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1978 Florida Federal Open
1978 Florida Federal Open
Date	November 6–12
Edition	6th
Category	Colgate Series (AA)
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$75,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Oldsmar, United States
Venue	East Lake Woodlands Country Club
Champions
Singles
	Virginia Wade
Doubles
	Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith

The 1978 Florida Federal Open was a women's singles tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at East Lake Woodlands Country Club in Oldsmar, Florida in the United States. The event was part of the AA^[a] category of the 1978 Colgate Series. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from November 6 through November 12, 1978.^[2] Third-seeded Virginia Wade won the title and earned $14,000 first-prize money.^[2]^[1]^[3]

Finals

Singles

Virginia Wade defeated Anna-Maria Fernandez 6–4, 7–6^(7–1)

It was Wade's 2nd title of the year and the 54th of her career.

Doubles

Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith defeated Kerry Reid / Wendy Turnbull 7–6^(7–4), 6–3

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32
Singles ^[2]	$14,000	$7,100 ^[b]	$3,500	$1,850	$1,000	$550

Notes

^ Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $75,000.^[1]
^ Because Anna-Maria Fernandez was an amateur player her prize-money went to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 140, 157. ISBN 978-0354090681.
^ ^a ^b ^c John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. pp. 292, 307.
^ ^a ^b "Wade Takes Federal Tennis". Lakeland Ledger. AP. November 13, 1978. p. 1C.