Misplaced Pages

1978 Lagos Classic

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Tennis tournament
1978 Lagos Classic
Date27 February – 5 March
Edition2nd
CategoryGrand Prix (WCT)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$50,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationLagos, Nigeria
VenueLagos Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Doubles
India Sashi Menon / United States George Hardie
← 1976 · Lagos Open · 1979 →

The 1978 Lagos Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was part of the World Championship Tennis tier of the 1978 Grand Prix circuit. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 27 February until 5 March 1978. Third-seeded Kjell Johansson won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Sweden Kjell Johansson defeated United Kingdom Robin Drysdale, 9–8, 6–3

  • It was Johansson's only singles title of his career.

Doubles

India Sashi Menon / United States George Hardie defeated Switzerland Colin Dowdeswell / West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

References

  1. "1978 Lagos WCT – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 119. ISBN 978-0354090681.

External links

Lagos tournaments
1976 NH 1978 1979
1980 1981 NH 1983 NH 1985 1986 1987 NH 1989
NH 1991
1978 Grand Prix Tour « 1977 1979 »
Grand Slam tournaments
Grand Prix circuit
Super Series
$50,000 – $175,000
Year-end championships
Team events
Categories: