1978 Europe Top 12

8th edition
Prague, Czechoslovakia


Gabor Gergely
Milan Orlowski
Stellan Bengtsson


1977 TOURNAMENT 1979

The eighth edition of Europe Top 12 in Prague saw only ten players to finish the tournament. The Swedish international Ulf Thorsell withdrew during the tournament and Desmond Douglas did not enter the competition. Nevertheless, the Hungarian star Gabor Gergely displayed a very consistent performance, losing only one game, and winning his first & eventually, the only title of Europe Top 12 in his career.

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Player
Gabor Gergely
Milan Orlowski
Stellan Bengtsson
Wilfried Lieck
Istvan Jonyer
Jacques Secretin
Dragutin Šurbek
Christian Martin
Anatoly Strokatov
Jaroslav Kunz

Age
25
26
27
33
28
29
31
23
23
32

W
8
7
7
5
5
5
4
2
2
0

L
1
2
2
4
4
4
5
7
7
9

SW
24
25
23
21
19
19
20
11
11
12

SL
7
13
13
17
19
19
21
23
23
27

#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

W – Won L – Lost SW – Sets Won SL – Sets Lost # – Place