![]() Frank Hadow (from Hadow family collection. He won the major event of this year Wimbledon) | |
Details | |
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Duration | 21 May – 12 October |
Edition | 3rd |
Tournaments | 15 [1] |
Categories | Important (1) National (2) Provincial/Regional/State (1) County (1) Local (9) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | No outright leader |
Most tournament finals | No outright leader |
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The 1878 men's tennis season [2] [3] was composed of the third annual pre-open era tour. It now incorporated 15 tournaments staged in Great Britain and Ireland the Wimbledon championships was won by challenger Patrick Francis Hadow defeating the defending champion Spencer Gore.
It began in April in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales and ended in October in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
This early pre open era tour began in April 1878 with Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club Tournament on grass played at Newcastle Emlyn, Wales the club is still open today. [4] In May a spring tennis tournament was held at the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club on Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth, England the club held a second event in October this year. [5]
In July the most important event of the year the 1878 Wimbledon Championships was won by the challenger Patrick Francis Hadow who beat Spencer Gore in the all comers final. In August the inaugural Scottish Championships was won by James Patten MacDougall. [6] [7] In September at the inaugural County Wicklow Championships the tournament was won by a Captain Hughes. In September at the South of Ireland Championships held Wicklow in Ireland, the Limerick Cup was won by Vere St. Leger Goold. [8]
Notes 1: Challenge round: the final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921), [9] in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
Important [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
National |
Provincial/State/Regional |
County |
Local/other |
No events
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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21 - 24 April. [15] [16] | Teifiside LTC Championship Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club Newcastle Emlyn, Wales Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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21 - 24 May. [17] [18] | Bournemouth CLTC Spring Tournament [19] Bournemouth CLTC Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() 3 sets to 2 | ![]() | ||
Date | Tournament | Winner | All comers' finalist | Semifinalist | Quarterfinalist |
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July. [20] | All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships All Ireland Lawn Tennis Club Champion Ground Lansdowne, Dublin, Ireland. Grass Singles | ? | ? | ||
12 July | Championship of the Esher LTC Esher Lawn Tennis Club Esher, Surrey, England Grass Singles | ![]() ? | ? | ||
9–19 July | Wimbledon Championship [21] London, Great Britain Grass Singles | ![]() 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Challenger round![]() 7–5, 6–1, 9–7 | |||||
24 July. [23] | Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. Staffordshire County Cricket Ground Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Grass Singles | ![]() ? | |||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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12–19 August | Scottish Championships [24] [25] Edinburgh, Great Britain Singles | ![]() | |||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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6 September. [27] [28] | Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Armagh, Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
8–9 September | County Wicklow Championships [29] Bromley, County Wicklow, Ireland Grass Singles | ![]() ? | ![]() ? | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
16–17 September | Waterford Tournament [30] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
23 September. [31] [32] | Newon Abbott Lawn Tennis Tournament Newton Abbot Archery and Lawn Tennis Club South Devon Cricket Club Ground Newton Abbot, Devon, England Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
26–30 September. [33] [34] | South of Ireland Championships Limerick Cricket Club Limerick, Ireland Grass Singles | ![]() 8–6, 8–6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6-3, 6-5, 6-2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Date | Tournament | Winner | Finalist | Semifinalist | Quarter finalist |
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October. [35] [36] | Moy and Charlemont LTC Tournament Moy and Charlemont Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Singles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
7–12 October | Dublin University Championships [37] Dublin, Ireland Hard (Asphalt) Singles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ![]() ? ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
10 October. [38] [39] | Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament Bournemouth CLTC Dean Park Cricket Ground Bournemouth, England Grass Singles - Doubles | ![]() ? | ![]() | ||
No events
Important tournament in bold
Source: The Concise History of Tennis, 6th edition, 2016
Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1878 [40] | ||||
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