1978 WTA Tour

The 1978 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of two subsidiary circuits, the streamlined winter version of the Virginia Slims Circuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the United States) and the world wide Colgate International Series.^[1][2] The tour was administered by the Women's International Professional Tennis Council.

1978 WTA Tour

Martina Navratilova finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won eleven singles tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships.
Details
Duration	14 November 1977 – 18 December 1978
Edition	6th
Tournaments	47
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (3) Virginia Slims Circuit (11) Colgate International Series (23) Non-tour events (4)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Martina Navratilova (11)
Most finals	Martina Navratilova (15)
Prize money leader	Chris Evert ($454,486)
Points leader	Martina Navratilova (15.660)
Awards
Player of the year	Martina Navratilova
Doubles team of the year	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova
Most improved player of the year	Virginia Ruzici
Newcomer of the year	Pam Shriver
← 1977 1979 →

Schedule

This is a calendar of all events which were part of either the Virginia Slims circuit or the Colgate Series in the year 1978, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage. Also included are the Grand Slam tournaments, the 1978 Virginia Slims Championships, the 1978 Federation Cup and a number of events not affiliated with either tour.^[1]

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Virginia Slims/Colgate Series championships

Virginia Slims Circuit

Colgate International Series

Non-tour events

Team events

November (1977)

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
14 Nov	Colgate International of Australia Sydney, Australia Colgate Series (AAAA) Grass – $100,000	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–1, 6–3	Kerry Reid	Dianne Fromholtz Greer Stevens	Terry Holladay Pam Teeguarden Jeanne Evert Betty Stöve
		Kerry Reid / Greer Stevens vs. Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Betty Stöve Cancelled
21 Nov	Toyota Classic Melbourne, Australia Colgate Series (AA) Grass – $75,000	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–4, 6–1	Wendy Turnbull	Sue Barker Betty Stöve	Pam Whytcross Kerry Reid Dianne Fromholtz Helen Gourlay Cawley
		Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–0	Patricia Bostrom Kym Ruddell
28 Novr	South African Open Johannesburg, South Africa Colgate Series (A) Hard – $35,000	Linky Boshoff 6–4, 6–1	Brigitte Cuypers	Yvonne Vermaak Sharon Walsh	Niekle Scheepers Jeanne Evert Marise Kruger Alison McDade
		Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss 5–7, 6–3, 6–3	Brigitte Cuypers Marise Kruger

December (1977)

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Dec	Bremar Cup London, Great Britain Colgate Series (A) Hard – $35,000	Billie Jean King 6–3, 6–1	Virginia Wade	Betty Stöve Virginia Ruzici	Tanya Harford Sharon Walsh Florența Mihai Renáta Tomanová
		Billie Jean King Renáta Tomanová 6–2, 6–3	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade
12 Dec	Marlboro NSW Open Sydney, Australia Colgate Series (A) Grass – $35,000	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–2, 6–3	Sue Barker	Kerry Reid Regina Maršíková
		Evonne Goolagong Cawley Helen Gourlay Cawley 6–0, 6–0	Mona Guerrant Kerry Reid
19 Dec 26 Dec	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam (A) Grass – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–0	Helen Gourlay Cawley	Kerry Reid Sue Barker	Judy Dalton Kathleen Harter Mona Guerrant Rayni Fox
		Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley vs. Mona Guerrant / Kerry Reid Cancelled due to Rain

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Jan	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 7–5, 6–4	Betty Stöve	Dianne Fromholtz JoAnne Russell	Greer Stevens Kathy May Virginia Ruzici Nancy Richey
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–5	Betty Stöve Wendy Turnbull
9 Jan	Virginia Slims of Hollywood Hollywood, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–2, 6–3	Wendy Turnbull	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Tracy Austin Marita Redondo Nancy Richey Kathy Teacher
		Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull 6–2, 6–4	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade
16 Jan	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–2, 6–2	Billie Jean King	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Yvonne Vermaak Sue Barker Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 7–6(5–4), 4–6, 7–6(5–4)	Greer Stevens Mona Guerrant
23 Jan	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Los Angeles, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2	Rosie Casals	Marise Kruger Greer Stevens	Yvonne Vermaak Sue Barker Virginia Wade Tracy Austin
		Betty Stöve Virginia Wade 6–3, 6–2	Pam Teeguarden Greer Stevens
30 Jan	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 6–7(4–5), 6–2, 6–2	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Betty Stöve Virginia Wade	Kerry Reid Sue Barker Wendy Turnbull Rosie Casals
		Betty Stöve Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–1, 6–4	Rosie Casals JoAnne Russell

