1879 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

Singles
1879 Wimbledon Championship
Champions	John Hartley
Runners-up	Vere St. Leger Goold
Final score	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	45
Seeds	–
Events
Singles
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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.^[1][2]

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
	Hugh Taylor		w/o							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																		V Brooke		2	0	1
	Ernest Renshaw		w/o							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	0r
	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																						CD 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														CD Barry		6	6	6
	R Barrington		0	1	1					CD 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
	William Renshaw		w/o							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