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Singles

1878 Wimbledon Championship

Final

Champions

Frank Hadow

Runners-up

Spencer Gore

Score

7–5, 6–1, 9–7

Details

Draw

Seeds

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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]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round

Frank Hadow	7	6	9

Spencer Gore	5	1	7

All comers' finals

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

Earlier rounds

Section 1

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]

Section 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	0^r						ER Seymour	4	6	5	4
ER Seymour	6	6	0	ER Seymour
				bye
														H Lawford
														bye

Section 3

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

References

^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
^ ^a ^b Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.