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Feb	Virginia Slims of Seattle Seattle, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/15D	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 1–6, 6–1	Betty Stöve	Wendy Turnbull Marita Redondo	Kathy May Rosie Casals Kerry Reid JoAnne Russell
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull 6–2, 6–3	Patricia Bostrom Marita Redondo
20 Feb	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2	Dianne Fromholtz	Virginia Wade Billie Jean King	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens Sharon Walsh Evonne Goolagong Cawley
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–4	Kerry Melville Wendy Turnbull
27 Feb	Virginia Slims of Kansas Kansas, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 34S/16D	Martina Navratilova 7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade Wendy Turnbull	Kerry Reid Brigitte Cuypers Rosie Casals Evonne Goolagong Cawley
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–4	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Mar	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/14D	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4–6, 6–0, 6–2	Tracy Austin	Pam Shriver (3rd) Anne Smith (4th)	Martina Navratilova Marise Kruger Kerry Reid Rosie Casals
		Martina Navratilova Anne Smith 6–3, 7–6(5–2)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve
13 Mar	Virginia Slims of Boston Boston, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 33S/14D	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	Chris Evert	Martina Navratilova Billie Jean King	Kerry Reid Marise Kruger Marita Redondo Rosie Casals
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2	Evonne Goolagong Cawley Betty Stöve
20 Mar	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia Philadelphia, United States Virginia Slims Carpet (i) – $100,000 – 32S/1D Singles – Double	Chris Evert 6–0, 6–4	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade Virginia Ruzici	Wendy Turnbull Tracy Austin Betty Stöve Kerry Melville
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 7–5	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade
27 Mar	Virginia Slims Championships Los Angeles, United States Season-end championships Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 16S (8RR) Single	Martina Navratilova 7–6(5–0), 6–4	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Wendy Turnbull Rosie Casals 4th	Round robin Virginia Wade Billie Jean King Betty Stöve Kerry Reid

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Apr	Bridgestone Doubles Championships Salt Lake City, United States $100,000 – Carpet (i) – 8D	Martina Navratilova Billie Jean King 6–4, 6–4	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	Stöve / Goolagong Cawley Reid / Turnbull	Stevens / Schallau Bostrom / Redondo Casals / Russell Kemmer / Newberry
10 Apr	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island, United States Colgate Series (AAA) Clay – $125,000 – 30S/16D	Chris Evert 6–2, 6–0	Kerry Reid	JoAnne Russell Tracy Austin	Martina Navratilova Jeanne DuVall Rosie Casals Renée Richards
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–5	Mona Guerrant Greer Stevens

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
15 May	German Open Hamburg, West Germany Colgate Series (A) Clay – $35,000 – 64S/16D	Mima Jaušovec 6–2, 6–3	Virginia Ruzici	Regina Maršíková Sylvia Hanika	Renáta Tomanová Viviana González Kathy May Laura duPont
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici 6–4, 5–7, 6–0	Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Niessen Masthoff
22 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy Colgate Series (A) Clay – $35,000	Regina Maršíková 7–5, 7–5	Virginia Ruzici	Janet Newberry Michelle Tyler	Mima Jaušovec Betsy Nagelsen Katja Ebbinghaus Renáta Tomanová
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici 6–2, 2–6, 7–6	Florența Mihai Betsy Nagelsen
29 May 5 June	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam (AA) $337,000 – Clay – 64S/32D/24X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Virginia Ruzici 6–2, 6–2	Mima Jaušovec	Regina Maršíková Brigitte Simon	Kathy May Helga Niessen Masthoff Mirka Bendlová Fiorella Bonicelli
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici 5–7, 6–4, 8–6	Lesley Turner Bowrey Gail Sherriff Chanfreau
		Renáta Tomanová Pavel Složil 7–6 ret	Virginia Ruzici Patrice Dominguez

