El Shafei
South Africa R Moore
4 6 6 3 Egypt I El Shafei
South Africa R Moore
3 3  
  United States T Garcia
United States J Sadri
7 7   2 Romania I Ţiriac
Argentina G Vilas
6 6  
  Sweden O N Bengtson
United States T Gullikson
6 5     United States T Garcia
United States J Sadri
0 3  
  France E Deblicker
France Y Noah
6 5 4 2 Romania I Ţiriac
Argentina G Vilas
6 6  
2 Romania I Ţiriac
Argentina G Vilas
4 7 6

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.