1879 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

Singles
Singles
1879 Wimbledon Championship
Final
Champions	John Hartley
Runners-up	Vere St. Leger Goold
Score	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	45
Seeds	–
Events
	Singles
	Singles

Leger Goold">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.

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	0^r
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

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

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