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 Jun	Keith Prowse International Chichester, Great Britain Colgate Series (A) Grass – $35,000 – 32S/16D	Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–4, 6–4	Pam Teeguarden	Janet Wright Sharon Walsh	Barbara Potter Diane Desfor Cynthia Doerner Tracy Austin
		Janet Wright Pam Shriver 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Michelle Tyler Yvonne Vermaak
19 Jun	Colgate International Eastbourne, Great Britain Colgate Series (AA) Grass – $75,000 – 64S/32D	Martina Navratilova 6–4, 4–6, 9–7	Chris Evert	Wendy Turnbull Billie Jean King	Anne Hobbs Virginia Wade Betty Stöve Michelle Tyler
		Chris Evert Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–7, 7–5	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova
26 Jun 3 Jul	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam (AAAA) Grass – 96S/48D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–4, 7–5	Chris Evert	Virginia Wade Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Billie Jean King Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici Marise Kruger
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 9–8(12–10), 6–3	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan 6–2, 6-2	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Aug	US Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Colgate Series (A) Clay – $35,000 – 48S/24D Singles – Doubles	Dana Gilbert 6–2, 6–3	Viviana González	Janet Wright Jeanne Evert	Kate Latham Caroline Stoll Valerie Ziegenfuss Jeanne DuVall
		Helena Anliot Helle Sparre-Viragh 6–1, 6–3	Barbara Hallquist Sheila McInerney
14 Aug	Rothmans Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Colgate Series (A) Hard – $35,000	Regina Maršíková 7–5, 6–7(9–11), 6–2	Virginia Ruzici	Diane Desfor Zenda Liess	Mima Jaušovec Yvonne Vermaak Viviana González Lesley Hunt
		Regina Maršíková Pam Teeguarden 5–7, 6–4, 6–2	Chris O'Neil Paula Smith
21 Aug	Bergen County Classic Mahwah, United States Colgate Series (AA) Hard – $75,000	Virginia Wade 1–6, 6–1, 6–4	Kerry Reid	Regina Maršíková Tracy Austin	Mareen Louie Harper Lesley Hunt Betsy Nagelsen Caroline Stoll
		Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger 6–3, 6–1	Barbara Potter Pam Whytcross
28 Aug 4 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam (AAAA) $260,000 – Hard – 96S/32D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Chris Evert 7–5, 6–4	Pam Shriver	Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Ruzici Lesley Hunt Kathy May Tracy Austin
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 7–6, 6–4	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
		Betty Stöve Frew McMillan 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Sep	Toray Sillook Open Tokyo, Japan Colgate Series (AAA) Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S	Virginia Wade 6–4, 7–6(7–2)	Betty Stöve	Marita Redondo Wendy Turnbull	Jeanne DuVall Michelle Tyler Virginia Ruzici Carrie Meyer
	Women in Tennis International San Antonio, United States Colgate Series (A) Hard – $35,000 – 32S/16D	Stacy Margolin 7–5, 6–1	Yvonne Vermaak	Laura duPont Anna-Maria Fernandez	Ilana Kloss Barbara Hallquist Patricia Medrado Cynthia Doerner
		Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger 6–1, 6–4	Laura duPont Françoise Dürr
18 Sep	World Tennis Classic Montreal, Canada Colgate Series (A) Clay – $40,000 – 32S/18D	Caroline Stoll 6–3, 6–2	Françoise Dürr	Laura duPont Yvonne Vermaak	Dana Gilbert Glynis Coles Diane Desfor Michelle Tyler
		Julie Anthony Billie Jean King 6–4, 6–4	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger
25 Sep	Wyler's Classic Atlanta, United States Colgate Series (AAA) Carpet (i) – $100,000	Chris Evert 7–6(7–3), 0–6, 6–3	Martina Navratilova	Virginia Wade Betty Stöve	Carrie Meyer Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull Zenda Liess
		Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Oct	Thunderbird Classic Phoenix, United States Colgate Series (AA) Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16S	Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–2	Tracy Austin	Kerry Reid Virginia Wade	Anne Smith Anna-Maria Fernandez Ann Kiyomura Jeanne DuVall
		Tracy Austin Betty Stöve 6–4, 6–7, 6–2	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith
9 Oct	US Indoors Championships Minneapolis, United States Colgate Series (AAAA) Carpet (i) – $100,000	Chris Evert 6–7, 6–2, 6–4	Virginia Wade	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	Barbara Potter Betty Stöve Tracy Austin Virginia Ruzici
		Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–3	Lesley Hunt Ilana Kloss
16 Oct	BMW Challenge Brighton, Great Britain Colgate Series (AA) Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles	Virginia Ruzici 5–7, 6–2, 7–5	Betty Stöve	Chris Evert Kerry Reid	Sylvia Hanika Mima Jaušovec Nina Bohm Virginia Wade
		Betty Stöve Virginia Wade 6–0, 7–6	Ilana Kloss JoAnne Russell
23 Oct	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, West Germany Colgate Series (A) Carpet (i) – $35,000	Tracy Austin 6–3, 6–3	Betty Stöve	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Sabina Simmonds Lesley Hunt Nina Bohm Heidi Eisterlehner
		Tracy Austin Betty Stöve 6–3, 6–2	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici
30 Oct	Rio de La Plata Championships Buenos Aires, Argentina Colgate Series (A) Clay – $35,000	Caroline Stoll 6–3, 6–1	Emilse Raponi	Regina Maršíková Ivanna Madruga	Cynthia Doerner Françoise Dürr Elly Vessies Liliana Giussani
		Françoise Dürr Valerie Ziegenfuss 1–6, 6–4, 6–3	Laura duPont Regina Maršíková
	Wightman Cup London, United Kingdom Hard (i) Team event	Great Britain 4–3	United States

