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1978 Rio de la Plata Championships
Date	30 October – 5 November
Category	Colgate Series (A)
Draw	32S/16D
Prize money	$35,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Champions
Singles
Caroline Stoll
Doubles
Françoise Dürr / Valerie Ziegenfuss
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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.

Winners

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

Prize money

Notes

1. Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $35,000.

References

1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 138, 140, 158. ISBN 978-0354090681.
2. ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 292.

External links

• International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament event details Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament finals (1971–2014)

• 1978 WTA Tour
• 1978 in Argentine tennis