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1978 Family Circle Cup

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Date
  
April 10–16

Category
  
Colgate Series (AAA)

Prize money
  
$125,000

Edition
  
6th

Draw
  
32S/16D

Surface
  
Clay / outdoor

The 1978 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States. The event was part of the AAA category of the 1978 Colgate Series. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from April 10 through April 16, 1978. First-seeded Chris Evert won the singles title and earned $25,000 first-prize money.

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Singles

Chris Evert defeated Kerry Reid 6–2, 6–0

  • It was Evert's 2nd title of the year and the 80th of her career.
  • Doubles

    Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova defeated Mona Guerrant / Greer Stevens 6–3, 7–5

    References

    1978 Family Circle Cup Wikipedia