The 1878 Wimbledon Championship was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 tournament and took place from July 15 through to July 20 at the All England Club

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club , also known as the All-England Club, based at Aorangi Park, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass...

. 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

Frank Hadow

Patrick Francis Hadow was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878....

 who defeated L. R. Erskine in straight sets 6–4, 6–4, 6–4, Hadow would later go on to defeat reigning champion Spencer Gore in three sets, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7. The height of the net was reduced from 5 feet (1.5 m) at the posts and 3 in 3 in (0.9906 m) in the middle to 4 in 9 in (1.45 m) at the posts and 3 foot (0.9144 m) in the middle.

Final

  Frank Hadow

Frank Hadow

Patrick Francis Hadow was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878....

defeated   Spencer Gore, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7.

• This was Hadow's first and only Major.

All Comers' Final

  Frank Hadow

Frank Hadow

Patrick Francis Hadow was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878....

defeated   L. R. Erskine, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.