1879 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

Singles
1879 Wimbledon Championship
Champions John Hartley
Runners-up Vere St. Leger Goold
Score6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Draw45
Seeds–
Main article: 1879 Wimbledon Championship

John Hartley defeated Vere St. Leger Goold 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 in the all comers' final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1879 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champion Frank Hadow did not defend his title.[1][2]

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Charles Heathcote 4 3 3
John Hartley 6 6 6 John Hartley 2 6 6 6
Cecil Parr 6 6 6 Cecil Parr 6 0 1 1
Charles Barry 2 5 4 John Hartley 6 6 6
George Tabor 2 5 6 3 Vere St. Leger Goold 2 4 2
Vere St. Leger Goold 6 6 5 6 Vere St. Leger Goold
bye
Second Place
Cecil Parr 6 2 6 4 4
Vere St. Leger Goold 4 6 5 6 6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
CL Stephen w/o
Hugh Taylor CL Stephen 6 2 1 6 1
CJ Coventry 2 6 3 6 5 C Heathcote 1 6 6 5 6
Charles Heathcote 6 4 6 5 6 C Heathcote 6 6 6
Victor Brooke w/o V Brooke 2 0 1
Ernest Renshaw V Brooke 4 6 2 6 6
BT Cotton 6 3 6 6 BT Cotton 6 3 6 2 1
Alfred Schacht 1 6 1 4 C Heathcote 4 3 3
Charles Cole 0 0 3 J Hartley 6 6 6
John Hartley 6 6 6 J Hartley 6 6 5 0 6
FW Porter 0 1 1 R Erskine 4 5 6 6 5
Robert Erskine 6 6 6 J Hartley 6 6 4 6
George Cartland 6 2 6 1 6 W Marshall 1 3 6 1
Henry Mulholland 2 6 3 6 4 G Cartland 3 2 4
William Marshall 6 6 6 W Marshall 6 6 6
Algernon Cochran 1 2 2

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Cecil Parr 6 3 6 3 6
George Montgomerie 3 6 4 6 3 C Parr 6 6 6
Hubert Medlycott 6 6 4 6 H Medlycott 5 5 2
Edward Hill 1 0 6 1 C Parr 6 1 6 6
Capt. Belson 1 5 2 T Hoare 4 6 0 2
Edward Buxton 6 6 6 E Buxton 3 2 0r
WF Adams 5 1 5 T Hoare 6 6 0
Thomas Hoare 6 6 6 C Parr 6 6 6
Arthur Basil-Brooke 6 6 1 6 Charles Barry 2 5 4
Harry Gillson 5 2 6 4 A Basil-Brooke 1 0 2
Arthur Myers 6 3 6 6 A Myers 6 6 6
William Wells-Cole 2 6 5 5 A Myers 3 2 2
Charles Barry 6 6 6 Charles Barry 6 6 6
R Barrington 0 1 1 Charles Barry 6 6 6
George Arbuthnot 6 4 6 6 G Arbuthnot 1 4 4
Otway Woodhouse 2 6 1 2

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
George Tabor w/o
William Renshaw G Tabor 4 6 6 6
WE Martin 6 6 6 WE Martin 6 4 5 4
Lyttleton Winslow 0 1 2 G Tabor 5 4 6 6 6
Edmond Brackenbury 0 5 4 E Lubbock 6 6 5 1 5
S Pilkington 6 6 6 S Pilkington 2 2 0
Herbert Lawford 2 6 1 2 E Lubbock 6 6 6
Edgar Lubbock 6 4 6 6 G Tabor 2 5 6 3
Alfred Mulholland 5 6 6 6 V Goold 6 6 5 6
Arthur Tabor 6 2 3 0 AJ Mulholland
bye
AJ Mulholland 4 6 1 4
Vere St. Leger Goold 6 6 6 V Goold 6 2 6 6
F Durant 1 2 3 V Goold 6 6 6
JD Vans Agnew 2 3 1

References

  1. ^ 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
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