# 1978 Virginia Slims Championships

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Tennis tournament

1978 Virginia Slims Championships Date March 29 – April 2[1] Edition 7th Category Virginia Slims Championships Draw 8S (RR) Prize money $150,000 Location Oakland, United States Venue Oakland Coliseum Arena Champions Singles Martina Navratilova ← 1977 · Virginia Slims Championships · 1979 →

The **1978 Virginia Slims Championships** were the seventh [WTA Tour Championships](/source/WTA_Tour_Championships), the annual [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the [1978 WTA Tour](/source/1978_WTA_Tour). The singles event consisted of two round robin groups (Gold and Orange) of four players each.[2] The winners of each group played each other in the final and additionally there was a play-off match for third place.[1] The tournament was held from March 29 to April 2, 1978, in the [Oakland Coliseum Arena](/source/Oakland_Coliseum_Arena). Top-seeded [Martina Navratilova](/source/Martina_Navratilova) won the singles event and the accompanying $50,000 first prize money.[3][1][4][5]

The [doubles tournament](/source/1978_Bridgestone_Doubles_Championships) was held separately in [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City), Utah as the fourth edition of the [WTA Doubles Championships](/source/WTA_Doubles_Championships).

## Final

### Singles

Main article: [1978 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles](/source/1978_Virginia_Slims_Championships_%E2%80%93_Singles)

[Martina Navratilova](/source/Martina_Navratilova) defeated [Evonne Goolagong](/source/Evonne_Goolagong), 7–6(5–0), 6–4

## Prize money

Event W F 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Singles [2] $50,000 $30,000 $16,000 $14,000 $11,000 $11,000 $9,000 $9,000

## See also

- [1978 Colgate Series Championships](/source/1978_Colgate_Series_Championships)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-info_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-info_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-info_1-2) ["1978 Virginia Slims Championships"](http://www.wtatour.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1978/808.pdf) (PDF). WTATour.com. Retrieved February 23, 2011.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dolan2011_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dolan2011_2-1) John Dolan (2011). *Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide*. Remous. pp. 292, 299, 523.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1979_3-0)** [John Barrett](/source/John_Barrett_(tennis)), ed. (1979). *World of Tennis 1979*. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 179–182, 185. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0354090681](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0354090681).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Navratilova cops women's net title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D5krAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oPUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2992%2C360590). *[Nashua Telegraph](/source/Nashua_Telegraph)*. [UPI](/source/United_Press_International). April 3, 1978. p. 26 – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-singles_5-0)** ["Martina grabs tour title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9T41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dGcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6715,1598636). *[Sarasota Herald-Tribune](/source/Sarasota_Herald-Tribune)*. April 3, 1978. p. 3D – via [Google News Archive](/source/Google_News_Archive).

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.wtafinals.com)

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