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
Final score4–6, 9–8(12–10), 6–3
Draw48 (4 Q )
Seeds8

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

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

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 Pinterova
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

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
2 E Cawley
B Stöve
w/o
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

References

  1. Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.


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