1879 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

April 2022 1879 Wimbledon Championship s GBR John Hartley GBR Vere St. Leger Goold 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 45 – singles 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.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th Draw Finals 5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Second Place 175 GBR Charles Heathcote 4 3 3 GBR John Hartley 6 6 6 GBR Cecil Parr 6 6 6 GBR Charles Barry 2 5 4 GBR George Tabor 2 5 6 3 GBR Vere St. Leger Goold 6 6 5 6 GBR John Hartley 2 6 6 6 GBR Cecil Parr 6 0 1 1 GBR Vere St. Leger Goold bye GBR John Hartley 6 6 6 GBR Vere St. Leger Goold 2 4 2 GBR Cecil Parr 6 2 6 4 4 GBR Vere St. Leger Goold 4 6 5 6 6 Earlier rounds Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR CL Stephen w/o GBR Hugh Taylor GBR CJ Coventry 2 6 3 6 5 GBR Charles Heathcote 6 4 6 5 6 GBR Victor Brooke w/o GBR Ernest Renshaw GBR BT Cotton 6 3 6 6 GBR Alfred Schacht 1 6 1 4 GBR Charles Cole 0 0 3 GBR John Hartley 6 6 6 GBR FW Porter 0 1 1 GBR Robert Erskine 6 6 6 GBR George Cartland 6 2 6 1 6 GBR Henry Mulholland 2 6 3 6 4 GBR William Marshall 6 6 6 GBR Algernon Cochran 1 2 2 GBR CL Stephen 6 2 1 6 1 GBR C Heathcote 1 6 6 5 6 GBR V Brooke 4 6 2 6 6 GBR BT Cotton 6 3 6 2 1 GBR J Hartley 6 6 5 0 6 GBR R Erskine 4 5 6 6 5 GBR G Cartland 3 2 4 GBR W Marshall 6 6 6 GBR C Heathcote 6 6 6 GBR V Brooke 2 0 1 GBR J Hartley 6 6 4 6 GBR W Marshall 1 3 6 1 GBR C Heathcote 4 3 3 GBR J Hartley 6 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR Cecil Parr 6 3 6 3 6 GBR George Montgomerie 3 6 4 6 3 GBR Hubert Medlycott 6 6 4 6 GBR Edward Hill 1 0 6 1 GBR Capt. Belson 1 5 2 GBR Edward Buxton 6 6 6 GBR WF Adams 5 1 5 GBR Thomas Hoare 6 6 6 GBR Arthur Basil-Brooke 6 6 1 6 GBR Harry Gillson 5 2 6 4 GBR Arthur Myers 6 3 6 6 GBR William Wells-Cole 2 6 5 5 GBR Charles Barry 6 6 6 GBR R Barrington 0 1 1 GBR George Arbuthnot 6 4 6 6 GBR Otway Woodhouse 2 6 1 2 GBR C Parr 6 6 6 GBR H Medlycott 5 5 2 GBR E Buxton 3 2 0r GBR T Hoare 6 6 0 GBR A Basil-Brooke 1 0 2 GBR A Myers 6 6 6 GBR Charles Barry 6 6 6 GBR G Arbuthnot 1 4 4 GBR C Parr 6 1 6 6 GBR T Hoare 4 6 0 2 GBR A Myers 3 2 2 GBR Charles Barry 6 6 6 GBR C Parr 6 6 6 GBR Charles Barry 2 5 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GBR George Tabor w/o GBR William Renshaw GBR WE Martin 6 6 6 GBR Lyttleton Winslow 0 1 2 GBR Edmond Brackenbury 0 5 4 GBR S Pilkington 6 6 6 GBR Herbert Lawford 2 6 1 2 GBR Edgar Lubbock 6 4 6 6 GBR Alfred Mulholland 5 6 6 6 GBR Arthur Tabor 6 2 3 0 GBR Vere St. Leger Goold 6 6 6 GBR F Durant 1 2 3 GBR G Tabor 4 6 6 6 GBR WE Martin 6 4 5 4 GBR S Pilkington 2 2 0 GBR E Lubbock 6 6 6 GBR AJ Mulholland bye GBR V Goold 6 6 6 GBR JD Vans Agnew 2 3 1 GBR G Tabor 5 4 6 6 6 GBR E Lubbock 6 6 5 1 5 GBR AJ Mulholland 4 6 1 4 GBR V Goold 6 2 6 6 GBR G Tabor 2 5 6 3 GBR V Goold 6 6 5 6 References External links 1879 MS Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles