Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 2 ...

defeated

Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks. Borg won 66 singles titles during his caree ...

in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1978 US Open. It was his third US Open singles title and fifth

major Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor in musi ...

singles title overall. The final was watched by a sell-out crowd of 19,537 spectators. Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Butch Walts. This was the first edition of the US Open to be played on hard courts, and the first to be held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, relocating from its former site at Forest Hills.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below.

is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. #

''(finalist)'' #

(champion) # Guillermo Vilas ''(fourth round)'' #

Vitas Gerulaitis Vytautas "Vitas" Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1978. Gerulaitis won the men's si ...

''(semifinalist)'' # Eddie Dibbs ''(third round)'' # Brian Gottfried ''(quarterfinalist)'' #

Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti (; born 19 February 1953, in Udine) is a former tennis player from Italy. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, achieved in August 1978. After the end of his player career Barazzutti was a coach (sport), non-playing ...

''(second round)'' # Raúl Ramírez ''(quarterfinalist)'' # Manuel Orantes ''(first round)'' #

Sandy Mayer Alexander Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University ...

''(first round)'' # Roscoe Tanner ''(fourth round)'' # Harold Solomon ''(fourth round)'' # José Luis Clerc ''(third round)'' #

Wojtek Fibak Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, al ...

''(third round)'' #

John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...

''(semifinalist)'' # Arthur Ashe ''(fourth round)''

Draw

Key

* Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL =

Lucky loser A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw. This can occur when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness ...

* r = Retired

Final eight

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) – 1978 US Open Men's Singles draw1978 US Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1978 US Open - Men's Singles Men's singles US Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles