1978 Grand Prix (tennis)


The 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event. In addition eight World Championship Tennis tournaments, a separate professional tennis circuit held from 1971 through 1977, were incorporated into the Grand Prix circuit. The 28 tournaments with prize money of $175,000 or more formed the Super Series category. Jimmy Connors won 10 of the 84 tournaments which secured him the first place in the Grand Prix points ranking. However he did not play enough tournaments to qualify for largest share of the bonus pool, which instead went to third–ranked Eddie Dibbs.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix schedule.
;Key
Grand Slam tournaments
Tour finals
Super Series
Regular Series

August

Points system

The tournaments of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit were divided into nine point categories. The highest points were allocated to the Grand Slam tournaments; French Open, the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open and the Australian Open. The eight WCT events were part of the $175,000-plus "Super Series" category. Points were allocated based on these categories and the finishing position of a player in a tournament. The points table is based on a 32 player draw. No points were awarded to first-round losers and advancements by default were equal to winning a round. The points allocation, with doubles points listed in brackets, is as follows:
Grand Slam$250,000+$225,000+$200,000+$175,000+$125,000+$100,000+$75,000+$50,000+
Winner300 250 225 200 175 125 100 75 50
Runner-up210 175 157 140 122 87 70 52 35
Semifinalist120 100 90 80 70 50 40 30 20
Quarterfinalist60 50 45 40 35 25 20 15 10
Fourth round30 25 22 20 17 12 10 7 5
Third round15 12 11 10 9 6 5 – –
Second round7 6 – – – – – – –

ATP rankings

''*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 3rd, 1979.''

List of tournament winners

The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
The following players won their first title in 1978: