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1878 men's tennis season
Frank Hadow
(from Hadow family collection. He won the major event of this year Wimbledon)
Details
Duration21 May – 12 October
Edition3rd
Tournaments15[1]
CategoriesImportant (1)
National (2)
Provincial/Regional/State (1)
County (1)
Local (9)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesNo outright leader
Most tournament finalsNo outright leader
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1879 →

The 1878 men's tennis season[2][3] was composed of the third annual pre-open era tour. It now incorporated 15 tournaments staged in Great Britain and Ireland the Wimbledon championships was won by challenger Patrick Francis Hadow defeating the defending champion Spencer Gore.

It began in April in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales and ended in October in Bournemouth, Dorset, England.

Summary

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This early pre open era tour began in April 1878 with Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club Tournament on grass played at Newcastle Emlyn, Wales the club is still open today.[4] In May a spring tennis tournament was held at the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club on Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth, England the club held a second event in October this year.[5]

In July the most important event of the year the 1878 Wimbledon Championships was won by the challenger Patrick Francis Hadow who beat Spencer Gore in the all comers final. In August the inaugural Scottish Championships was won by James Patten MacDougall.[6][7] In September at the inaugural County Wicklow Championships the tournament was won by a Captain Hughes. In September at the South of Ireland Championships held Wicklow in Ireland, the Limerick Cup was won by Vere St. Leger Goold.[8]

Calendar

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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),[9] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Notes 2:Tournaments in italics were events that were staged only once that season

Key

Important[10][11][12][13][14]
National
Provincial/State/Regional
County
Local/other

January to March

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No events

April

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
21 - 24 April.[15][16] Teifiside LTC Championship
Teifiside Lawn Tennis Club
Newcastle Emlyn, Wales
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Wales Gwyn Saunders Davies
?		 Wales Dacre Tyler

May

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
21 - 24 May.[17][18] Bournemouth CLTC Spring Tournament[19]
Bournemouth CLTC
Dean Park Cricket Ground
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edmond Bennet Brackenbury
3 sets to 2		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sir Hubert James Medlycott

July

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Date Tournament Winner All comers' finalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist
July.[20] All Ireland Lawn Tennis Championships
All Ireland Lawn Tennis Club
Champion Ground
Lansdowne, Dublin, Ireland.
Grass
Singles		 ?
?
12 July Championship of the Esher LTC
Esher Lawn Tennis Club
Esher, Surrey, England
Grass
Singles		 United Kingdom Clement Edward Cottrell
?		 ?
9–19 July Wimbledon Championship[21]
London, Great Britain
Grass
Singles		 England Patrick Francis Hadow
6–4, 6–4, 6–4		 Scotland Lestocq Robert Erskine Scotland Herbert Lawford
 United Kingdom Charles Gipps Hamilton
United Kingdom Arthur Thomas Myers
Challenger round
England Spencer Gore[22]
7–5, 6–1, 9–7
24 July.[23] Staffordshire County Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament.
Staffordshire County Cricket Ground
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Grass
Singles		 United Kingdom Jonas Henry William Gardner
?

August

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
12–19 August Scottish Championships[24]
[25] Edinburgh, Great Britain
Singles		 Scotland James Patten MacDougall[26]

September

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
6 September.[27][28] Armagh Lawn Tennis Tournament
Armagh Lawn Tennis Club
Armagh, Ireland
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Ireland W.F. Templer
?		 Ireland Robert Shaw Templer
8–9 September County Wicklow Championships[29]
Bromley, County Wicklow, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Ireland Henry Evelyn Tombe
?		 United Kingdom Captain Hughes
?		 United Kingdom Captain Hughes
England George Gordon Tombe
 Ireland S. H. Butcher
Ireland Augustine Lefroy
England George Gordon Tombe
16–17 September Waterford Tournament[30]
Waterford, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold
?		 Ireland J. M. Brown Ireland Henry Joseph Gallwey
Ireland J. C. Roberts
 Ireland Patrick Joseph Gallwey
Ireland William Joseph Gallwey
Ireland Pierce Barron-Newell
23 September.[31][32] Newon Abbott Lawn Tennis Tournament
Newton Abbot Archery and Lawn Tennis Club
South Devon Cricket Club Ground
Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 Wales Rev. William Hughes
?		 United Kingdom W. Sandilands
26–30 September.[33][34] South of Ireland Championships
Limerick Cricket Club
Limerick, Ireland
Grass
Singles		 Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold
8–6, 8–6		 United Kingdom William Henry Darby United Kingdom William Henry Darby
United Kingdom H H Eliott
 Ireland Joseph Fritz James Heffernan Considine
Ireland Robert Howden Kelly
United Kingdom Charles Mounoir Sumner
Ireland Heffernan Considine
Ireland Helena Considine
6-3, 6-5, 6-2		 Ireland Robert Howden Kelly
Ireland Miss Lumley

October

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Date Tournament Winner Finalist Semifinalist Quarter finalist
October.[35][36] Moy and Charlemont LTC Tournament
Moy and Charlemont Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club
Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Singles		 Ireland Robert Baron Templer
?		 Ireland S. Phipson Ireland Robert Baron Templer
Ireland H. Ringwood
 Ireland Archibald Alexander Hamilton
Ireland H. Ringwood
Ireland Robert Shaw Templer
7–12 October Dublin University Championships[37]
Dublin, Ireland
Hard (Asphalt)
Singles		 Ireland James Jackson Sherrard
?		 Ireland William Morgan Jellett Ireland Henry James Daly
?
Ireland William Morgan Jellett
 Ireland Henry James Daly
Ireland Richard Manders
Ireland George Henry Shannon
10 October.[38][39] Bournemouth CLTC Autumn Tournament
Bournemouth CLTC
Dean Park Cricket Ground
Bournemouth, England
Grass
Singles - Doubles		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hubert James Medlycott
?		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

November to December

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No events

List of tournament winners

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Important tournament in bold

Rankings

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Source: The Concise History of Tennis, 6th edition, 2016

Karoly Mazak World Rankings for 1878[40]
# Player
1  Patrick Francis Hadow (ENG)
2  Spencer Gore (ENG)
3  William Marshall (GBR)
4  Lestocq Robert Erskine (SCO)
5  C.G. Hamilton (GBR)

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Archives, Tennis. "1878 Men's tournaments". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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  4. ^ "Our history". ncetennis.org. Newcastle Emlyn & Adpar Community Tennis Club. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. ^ The Athletic world and journal of English sports. London. 5 April 1878. p. 81.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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