1878 Wimbledon Championship

April 2022 1878 Wimbledon Championship 15 – 20 July 2nd Worple RoadSW19, Wimbledon,London, United Kingdom All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club Grass Grand Slam GBR Frank Hadow The 1878 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 15 July until 20 July. It was the 2nd staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1878. There were 34 competitors, excluding Spencer Gore who as champion was not required to participate until the best of the challengers had won the All comers' final. The winner of the All Comers' final was Frank Hadow, a planter from Ceylon who was on leave in Britain. He defeated Robert Erskine, a friend of the family who had enticed him to participate in the championship, in straight sets 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.Robertson Max Wimbledon : Centre Court of the Game : Final Verdict 1987 British Broadcasting Corporation London 9780563204541 12 3rd On 18 July 1878 Hadow defeated reigning champion Spencer Gore in three sets, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7 before a crowd of about 700 spectators.http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/1877.html 1877 Wimbledon Championships 2010-10-05 Wimbledon.org Ron Atkin dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101221222928/http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/about/history/1877.html 2010-12-21 Lawn Tennis Championship http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18780719/016/0006 The Morning Post British Newspaper Archive 19 July 1878 6 subscription Hadow effectively introduced the tactic of lobbing to counter Gore's volleying game.Reeves Peter Rai Rajesh The Encyclopedia of Sri Lankan Diaspora 2013 Editions Didier Millet Singapore 978-9814260831 44 The height of the net was reduced from 5 ft m at the posts and 3 ft 3 in m in the middle to 4 ft 9 in m at the posts and 3 ft m in the middle. The distance of the service line from the net was reduced from 26 ft m to 22 ft m. Arthur Myers was the first player to serve over hand.Little Alan 2010 Wimbledon Compendium 2001 All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Wimbledon, London 1899039333 10 Singles Final 1878 Wimbledon Championship – Singles GBR Frank Hadow defeated GBR Spencer Gore, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7 Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2016 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 29 June 2017 This was Hadow's first and only Major. All Comers' Final GBR Frank Hadow defeated GBR Robert Erskine, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977) References External links Official Wimbledon Championships website 1877 Wimbledon Championships Grand Slams 1879 Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championship Wimbledon Championship Wimbledon Championship Category:July 1878 in the United Kingdom