The 1978 Seiko World Super Tennis, also known as the Tokyo Indoor, was a men's

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tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tokyo Municipal Gym in

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, Japan that was part of the 1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 31 October to 5 November 1978. Matches were the best of three sets. Second-seeded

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won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

defeated Brian Teacher 6–3, 6–4 * It was Borg's 9th singles title of the year and the 39th of his

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Doubles

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defeated

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/ Tom Gorman 6–3, 6–4

References

External links

ITF tournament edition details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tokyo Indoor 1978 Grand Prix (tennis) 1978 in Japanese tennis

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