Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.^[1]

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Michèle Gurdal	6	6
		Mary-Ann Colville	0	1
									Michèle Gurdal	6	6
								Q	Wendy White	3	2
	Q	Wendy White	6	6
		Monica Simmen	3	3
																Michèle Gurdal	1	7	1
															Q	Hana Mandlíková	6	6	6
	Q	Hana Mandlíková	6	6
		Anne-Marie Casado	0	2
								Q	Hana Mandlíková	6	7
									Emilse Longo	1	6
		Emilse Longo	2	6	6
		Margaret Riley	6	1	2

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Nancy Yeargin	6	6
		Michelle Rodríguez	3	0
									Nancy Yeargin	3	3
								Q	Rosalyn Fairbank	6	6
	Q	Rosalyn Fairbank	6	6
		Vicky Baldovinos	3	2
															Q	Rosalyn Fairbank	3	3
															Q	Mirka Koželuhová	6	6
	Q	Mirka Koželuhová	6	6
		Nancy Weigel	2	2
								Q	Mirka Koželuhová	6	3	6
									Wendy Barlow	2	6	4
		Wendy Barlow	6	6
		Florence Guédy	3	3

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Sue Saliba	6	6
	LL	Andrea Pesak	2	3
									Sue Saliba	5	1
									Ivanna Madruga	7	6
		Ivanna Madruga	6	6
		Chris Newton	3	4
																Ivanna Madruga	6	6
																Daniela Porzio	2	2
	Q	Helena Wimmer	6	3	6
		Silvana Urroz	4	6	1
								Q	Helena Wimmer	2	5
									Daniela Porzio	6	7
		Daniela Porzio	4	6	7
	LL	Uschi Ulrich	6	1	5

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Sonoe Yonezawa	6	6
	Q	Lea Plchová	2	3
									Sonoe Yonezawa	6	6	4
									Helga Niessen Masthoff	3	7	6
		Helga Niessen Masthoff	6	6
		Susan Zaro	0	3
																Helga Niessen Masthoff	6	6
																Cynthia-Ann Thomas	1	1
		Cynthia-Ann Thomas	6	7	6
		Nicole Bîmes	7	5	2
									Cynthia-Ann Thomas	6	6	6
								Q	Manuela Zoni	7	0	1
	Q	Manuela Zoni	7	4	6
		Kym Ruddell	5	6	2

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Antonella Rosa	3	6	6
		Carmen Perea	6	4	3
									Antonella Rosa	7	6
									Martine Bureau	5	0
		Martine Bureau	6	6
		Gretchen Galt	4	4
																Antonella Rosa	6	1	0
																Amanda Tobin	4	6	6
		Amanda Tobin	6	6
		Anna-Maria Nasuelli	2	3
									Amanda Tobin	6	6
									Mary Sawyer	4	2
		Mary Sawyer	7	4	6
		Elvira Weisenberger	6	6	1

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Naoko Sato	6	6
		Petra Jauch-Delhees	3	2
									Naoko Sato	1	2
									Leslie Allen	6	6
		Leslie Allen	6	4	6
		Anne Chevalier	1	6	3
																Leslie Allen	6	4	4
																Nerida Gregory	3	6	6
	LL	Jennifer Mundel	6	6
		Erin Dignam	2	4
								LL	Jennifer Mundel	0	4
									Nerida Gregory	6	6
		Nerida Gregory	7	3	6
		Natalie Scaramanga	6	6	1

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer	6	6
		Yolanda Soemarno	2	2
									Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer	1	6	2
									Leanne Harrison	6	4	6
		Leanne Harrison	0	6	6
		Susana Maria Villaverde	6	1	2
																Leanne Harrison	1	3
															Q	Iva Budařová	6	6
		Anne Fritz	6	6
		Perrine Du Puy	3	0
									Anne Fritz	3	2
								Q	Iva Budařová	6	6
	Q	Iva Budařová	6	6
		Jean Nachand	3	2

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
		Sally Greer	3	6	6
		Dominique Beillan	6	3	4
									Sally Greer	4	3
									Claudia Casabianca	6	6
		Claudia Casabianca	6	6
	LL	Anne Hobbs	3	2
																Claudia Casabianca	2	7	2
																Lesley Turner Bowrey	6	5	6
		Lesley Turner Bowrey	7	6
		Cathy Drury	6	1
									Lesley Turner Bowrey	2	7	6
									Marlie Buehler	6	5	0
		Marlie Buehler	1	6	6
		Annemarie Rüegg	6	1	1

References

External links

• 1978 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation