1878 men's tennis season Last updated February 08, 2025 Men's tennis tour
1878 men's tennis season Frank Hadow (from Hadow family collection. He won the major event of this year Wimbledon)
Duration 21 May – 12 October Edition 3rd Tournaments 15 [ 1] Categories Important (1) National (2) Provincial/Regional/State (1) County (1) Local (9) Most titles No outright leader Most finals No outright leader
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 .
Calendar 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.
* Indicates challenger
Notes 2 :Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
Key
January to March No events
July Date Tournament Winner All comers' finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist 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 Clement Edward Cottrell ?? 9–19 July Wimbledon Championship [ 21] London, Great Britain Grass Singles Patrick Francis Hadow 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 Lestocq Robert Erskine Herbert Lawford Charles Gipps Hamilton Arthur Thomas Myers Challenger round Spencer Gore [ 22] 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 Jonas Henry William Gardner ?
September Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist 6 September. [ 27] [ 28] Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament Armagh Lawn Tennis Club Armagh , Ireland Grass Singles - Doubles W.F. Templer ? Robert Shaw Templer8–9 September County Wicklow Championships [ 29] Bromley, County Wicklow, Ireland Grass Singles Henry Evelyn Tombe ? Captain Hughes ? Captain Hughes George Gordon Tombe S. H. Butcher Augustine Lefroy George Gordon Tombe 16–17 September Waterford Tournament [ 30] Waterford, Ireland Grass Singles Vere St. Leger Goold ? J. M. Brown Henry Joseph Gallwey J. C. Roberts Patrick Joseph Gallwey William Joseph Gallwey Pierce Barron-Newell23 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 Rev. William Hughes ? W. Sandilands26–30 September. [ 33] [ 34] South of Ireland Championships Limerick Cricket Club Limerick , Ireland Grass Singles Vere St. Leger Goold 8–6, 8–6 William Henry Darby William Henry Darby H H Eliott Joseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine Robert Howden Kelly Charles Mounoir Sumner Heffernan Considine Helena Considine 6-3, 6-5, 6-2 Robert Howden Kelly Miss Lumley
November to December No events
List of tournament winners Important tournament in bold
Rankings Source: The Concise History of Tennis, 6th edition, 2016
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