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1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

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

Champions

Runners-up

Virginia Ruzici

Score4–6, 9–8^(12–10), 6–3

Draw48 (4)

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Women's doubles

1978 Wimbledon Championships

Final

Champions

Runners-up

Virginia Ruzici

Score

4–6, 9–8^(12–10), 6–3

Details

Draw

48 (4)

Seeds

8

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

1.

Billie Jean King /

Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)

2.

Evonne Cawley /

Betty Stöve (third round, withdrew)

3.

Françoise Dürr /

Virginia Wade (semifinals)

4.

Kerry Reid /

Wendy Turnbull (champions)

5.

JoAnne Russell (quarterfinals)

6.

Mona Guerrant (semifinals)

7.

Mima Jaušovec /

Virginia Ruzici (final)

8.

Marise Kruger (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

	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

Section 1

	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

	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

Section 3

	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

	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

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