1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Helen Cawley and JoAnne Russell were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Françoise Dürr and Virginia Wade.

Women's doubles
1978 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsAustralia Kerry Reid
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Runners-upSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
Romania Virginia Ruzici
Score4–6, 9–8(12–10), 6–3
Details
Draw48 (4 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Kerry Reid and Wendy Turnbull defeated Mima Jaušovec and Virginia Ruzici in the final, 4–6, 9–8(12–10), 6–3 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Seeds

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01.     Billie Jean King /   Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
02.     Evonne Cawley /   Betty Stöve (third round, withdrew)
03.     Françoise Dürr /   Virginia Wade (semifinals)
04.     Kerry Reid /   Wendy Turnbull (champions)
05.     Helen Cawley /   JoAnne Russell (quarterfinals)
06.     Sue Barker /   Mona Guerrant (semifinals)
07.     Mima Jaušovec /   Virginia Ruzici (final)
08.     Ilana Kloss /   Marise Kruger (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Billie Jean King
  Martina Navratilova
3 6 4
6   Sue Barker
  Mona Guerrant
6 4 6
6   Sue Barker
  Mona Guerrant
3 2
4   Kerry Reid
  Wendy Turnbull
6 6
4   Kerry Reid
  Wendy Turnbull
1 7 6
8   Ilana Kloss
  Marise Kruger
6 5 4
4   Kerry Reid
  Wendy Turnbull
4 912 6
7   Mima Jaušovec
  Virginia Ruzici
6 810 3
5   Helen Cawley
  JoAnne Russell
5 3
3   Françoise Dürr
  Virginia Wade
7 6
3   Françoise Dürr
  Virginia Wade
4 4
7   Mima Jaušovec
  Virginia Ruzici
6 6
7   Mima Jaušovec
  Virginia Ruzici
6 5 6
  Glynis Coles
  Linda Mottram
4 7 3

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   BJ King
  M Navratilova
3 6 6
  C O'Neil
  P Whytcross
1 4   L Forood
  R Giscafré
6 4 3
  L Forood
  R Giscafré
6 6 1   BJ King
  M Navratilova
6 6
  L Antonoplis
  D Evers
1 4
  L Antonoplis
  D Evers
6 6
Q   N Gregory
  M Pinterová
3 2   R Maršíková
  E Vessies-Appel
4 3
  R Maršíková
  E Vessies-Appel
6 6 1   BJ King
  M Navratilova
3 6 4
  T Holladay
  P Smith
6 6 6   S Barker
  M Guerrant
6 4 6
  B Hallquist
  S McInerney
2 2   T Holladay
  P Smith
5 2
  P Bostrom
  K Ruddell
7 6
  P Bostrom
  K Ruddell
2 3
  K Harter
  C Stoll
3 6 6 6   S Barker
  M Guerrant
6 6
  E Ekblom
  I Bentzer
6 2 3   K Harter
  C Stoll
3 3
6   S Barker
  M Guerrant
6 6

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   K Reid
  W Turnbull
6 6
  H Anliot
  N Bohm
6 4 4   D Desfor
  G Galt
0 1
  D Desfor
  G Galt
1 6 6 4   K Reid
  W Turnbull
7 7 6
  A Kiyomura
  S Mappin
9 5 2
LL   S Saliba
  M Sawyer
0 1
  V González
  I Madruga
6 6   A Kiyomura
  S Mappin
6 6
  A Kiyomura
  S Mappin
8 8 4   K Reid
  W Turnbull
1 7 6
  J Dalton
  W Paish
6 6 8   I Kloss
  M Kruger
6 5 4
  S Hanika
  I Riedel
3 2   J Dalton
  W Paish
2 6 7
  B Cuypers
  V Ziegenfuss
6 3 5
  J Dalton
  W Paish
2 2
8   I Kloss
  M Kruger
6 6
Q   J Nachand
  N Yeargin
0 2
  L duPont
  K May
4 4 8   I Kloss
  M Kruger
6 6
8   I Kloss
  M Kruger
6 6

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5   H Cawley
  J Russell
6 6
  C Meyer
  R Tomanová
6 6   C Meyer
  R Tomanová
3 3
  B Jordan
  K Latham
3 4 5   H Cawley
  J Russell
6 4 6
  C Reynolds
  H Sparre-Viragh
0 6 2
  J Stratton
  M Wikstedt
6 3 5
  C Reynolds
  H Sparre-Viragh
6 2 6   C Reynolds
  H Sparre-Viragh
3 6 7
  M Blackwood
  P Teeguarden
3 6 4 5   H Cawley
  J Russell
5 3
  L Bowrey
  G Lovera
2 6 5 3   F Dürr
  V Wade
7 6
  S Acker
  J Anthony
6 4 7   S Acker
  J Anthony
6 6
  T Harford
  S Tolleson
2 3
  S Acker
  J Anthony
4 1
  D Fromholtz
  M Redondo
2 4 3   F Dürr
  V Wade
6 6
  F Mihai
  E Nagelsen
6 6   F Mihai
  E Nagelsen
1 1
3   F Dürr
  V Wade
6 6

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   M Jaušovec
  V Ruzici
8 6
  M Tyler
  Y Vermaak
6 4 7   M Jaušovec
  V Ruzici
6 6
Q   G Sammel
  C-A Thomas
4 4
7   M Jaušovec
  V Ruzici
7 7 6
  L Charles
  W Wooldridge
5 9 3
Q   J Harrison
  N Weigel
2 3
  L Charles
  W Wooldridge
3 6 6   L Charles
  W Wooldridge
6 6
  H Mandlíková
  H Strachoňová
6 2 2 7   M Jaušovec
  V Ruzici
6 5 6
  G Coles
  L Mottram
6 7   G Coles
  L Mottram
4 7 3
  A-M Bruning
  S Walsh
4 5   G Coles
  L Mottram
8 7
  L Hunt
  B Potter
6 5
  G Coles
  L Mottram
w/o
2   E Cawley
  B Stöve
  C Doerner
  R Gerulaitis
2 0
  J Newberry
  P Shriver
8 1 2   E Cawley
  B Stöve
6 6
2   E Cawley
  B Stöve
9 6

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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