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1978 Rio de la Plata Championships

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Category
  
Colgate Series (A)

Prize money
  
$35,000

Draw
  
32S/16D

Surface
  
Clay / outdoor

Date
  
30 October – 5 November

Location
  
Buenos Aires, Argentina

The 1978 Rio de la Plata Championships, also known as the River Plate Championships, was a women's singles tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Buenos Aires in Argentina. The event was part of the A category of the 1978 Colgate Series. The tournament was held from 30 October through 5 November 1978. Third-seeded Caroline Stoll won the singles title and earned $6,000 first-prize money.

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Singles

Caroline Stoll defeated Emilse Raponi 6–3, 6–2

  • It was Stoll's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career.
  • Doubles

    Françoise Dürr / Valerie Ziegenfuss defeated Laura DuPont / Regina Maršíková 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

    References

    1978 Rio de la Plata Championships Wikipedia