1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles


defeated her rival Chris Evert in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships. Virginia Wade was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Chris Evert. This was Navratilova's first of 18 Grand Slam singles titles and a record nine Wimbledon singles titles. This was the first time Wimbledon seeded 16 players for the ladies' championship, increasing the number from 12 in 1977. There have been at least 16 seeds in every championship since.

Seeds

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Martina Navratilova
Evonne Goolagong Cawley '
Virginia Wade '
Billie Jean King '
Betty Stöve '
Wendy Turnbull '
Dianne Fromholtz '
Tracy Austin '
Kerry Reid '
Marise Kruger '
Mima Jaušovec '
Virginia Ruzici '
Sue Barker '
Regina Maršíková '
Marita Redondo
As originally published Rosie Casals was seeded 14th and Sue Barker was seeded 16th. The withdrawal of Casals before the draw was made allowed for a redrafting of the seeding list.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8