1978 Virginia Slims Championships
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The 1978 Virginia Slims Championships were the seventh WTA Tour Championships
, the annual tennis
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1978 WTA Tour. It was held from March 29 to April 2, 1978, in the Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, United States
.
Martina Navratilova defeated 
Evonne Goolagong
, 7–6(5), 6–4.
WTA Tour Championships
The WTA Tour Championships is a tennis tournament played annually at the end of the season for the top-ranked players on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The month, city and number of players has changed since the first edition in 1972...
, the annual tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1978 WTA Tour. It was held from March 29 to April 2, 1978, in the Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, United States
United States
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Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Evonne GoolagongEvonne Goolagong
Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the...
, 7–6(5), 6–4.