1978, Olivier Touplain, 12 years old, play at the Provence Tennis Championship.

On 1978,  Yannick Noah makes its entrance to the classification ATP, rank number 50. Bjorn Borg win Roland Garros against Guillermo Vilas. Jimmy Connors is world number one in front of Borg, Vilas and the genius John Mc Enroe who for his part, begins its career.

About ladies, Martina Navratilova win Roland Garros 1978 and she is ranking number 1 at the end of 1978 year.