The 1978 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the

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in Melbourne, Australia and was held from 25 December 1978 to 3 January 1979. It was the 67th edition of the

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and the fourth Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Argentinian Guillermo Vilas and Australian Chris O'Neil.

Seniors

Men's singles

Guillermo Vilas defeated

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, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 :• It was Vilas' 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st title at the Australian Open.

Women's singles

Chris O'Neil defeated

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, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3) :• It was O'Neil's 1st and only career Grand Slam singles title.

Men's doubles

Wojciech Fibak / Kim Warwick defeated Paul Kronk / Cliff Letcher, 7–6, 7–5 :• It was Fibak's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. :• It was Warwick's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles

/ Renáta Tomanová defeated Naoko Sato /

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, 7–5, 6–2 :• It was Nagelsen's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title. :• It was Tomanová's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

Mixed doubles

This event was not held from

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References

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