1978 Swedish Open – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1978 Swedish Open
Final
Champion	Bob Carmichael ; Mark Edmondson
Runner-up	Péter Szőke ; Balázs Taróczy
Score	7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
Events
Singles	Doubles

The 1978 Swedish Open – Doubles event was part of the 1978 Swedish Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden between 17 July and 23 July 1973. Mark Edmondson and John Marks were the defending Swedish Open champions but did not compete together in this edition. First-seeded team of Bob Carmichael and Mark Edmondson won the doubles title by defeating Péter Szőke and Balázs Taróczy in the final, 7–5, 6–4.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

First Round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

1	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	6	6
	Kjell Johansson Louk Sanders	4	0		1	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	6	6
	Hans Kary Chris Lewis	6	6			Hans Kary Chris Lewis	3	4
	Ulf Eriksson Per Hjertquist	3	1						1	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	7	3	6
	Michael Benson Tony Giammalva	6	4	7					3	Raymond Moore Jonathan Smith	5	6	1
	Birger Andersson Stanislav Birner	4	6	6		Michael Benson Tony Giammalva	4	1
	Per Larsson Stefan Simonsson	3	1		3	Raymond Moore Jonathan Smith	6	6
3	Raymond Moore Jonathan Smith	6	6											1	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	7	6
4	François Jauffret Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6	6												Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	5	4
	Ángel Giménez Antonio Muñoz	4	4		4	François Jauffret Christophe Roger-Vasselin	6	6
	Ove Bengtson Tenny Svensson	6	6			Ove Bengtson Tenny Svensson	2	4
	Jim McManus Barry Phillips-Moore	2	3						4	François Jauffret Christophe Roger-Vasselin	4	3
	Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	w/o								Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	6	6
	Corrado Barazzutti Gianni Ocleppo					Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy	7	7
	Jan Norbäck Jan-Eric Palm	1	3		2	Álvaro Fillol Mike Fishbach	5	6
2	Álvaro Fillol Mike Fishbach	6	6

^ John Barrett, ed. (1979). World of Tennis 1979 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 28, 122. ISBN 978-0354090681.
^ "1978 Båstad – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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