1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Helen Cawley and JoAnne Russell were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade.

Women's doubles
1978 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull
Runners-up	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici
Score	4–6, 9–8(12–10), 6–3
Draw	48 (4 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1978 Wimbledon Championships

Kerry Reid and Wendy Turnbull defeated Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici in the final, 4–6, 9–8^(12–10), 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Seeds

01.   Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)

02.   Evonne Cawley / Betty Stöve (third round, withdrew)

03.   Françoise Dürr / Virginia Wade (semifinals)

04.   Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull (champions)

05.   Helen Cawley / JoAnne Russell (quarterfinals)

06.   Sue Barker / Mona Guerrant (semifinals)

07.   Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici (final)

08.   Ilana Kloss / Marise Kruger (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	3	6	4
	6	Sue Barker Mona Guerrant	6	4	6
								6	Sue Barker Mona Guerrant	3	2
								4	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	6	6
	4	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	1	7	6
	8	Ilana Kloss Marise Kruger	6	5	4
															4	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	4	912	6
															7	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6	810	3
	5	Helen Cawley JoAnne Russell	5	3
	3	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7	6
								3	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	4	4
								7	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6	6
	7	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	6	5	6
		Glynis Coles Linda Mottram	4	7	3

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	BJ King M Navratilova	3	6	6
		C O'Neil P Whytcross	1	4					L Forood R Giscafré	6	4	3
		L Forood R Giscafré	6	6											1	BJ King M Navratilova	6	6
																L Antonoplis D Evers	1	4
									L Antonoplis D Evers	6	6
	Q	N Gregory M Pinterová	3	2					R Maršíková E Vessies-Appel	4	3
		R Maršíková E Vessies-Appel	6	6																		1	BJ King M Navratilova	3	6	4
		T Holladay P Smith	6	6																		6	S Barker M Guerrant	6	4	6
		B Hallquist S McInerney	2	2					T Holladay P Smith	5	2
									P Bostrom K Ruddell	7	6
																P Bostrom K Ruddell	2	3
		K Harter C Stoll	3	6	6										6	S Barker M Guerrant	6	6
		E Ekblom I Bentzer	6	2	3				K Harter C Stoll	3	3
								6	S Barker M Guerrant	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	K Reid W Turnbull	6	6
		H Anliot N Bohm	6	4	4				D Desfor G Galt	0	1
		D Desfor G Galt	1	6	6										4	K Reid W Turnbull	7	7	6
																A Kiyomura S Mappin	9	5	2
								LL	S Saliba M Sawyer	0	1
		V González I Madruga	6	6					A Kiyomura S Mappin	6	6
		A Kiyomura S Mappin	8	8																		4	K Reid W Turnbull	1	7	6
		J Dalton W Paish	6	6																		8	I Kloss M Kruger	6	5	4
		S Hanika I Riedel	3	2					J Dalton W Paish	2	6	7
									B Cuypers V Ziegenfuss	6	3	5
																J Dalton W Paish	2	2
															8	I Kloss M Kruger	6	6
								Q	J Nachand N Yeargin	0	2
		L duPont K May	4	4				8	I Kloss M Kruger	6	6
	8	I Kloss M Kruger	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	H Cawley J Russell	6	6
		C Meyer R Tomanová	6	6					C Meyer R Tomanová	3	3
		B Jordan K Latham	3	4											5	H Cawley J Russell	6	4	6
																C Reynolds H Sparre-Viragh	0	6	2
									J Stratton M Wikstedt	6	3	5
		C Reynolds H Sparre-Viragh	6	2	6				C Reynolds H Sparre-Viragh	3	6	7
		M Blackwood P Teeguarden	3	6	4																	5	H Cawley J Russell	5	3
		L Bowrey G Lovera	2	6	5																	3	F Dürr V Wade	7	6
		S Acker J Anthony	6	4	7				S Acker J Anthony	6	6
									T Harford S Tolleson	2	3
																S Acker J Anthony	4	1
		D Fromholtz M Redondo	2	4											3	F Dürr V Wade	6	6
		F Mihai E Nagelsen	6	6					F Mihai E Nagelsen	1	1
								3	F Dürr V Wade	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	8	6
		M Tyler Y Vermaak	6	4				7	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	6	6
								Q	G Sammel C-A Thomas	4	4
															7	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	7	7	6
																L Charles W Wooldridge	5	9	3
								Q	J Harrison N Weigel	2	3
		L Charles W Wooldridge	3	6	6				L Charles W Wooldridge	6	6
		H Mandlíková H Strachoňová	6	2	2																	7	M Jaušovec V Ruzici	6	5	6
		G Coles L Mottram	6	7																			G Coles L Mottram	4	7	3
		A-M Bruning S Walsh	4	5					G Coles L Mottram	8	7
									L Hunt B Potter	6	5
																G Coles L Mottram	w/o
															2	E Cawley B Stöve
									C Doerner R Gerulaitis	2	0
		J Newberry P Shriver	8	1				2	E Cawley B Stöve	6	6
	2	E Cawley B Stöve	9	6