1978 US Open (tennis) Per Hjertquist defeated Stefan Simonsson, 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 Linda Siegel defeated Ivanna Madruga, 6–4, 6-4 1978 US Open (tennis) The 1978 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 98th edition of the US Open and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year. The tournament was held from August 28 to September 10, 1978, and the singles titles were won by Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert. This was the first year the US Open was
1974 Italian Open (tennis) had to follow up by playing the final against titleholder Ilie Năstase only two hours later. Björn Borg defeated Ilie Năstase 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–3 Brian Gottfried'/ Raúl Ramírez defeated Juan Gisbert / Ilie Năstase 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 Chris Evert / Olga Morozova defeated Helga Masthoff / Heide Orth w.o. 1974 Italian Open (tennis) The 1974 Italian Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament that was played by men on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The men's tournament was part of the 1974 Commercial Union Assurance Grand