# 1978 Nice International Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_Nice_International_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1978_Nice_International_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Nice_International_Open > Source revision: 1124581931 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Men's tennis tournament Tennis tournament 1978 Nice International Open Date 17–23 April Edition 7th Category Grand Prix Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $50,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Nice, France Venue Nice Lawn Tennis Club Champions Singles José Higueras[1] Doubles François Jauffret / Patrice Dominguez[2] ← 1977 · Open de Nice Côte d'Azur · 1979 → The **1978 Nice International Open**, also known by its sponsored name **Montano-Snauwaert International Championships**, was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [outdoor clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at the [Nice Lawn Tennis Club](/source/Nice_Lawn_Tennis_Club) in [Nice](/source/Nice), France, and was part of the [1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix](/source/1978_Colgate-Palmolive_Grand_Prix). It was the seventh edition of the [tournament](/source/Open_de_Nice_C%C3%B4te_d'Azur) and was held from 17 April until 23 April 1978. First-seeded [José Higueras](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Higueras) won the title. ## Finals ### Singles [José Higueras](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Higueras) defeated [Yannick Noah](/source/Yannick_Noah) 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 - It was Higueras' 2nd singles title of the year and the 4th of his career. ### Doubles [François Jauffret](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Jauffret) / [Patrice Dominguez](/source/Patrice_Dominguez) defeated [Jan Kodeš](/source/Jan_Kode%C5%A1) / [Tomáš Šmíd](/source/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_%C5%A0m%C3%ADd) 6–4, 6–0 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1978 Nice – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/nice/6120/1978/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1978 Nice – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/nice/6120/1978/draws?matchtype=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). ## External links - [ITF tournament edition details](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/nice/fra/1978/m-gp-fra-01a-1978/draws-and-results/) v t e Nice Open 1971 1972 1973 NH 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH NH 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 v t e 1978 Grand Prix Tour « 1977 1979 » Grand Slam tournaments Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Grand Prix circuit Super Series Birmingham (WCT) Philadelphia (WCT) Mexico City (WCT) Richmond (WCT) St. Louis (WCT) Palm Springs Memphis Milan (WCT) Rotterdam (WCT) Monte Carlo (WCT) Las Vegas Dallas (WCT) Hamburg Rome Washington D.C Louisville North Conway Indianapolis Toronto Boston Los Angeles San Francisco Barcelona Sydney Indoor Tokyo Indoor Stockholm Wembley Buenos Aires Johannesburg $50,000 – $175,000 Little Rock Denver Lagos Cairo Washington D.C. Nice Tulsa Florence Munich Brussels Berlin London Cincinnati Gstaad Stuttgart Båstad Hilversum South Orange New Orleans Columbus Stowe Maui Brisbane Basel Tokyo Outdoor Vienna Paris Indoor Cologne Hong Kong Taipei Bogotá Manila Bologna Calcutta Santiago Sydney Year-end championships Masters Team events Davis Cup Nations Cup --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1978 Nice International Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Nice_International_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Nice_International_Open?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.