1978 French Open – Women's singles qualifying

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.

Women's singles qualifying
1978 French Open

Main articles: 1978 French Open and 1978 French Open – Women's singles

Qualifiers

1. Hana Mandlíková
2. Mirka Koželuhová
3. Ivanna Madruga
4. Helga Niessen Masthoff
5. Amanda Tobin
6. Nerida Gregory
7. Iva Budařová
8. Lesley Turner Bowrey

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Michèle Gurdal	6	6
		Mary-Ann Colville	0	1
									Michèle Gurdal	6	6
								Q	Wendy White	3	2
	Q	Wendy White	6	6
		Monica Simmen	3	3
																Michèle Gurdal	1	7	1
															Q	Hana Mandlíková	6	6	6
	Q	Hana Mandlíková	6	6
		Anne-Marie Casado	0	2
								Q	Hana Mandlíková	6	7
									Emilse Longo	1	6
		Emilse Longo	2	6	6
		Margaret Riley	6	1	2

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Nancy Yeargin	6	6
		Michelle Rodríguez	3	0
									Nancy Yeargin	3	3
								Q	Rosalyn Fairbank	6	6
	Q	Rosalyn Fairbank	6	6
		Vicky Baldovinos	3	2
															Q	Rosalyn Fairbank	3	3
															Q	Mirka Koželuhová	6	6
	Q	Mirka Koželuhová	6	6
		Nancy Weigel	2	2
								Q	Mirka Koželuhová	6	3	6
									Wendy Barlow	2	6	4
		Wendy Barlow	6	6
		Florence Guédy	3	3

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Sue Saliba	6	6
	LL	Andrea Pesak	2	3
									Sue Saliba	5	1
									Ivanna Madruga	7	6
		Ivanna Madruga	6	6
		Chris Newton	3	4
																Ivanna Madruga	6	6
																Daniela Porzio	2	2
	Q	Helena Wimmer	6	3	6
		Silvana Urroz	4	6	1
								Q	Helena Wimmer	2	5
									Daniela Porzio	6	7
		Daniela Porzio	4	6	7
	LL	Uschi Ulrich	6	1	5

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Sonoe Yonezawa	6	6
	Q	Lea Plchová	2	3
									Sonoe Yonezawa	6	6	4
									Helga Niessen Masthoff	3	7	6
		Helga Niessen Masthoff	6	6
		Susan Zaro	0	3
																Helga Niessen Masthoff	6	6
																Cynthia-Ann Thomas	1	1
		Cynthia-Ann Thomas	6	7	6
		Nicole Bîmes	7	5	2
									Cynthia-Ann Thomas	6	6	6
								Q	Manuela Zoni	7	0	1
	Q	Manuela Zoni	7	4	6
		Kym Ruddell	5	6	2

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Antonella Rosa	3	6	6
		Carmen Perea	6	4	3
									Antonella Rosa	7	6
									Martine Bureau	5	0
		Martine Bureau	6	6
		Gretchen Galt	4	4
																Antonella Rosa	6	1	0
																Amanda Tobin	4	6	6
		Amanda Tobin	6	6
		Anna-Maria Nasuelli	2	3
									Amanda Tobin	6	6
									Mary Sawyer	4	2
		Mary Sawyer	7	4	6
		Elvira Weisenberger	6	6	1

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Naoko Sato	6	6
		Petra Jauch-Delhees	3	2
									Naoko Sato	1	2
									Leslie Allen	6	6
		Leslie Allen	6	4	6
		Anne Chevalier	1	6	3
																Leslie Allen	6	4	4
																Nerida Gregory	3	6	6
	LL	Jennifer Mundel	6	6
		Erin Dignam	2	4
								LL	Jennifer Mundel	0	4
									Nerida Gregory	6	6
		Nerida Gregory	7	3	6
		Natalie Scaramanga	6	6	1

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer	6	6
		Yolanda Soemarno	2	2
									Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer	1	6	2
									Leanne Harrison	6	4	6
		Leanne Harrison	0	6	6
		Susana Maria Villaverde	6	1	2
																Leanne Harrison	1	3
															Q	Iva Budařová	6	6
		Anne Fritz	6	6
		Perrine Du Puy	3	0
									Anne Fritz	3	2
								Q	Iva Budařová	6	6
	Q	Iva Budařová	6	6
		Jean Nachand	3	2

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Sally Greer	3	6	6
		Dominique Beillan	6	3	4
									Sally Greer	4	3
									Claudia Casabianca	6	6
		Claudia Casabianca	6	6
	LL	Anne Hobbs	3	2
																Claudia Casabianca	2	7	2
																Lesley Turner Bowrey	6	5	6
		Lesley Turner Bowrey	7	6
		Cathy Drury	6	1
									Lesley Turner Bowrey	2	7	6
									Marlie Buehler	6	5	0
		Marlie Buehler	1	6	6
		Annemarie Rüegg	6	1	1

External links

• 1978 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation