1878 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

Singles
1878 Wimbledon Championship
Final
Champions	Frank Hadow
Runners-up	Spencer Gore
Score	7–5, 6–1, 9–7
Details
Draw	34
Seeds	–
Events
Singles
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Frank Hadow defeated Robert Erskine 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Spencer Gore 7–5, 6–1, 9–7 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1878 Wimbledon Championships.^[1][2]

	Challenge Round
	Frank Hadow		7	6	9
	Spencer Gore		5	1	7

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	Robert Erskine		6	3	6	3	6
	Charles Hamilton		4	6	1	6	5			Robert Erskine		6	6	6
	Herbert Lawford									Herbert Lawford		3	1	3
	bye																		Robert Erskine		4	4	4
	Frank Hadow		6	6	6														Frank Hadow		6	6	6
	Arthur Myers		0	4	3					Frank Hadow
										bye

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	Robert Erskine		6	6	6
	AW Nicholson		1	1	3					R Erskine
	Clapham									w/o
	Crum																		R Erskine		6	6	5	6
	E Bates		0	6	0	6	3												FW Porter		1	3	6	1
	FW Porter		6	3	6	3	6			FW Porter		5	6	3	6	6
	Alexander Crichton		2	2	1					S Montgomerie		6	5	6	2	1
	Seton Montgomerie		6	6	6																							R Erskine		6	3	6	3	6
	George Montgomerie		5	6	2	6	6																					CG Hamilton		4	6	1	6	5
	George Tabor		6	2	6	5	5			G Montgomerie		6	4	5	3
	Charles Hamilton		6	6	6					CG Hamilton		5	6	6	6
	F Pollock		1	1	3														CG Hamilton		6	6	6
	Charles Heathcote		6	6	6														EB Brackenbury		0	2	2
	HTW Wheeler		4	2	0					C Heathcote		4	2	6	6	5
	Edmond Brackenbury		6	2	6	6				EB Brackenbury		6	6	4	4	6
	Gwynne James		1	6	0	0

The match between Clapham and Crum was not played.^[2]

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	A Keyser		w/o
	Herbert Lawford									H Lawford		5	6	6	6
	J Cunningham		3	2	0					Capt. Grimston		6	4	4	5
	Capt. Grimston		6	6	6														H Lawford		6	5	6	6
	HS Cotton		1	1	0r														ER Seymour		4	6	5	4
	ER Seymour		6	6	0					ER Seymour
										bye
																												H Lawford
																												bye

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	Arthur Tabor		6	6	6
	C Wallis		0	0	0					A Tabor		2	1	1
	Frank Hadow		6	6	6					F Hadow		6	6	6
	Frederick Oliver		2	1	3														F Hadow		6	6	6
	Robert Dalby		6	6	6														AC Brown		2	3	0
	Beckwith Smith		2	3	3					RD Dalby		1	1	1
	FM Ashley		0	0	0					AC Brown		6	6	6
	AC Brown		6	6	6																							F Hadow		6	6	6
	Geoffrey Buxton		5	4	0																							A Myers		0	4	3
	Arthur Myers		6	6	6					A Myers		6	0	6	1	6
	C Ewbank		6	1	1	2				A Hadow		1	6	4	6	2
	Alexander Hadow		5	6	6	6													A Myers
																			bye

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