1978 Australian Open


The 1978 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia and was held from 25 December 1978 to 3 January 1979. It was the 67th edition of the Australian Open and the fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Argentinian Guillermo Vilas and Australian Chris O'Neil.

Seniors

Men's singles

Guillermo Vilas defeated John Marks, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Women's singles

Chris O'Neil defeated Betsy Nagelsen, 6–3, 7–6

Men's doubles

Wojciech Fibak / Kim Warwick defeated Paul Kronk / Cliff Letcher, 7–6, 7–5

Women's doubles

Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová defeated Naoko Sato / Pam Whytcross, 7–5, 6–2

Mixed doubles

This event was not held from 1970 until 1985.