{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{main|WTA Finals}} {{TennisEventInfo|1978|Virginia Slims Championships| | date= March 29 – April 2<ref name="info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1978/808.pdf|title=1978 Virginia Slims Championships|publisher=WTATour.com|access-date=2011-02-23}}{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | edition=7th | category=[[Virginia Slims Championships]] | prize_money=$150,000 | draw=8S (RR) | location=[[Oakland]], United States | venue=[[Oakland Coliseum Arena]] | champs= {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Martina Navratilova]] | after_name=Avon Championships }}
The '''1978 Virginia Slims Championships''' were the seventh [[WTA Tour Championships]], the annual [[tennis]] tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the [[1978 WTA Tour]]. The singles event consisted of two round robin groups (Gold and Orange) of four players each.<ref name=dolan2011>{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|pages=292, 299, 523|author=John Dolan}}</ref> The winners of each group played each other in the final and additionally there was a play-off match for third place.<ref name="info"/> The tournament was held from March 29 to April 2, 1978, in the [[Oakland Coliseum Arena]]. Top-seeded [[Martina Navratilova]] won the singles event and the accompanying $50,000 first prize money.<ref name=wot1979>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1979|year=1979|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|location=London|isbn=978-0354090681|pages=179–182, 185|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)}}</ref><ref name="info"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Navratilova cops women's net title|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D5krAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oPUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2992%2C360590|publisher=[[United Press International|UPI]]|work=[[Nashua Telegraph]]|date=April 3, 1978|page=26|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref name="singles">{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dGcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6715,1598636|title=Martina grabs tour title|newspaper=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|date=April 3, 1978|page=3D|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
The [[1978 Bridgestone Doubles Championships|doubles tournament]] was held separately in [[Salt Lake City]], Utah as the fourth edition of the [[WTA Doubles Championships]].
==Final== ===Singles=== {{Main|1978 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong]], 7–6<sup>(5–0)</sup>, 6–4
== Prize money ==
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:95%;text-align:center |style="width:130px" |'''Event''' |style="width:85px; background:lime"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|3rd |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|4th |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|5th |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|6th |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|7th |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|8th |- !style=background:#efefef|Singles <ref name=dolan2011/> |$50,000 |$30,000 |$16,000 |$14,000 |$11,000 |$11,000 |$9,000 |$9,000 |}
==See also== * [[1978 Colgate Series Championships]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.wtafinals.com}}
{{WTA Tour Championships}} {{1978 WTA Tour}} {{1978 in tennis}}
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