The 1978 Toyota Women's Classic, was a women's
tennis
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tournament played on
outdoor grass courts at
White City Stadium
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in
Sydney
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in Australia. The event was part of the AA category of the
1979 Colgate Series. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and was held from 4 December through 10 December 1978.
Fifth-seeded
Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (née Fromholtz; born 10 August 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979.
Career
Fromholtz began playing tennis at the age of seven. She ...
won the singles title and earned $15,000.
Finals
Singles
Dianne Fromholtz
Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (née Fromholtz; born 10 August 1956) is an Australian former professional tennis player who reached a highest singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1979.
Career
Fromholtz began playing tennis at the age of seven. She ...
defeated Kerry Reid
Kerry Melville Reid (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is an Australian former professional tennis player. During her 17-year career, Reid won a major singles title and 26 other singles titles, and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. ...
6–1, 1–6, 6–4
*It was Fromholtz' 1st singles title of the year and the 6th of her career.
Doubles
Kerry Reid
Kerry Melville Reid (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is an Australian former professional tennis player. During her 17-year career, Reid won a major singles title and 26 other singles titles, and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. ...
/ Wendy Turnbull
Wendy Turnbull, (born 26 November 1952) is an Australian retired tennis player. During her career, she won nine Grand Slam titles, four of them in women's doubles and five of them in mixed doubles. She also was a three-time Grand Slam runner-u ...
defeated Judy Chaloner
Judith Connor (born 18 November 1953) is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand also known by her married name, Judy Connor-Chaloner. She won the 1979 doubles title at the Australian Open, alongside Dianne Evers
Dianne Evers (bor ...
/ Anne Hobbs
Anne Hobbs (born 21 August 1959 in Nottingham) is a British former professional tennis player.
Early life
She started with Wilmslow Tennis Club.
She lived at Alderley Edge.
Tennis career
Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup an ...
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Prize money
Notes
References
External links
WTA tournament edition details
ITF tournament edition details
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