Duration 9 July – 12 October Tournaments 6 | Edition 2nd | |
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Categories Important (1)
National (1)
Regional/State (1)
County (0)
Local (3) Most tournament titles Henry Evelyn Tombe (1)
James Jackson Sherrard (1)
Patrick Francis Hadow(1)
James Patten MacDougall (1)
William Henry Darby (1)
Vere St. Leger Goold (1) Most tournament finals Henry Evelyn Tombe (1)
James Jackson Sherrard (1)
Patrick Francis Hadow(1)
James Patten MacDougall (1)
William Henry Darby (1)
Vere St. Leger Goold (1)
Vere St. Leger Goold (1) | ||
The 1878 Men's tennis season was composed of the second annual pre-open era tour. It now incorporated 6 tournaments staged in Great Britain and Ireland the Wimbledon championships was won by Patrick Francis Hadow defeating the challenger and defending champion Spencer Gore.
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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), in some tournaments not all.
Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season
January to June
No events
November to December
No events
List of tournament winners
Important tournament in bold
Rankings
Source: The Concise History of Tennis, 6th edition, 2016
References
1878 Men's Tennis season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA