1978 WTA Tour
No Player name T Prize money
1 Martina Navratilova ( TCH ) 9 $ 214,350
2 Evonne Goolagong Cawley ( AUS ) 6 $ 114,450
3 Billie Jean King ( USA ) 9 $ 68,025
4 Betty Stöve ( NED ) 7 $ 67,000
5 Wendy Turnbull ( USA ) 9 $ 63,300
6 Virginia Wade ( GBR ) 9 $ 58,900
7 Rosemary Casals ( USA ) 10 $ 52,300
8 Kerry Reid ( AUS ) 7 $ 36,700
9 Chris Evert ( USA ) 2 $ 30,500
10 Dianne Fromholtz ( AUS ) 8 $ 22,450
The 1978 WTA Tour consisted of a number of tennis tournaments for female tennis players. It was composed of the newly streamlined version of the Virginia Slims Circuit (which was now an 11-week tour of the USA) and the Colgate Series. The tour was administered by the Women's International Professional Tennis Council.