The 1978 Stockholm Open was a men's tennis tournament played on

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and part of the

1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix The 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of four Grand Slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments and the Nations Cup, a team event. In addition eight World Championship Tennis (WCT) ...

and took place at the

Kungliga tennishallen Kungliga tennishallen (English: Royal Tennis Hall) is a tennis venue at Lidingövägen 75 in Stockholm, Sweden. The stadium was built in October 1943 and has a capacity of 5,000. Kungliga tennishallen, now a hard-court surface, remains the ven ...

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, Sweden. The tournament was held from 6 November through 12 November 1978. Third-seeded John McEnroe won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

John McEnroe defeated Tim Gullikson, 6–2, 6–2 * It was McEnroe's 3rd singles title of the year and of his career.

Doubles

Wojciech Fibak / Tom Okker defeated Bob Lutz /

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, 6–3, 6–2

References

External links

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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
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