Björn Borg defeated the defending champion Guillermo Vilas in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1978 French Open. Borg did not lose a set during the tournament, and dropped only 32 games in total, which remains a French Open record.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1978 French Open Men s singles news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Bjorn Borg defeated the defending champion Guillermo Vilas in the final 6 1 6 1 6 3 to win the men s singles tennis title at the 1978 French Open Borg did not lose a set during the tournament and dropped only 32 games in total which remains a French Open record Men s singles1978 French OpenFinalChampionBjorn BorgRunner upGuillermo VilasScore6 1 6 1 6 3DetailsDraw128Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girlsWC Singles men women quadWC Doubles men women quadLegends 45 45 women 1977 French Open 1979 Main article 1978 French Open This tournament marked the first major appearance of Ivan Lendl Contents 1 Seeds 2 Draw 2 1 Key 2 2 Finals 2 3 Top half 2 3 1 Section 1 2 3 2 Section 2 2 3 3 Section 3 2 3 4 Section 4 2 4 Bottom half 2 4 1 Section 5 2 4 2 Section 6 2 4 3 Section 7 2 4 4 Section 8 3 External linksSeeds editThe seeded players are listed below Bjorn Borg is the champion others show the round in which they were eliminated nbsp Bjorn Borg champion nbsp Guillermo Vilas final nbsp Brian Gottfried third round nbsp Eddie Dibbs quarterfinals nbsp Manuel Orantes quarterfinals nbsp Raul Ramirez quarterfinals nbsp Corrado Barazzutti semifinals nbsp Harold Solomon third round nbsp Roscoe Tanner fourth round nbsp Dick Stockton semifinals nbsp Wojtek Fibak fourth round nbsp Phil Dent first round nbsp Tim Gullikson fourth round nbsp Buster C Mottram third round nbsp John Alexander fourth round nbsp Stan Smith third round Draw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser r RetiredFinals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Bjorn Borg6666 nbsp Raul Ramirez3301 nbsp Bjorn Borg6667 nbsp Corrado Barazzutti0104 nbsp Eddie Dibbs26917 nbsp Corrado Barazzutti671161 nbsp Bjorn Borg6662 nbsp Guillermo Vilas1135 nbsp Manuel Orantes51310 nbsp Dick Stockton76610 nbsp Dick Stockton3322 nbsp Guillermo Vilas666 nbsp Hans Gildemeister461632 nbsp Guillermo Vilas62636Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp B Borg666 nbsp E Deblicker1111 nbsp B Borg666 nbsp R Fagel676 nbsp R Fagel010 nbsp P Kronk1611 nbsp B Borg666 nbsp G Hardie56676 nbsp P Bertolucci022 nbsp J Moreno71761 nbsp G Hardie235 nbsp B Andersson46364 nbsp P Bertolucci667 nbsp P Bertolucci636061 nbsp B Borg6677 nbsp N Saviano3269 nbsp R Tanner2465 nbsp H Gunthardt667 nbsp H Gunthardt336 nbsp K Meiler4361 nbsp C Dibley667 nbsp C Dibley6626 nbsp C Dibley564 nbsp J L Haillet3249 nbsp R Tanner776 nbsp P Portes666 nbsp P Portes301 nbsp J Fassbender21r9 nbsp R Tanner6669 nbsp R Tanner64Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 nbsp B Mottram666 nbsp J Soler23214 nbsp B Mottram2766 nbsp C Roger Vasselin776 nbsp C Roger Vasselin6521 nbsp S Krulevitz56014 nbsp B Mottram300 nbsp B Hewitt554 nbsp V Pecci Sr 666 nbsp I Molina776 nbsp I Molina234 nbsp V Pecci Sr 676 nbsp V Pecci Sr 666 nbsp B Lloyd451 nbsp V Pecci Sr 2267 nbsp J Higueras6666 nbsp R Ramirez6679 nbsp D Bedel023 nbsp J