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Nov	Florida Federal Open Oldsmar, United States Colgate Series (AA) Hard – $75,000 Singles – Doubles	Virginia Wade 6–4, 7–6(7–1)	Anna-Maria Fernandez	Regina Maršíková Wendy Turnbull	Martina Navratilova Kerry Reid Renee Blount Anne White
		Martina Navratilova Anne Smith 7–6(7–4), 6–3	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
13 Nov	Colgate Series Championships Palm Springs, United States Colgate Series championships Hard – $250,000	Chris Evert 6–3, 6–3	Martina Navratilova	Virginia Wade Virginia Ruzici	Round robin Regina Maršíková Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull Betty Stöve
		Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–4	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
27 Nov	Federation Cup Melbourne, Australia Grass – 32 teams knockout	United States 2–1	Australia	Great Britain  Soviet Union	France  Czechoslovakia  Romania  Netherlands

Colgate Series

Draw and seeding

Draw Size	Min. Direct Acceptances	Min. Qualifiers	Min. Wild Cards	Seeds
16	13	2	1	4
32	26	4	1[a]	8
48	42	4	2	8
64	52	8	4	16
96	82	8	6	16
128	112	8	8	16

Wild cards for the tournament had to be given to either local players or players who had won Wimbledon, the US Open, the Virginia Slims or Colgate Series championships or were previous winners of the tournament. All tournaments used a seeded draw with the number of seeds depending on the draw size.

Points system

The tournaments of the Colgate International Series were divided into four groups – AAAA, AAA, AA and A – based on prize money. Points were allocated based on these groups and the finishing position of a player in a tournament.^[3] The points allocation – with doubles points listed in brackets – was:

Group AAAA

Prize money at least $150,000 Champion: 160 (32) Runner-up: 120 (24) Semifinalist: 80 (16) Quarterfinalist: 40 (8) Round of 16: 20 (4) Round of 32: 15 (3) Round of 64: 10

Group AAA

Prize money at least $100,000 Champion: 120 (24) Runner-up: 90 (18) Semifinalist: 60 (12) Quarterfinalist: 30 (6) Round of 16: 15 (3) Round of 32: 10 (2)

Group AA

Prize money at least $75,000 Champion: 80 (16) Runner-up: 60 (12) Semifinalist: 40 (8) Quarterfinalist: 20 (4) Round of 16: 10 (2) Round of 32: 5

Group A

Prize money at least $35,000 Champion: 40 (8) Runner-up: 30 (6) Semifinalist: 20 (4) Quarterfinalist: 10 (2) Round of 16: 5

Points standings and bonus pool

No.	Player name	Points Singles	Bonus Singles	Points Doubles	Bonus Doubles	Total Bonus
1	Chris Evert (USA)	740	$100,000	–	–	$100,000
2	Virginia Wade (GBR)	635	$65,000	100	$7,500	$72,500
3	Kerry Reid (AUS)	560	$45,000	201	$22,000	$67,000
4	Martina Navratilova (USA)	540	$35,000	146	$13,000	$48,000
5	Virginia Ruzici (ROU)	470	$30,000	92	$6,000	$36,000
6	Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS)	450	$25,000	75	$3,800	$28,800
7	Betty Stöve (NED)	445	$22,500	142	$11,500	$34,000
8	Wendy Turnbull (AUS)	430	$20,000	168	$16,000	$36,000
9	Regina Maršíková (TCH)	370	$19,000	55	$2,500	$21,500
10	Tracy Austin (USA)	310	$17,000	–	–	$17,000

The total bonus pool for the Colgate Series was $675,000, an increase of $75,000 compared to the previous year, and was divided over singles ($540,000) and doubles ($135,000). The 35 highest points ranking singles players and the top 20 in doubles qualified to receive a share of the bonus pool. The distribution ranged from $100,000 for the first placed singles player to $3,000 for the 35th placed player. The first placed doubles player received $22,000 bonus while the 20th placed player received $2,000. In order to be eligible for a share of the respective bonus pools players had to a) participate in a minimum of seven singles or three doubles tournaments and b) accept invitation for the series championships if qualified based on merit. Players who ended on equal points were ranked in order of the number of tournaments played.^[3][4]

Virginia Slims Circuit

Points standings and prize money

No. Player name T Points Point avg. 1  Martina Navratilova (USA) 9 1,635 181.66 2  Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 6 910 151.66 3  Betty Stöve (NED) 7 753 107.57 4  Virginia Wade (GBR) 9 745 82.77 5  Billie Jean King (USA) 9 686 76.22 6  Wendy Turnbull (USA) 9 623 69.22 7  Rosemary Casals (USA) 10 608 60.80 8  Kerry Reid (AUS) 7 455 65.00 9  Chris Evert (USA) 2 360 180.00 10  Tracy Austin (USA) 4 345 86.25

No. Player name T Prize money 1  Martina Navratilova (USA) 9 $214,350 2  Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS) 6 $114,450 3  Billie Jean King (USA) 9 $68,025 4  Betty Stöve (NED) 7 $67,000 5  Wendy Turnbull (USA) 9 $63,300 6  Virginia Wade (GBR) 9 $58,900 7  Rosemary Casals (USA) 10 $52,300 8  Kerry Reid (AUS) 7 $36,700 9  Chris Evert (USA) 2 $30,500 10  Dianne Fromholtz (AUS) 8 $22,450

Combined prize money for singles and doubles events. The points, named 'Silver Ginny Points', were allocated as follows:

• Winner: 210
• Runner-up: 150
• Third: 110
• Semifinalist: 100
• Quarterfinalist: 65
• Round of 16: 30
• Round of 32: 8

WTA Tour

Year-end rankings

Below are the 1978 WTA year-end rankings (December 10, 1978) in both singles and doubles competition:

Singles Year-end Ranking[5]
No.	Player name	T	M	Points	1977	Change
1	Martina Navratilova (USA)	18	87	15.660	3	2
2	Chris Evert (USA)	10	56	15.192	1	1
3	Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS)	11	48	11.688	NR	NR
4	Virginia Wade (GBR)	22	92	9.879	4
5	Billie Jean King (USA)	10	35	9.183	2	3
6	Tracy Austin (USA)	14	64	8.531	12	6
7	Wendy Turnbull (AUS)	22	79	8.171	9	2
8	Betty Stöve (NED)	21	72	7.336	7	1
9	Kerry Reid (AUS)	21	79	7.111	10	1
10	Dianne Fromholtz (AUS)	14	39	7.032	8	2
11	Rosie Casals (USA)	14	38	6.295	6	5
12	Virginia Ruzici (ROU)	28	90	6.095	16	4
13	Pam Shriver (USA)	12	45	5.967	NR	NR
14	Regina Maršíková (TCH)	32	91	5.559	20	6
15	Kathy May (USA)	16	38	4.706	21	6
16	Marita Redondo (USA)	17	46	4.649	NR	NR
17	Greer Stevens (RSA)	7	15	4.628	13	4
18	Marise Kruger (RSA)	17	31	4.559	25	7
19	Mima Jaušovec (YUG)	20	48	4.527	11	8
20	Anne Smith (USA)	8	28	4.161	NR	NR

Prize money leaders

No.	Player name	Prize money
1	Chris Evert (USA)	$454,486
2	Martina Navratilova (USA)	$450,757
3	Virginia Wade (GBR)	$300,027
4	Kerry Reid (AUS)	$208,766
5	Wendy Turnbull (AUS)	$189,583
6	Evonne Goolagong Cawley (AUS)	$180,844
7	Betty Stöve (NED)	$177,243
8	Virginia Ruzici (ROU)	$151,379
9	Billie Jean King (USA)	$149,492
10	Regina Maršíková (TCH)	$88,840

See also

• 1978 Men's Grand Prix circuit

Notes

1. Two wild cards for tournaments organized outside the United States.