1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament | |
| Champion | Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez |
| Runner-up | Bob Lutz Stan Smith |
| Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Draw | 11 |
| Seeds | 4 |
The 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament – Doubles was an event of the 1978 ABN World Tennis Tournament tennis tournament and was played on indoor carpet courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands, between 3 April and 9 April 1978. The draw comprised 11 teams and four of them were seeded. Second-seeded Wojciech Fibak and Tom Okker were the defending Rotterdam Open doubles champions but lost in the quarterfinals. The fourth-seeded team of Fred McNair and Raúl Ramírez won the doubles title after a win in the final against first-seeded pairing Bob Lutz and Stan Smith, 7–5, 7–5.[1]
Seeds
- Bob Lutz / Stan Smith (final)
- Wojciech Fibak / Tom Okker (quarterfinals)
- Vitas Gerulaitis / Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals, withdrew)
- Fred McNair / Raúl Ramírez (champions)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Lutz Stan Smith | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Cahill Terry Moor | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bob Lutz Stan Smith | 79 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Moore Tonino Zugarelli | 67 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vitas Gerulaitis Sandy Mayer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Moore Tonino Zugarelli | 6 | 4 | 6 | Raymond Moore Tonino Zugarelli | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wouter Fok Raymond Pascale | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Bob Lutz Stan Smith | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Leonard Mike MacHette | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ove Bengtson Louk Sanders | 2 | 3 | 4 | Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | 4 | Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jaime Fillol Ilie Năstase | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jaime Fillol Ilie Năstase | 77 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syd Ball Kim Warwick | 3 | 4 | 2 | Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker | 64 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "1978 Rotterdam – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).