Higueras243 nbsp P Cornejo5463 nbsp B Teacher666 nbsp B Teacher7636 nbsp B Teacher244 nbsp P Pearson2646 nbsp R Ramirez666 nbsp A Zugarelli676 nbsp A Zugarelli132 nbsp B Fritz2046 nbsp R Ramirez6666 nbsp R Ramirez666Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp E Dibbs666 nbsp A Munoz1314 nbsp E Dibbs766 nbsp B Giltinan667 nbsp B Giltinan613 nbsp C Richey2254 nbsp E Dibbs7636Q nbsp W Zirngibl336 nbsp P McNamee6161 nbsp T Rocavert667 nbsp T Rocavert233 nbsp P McNamee6647 nbsp P McNamee666 nbsp H Kary32654 nbsp E Dibbs676 nbsp P DuPre05311 nbsp W Fibak351 nbsp J Lloyd676 nbsp J Lloyd20666 nbsp G Mayer63362r nbsp U Pinner66143 nbsp U Pinner46643 nbsp J Lloyd1611Q nbsp K Tanabe24311 nbsp W Fibak6466 nbsp V Winitsky666 nbsp V Winitsky123 nbsp I El Shafei464411 nbsp W Fibak66611 nbsp W Fibak6266Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round16 nbsp S Smith3667 nbsp J James633516 nbsp S Smith73576 nbsp C Dowdeswell65616 nbsp C Dowdeswell66764 nbsp T Gullikson3736316 nbsp S Smith624 nbsp M Edmondson6432LL nbsp S Birner766LL nbsp S Birner2666LL nbsp S Birner776 nbsp E van Dillen251 nbsp Z Franulovic652 nbsp Z Franulovic676LL nbsp S Birner141 nbsp K Warwick167637 nbsp C Barazzutti666 nbsp P Dominguez67636 nbsp P Dominguez7576 nbsp R Fisher353 nbsp H Pfister6752 nbsp H Pfister676 nbsp P Dominguez7452 nbsp G Ocleppo6667 nbsp C Barazzutti5676Q nbsp S Menon324 nbsp G Ocleppo6233 nbsp J Yuill6631r7 nbsp C Barazzutti46667 nbsp C Barazzutti3760Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp M Orantes3666 nbsp T Okker63225 nbsp M Orantes767 nbsp A Pierola62066 nbsp A Pierola516 nbsp B Mitton366305 nbsp M Orantes776 nbsp R Lewis353 nbsp T Smid552 nbsp R Ycaza676 nbsp R Ycaza2721 nbsp T Smid74 nbsp T Smid6566 nbsp V Amaya66r5 nbsp M Orantes67777 nbsp C Freyss54013 nbsp T Gullikson36463 nbsp J Borowiak766 nbsp J Borowiak5666 nbsp J Granat6231 nbsp A Panatta7144 nbsp A Panatta3666 nbsp J Borowiak262 nbsp G Goven477613 nbsp T Gullikson676 nbsp V Zednik6552 nbsp G Goven6333 nbsp C Letcher32213 nbsp T Gullikson266613 nbsp T Gullikson666Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round10 nbsp D Stockton42666 nbsp R Drysdale6634110 nbsp D Stockton667 nbsp D Crealy3163Q nbsp J Marks105Q nbsp J Marks664610 nbsp D Stockton46376 nbsp C Lewis666 nbsp B Taroczy64664 nbsp R Frawley423 nbsp C Lewis111Q nbsp D Naegelen030 nbsp B Taroczy666 nbsp B Taroczy66610 nbsp D Stockton766 nbsp C Kirmayr244Q nbsp R Gehring513 nbsp T Moor666 nbsp T Moor66653Q nbsp R Gehring64266Q nbsp R Gehring43776 nbsp M Fishbach36603Q nbsp R Gehring66466Q nbsp D Carter6663 nbsp B Gottfried37632 nbsp B Phillips Moore121Q nbsp D Carter4264 nbsp B Scanlon2203 nbsp B Gottfried66363 nbsp B Gottfried666Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 nbsp H Solomon676 nbsp J Feaver2528 nbsp H Solomon7666 nbsp B Prajoux76466 nbsp B Prajoux6373 nbsp L Sanders576128 nbsp H Solomon6504Q nbsp P Slozil6462 nbsp H Gildemeister3766 nbsp L Alvarez7636 nbsp L Alvarez6643 nbsp H Gildemeister666 nbsp H Gildemeister4766 nbsp J Vanier134 nbsp H Gildemeister76346 nbsp P Proisy66715 nbsp J Alexander54663 nbsp B Bertram335 nbsp P Proisy17260 nbsp R Cano3667 nbsp R Cano65646 nbsp N Spear6435 nbsp R Cano623Q nbsp K Eberhard627615 nbsp J Alexander766 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
