1878 Wimbledon Championship

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  • U.S. National Championships

The second Wimbledon Championships took from 15 to 20 July 1878 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

The second round was a tournament system, consisting of the so-called All- Comers Competition and the subsequent Challenge Round, introduced. The defending champion was automatically ( the Challenge Round) qualified for the finals, where he met the challenger, who previously had to work through the field of participants of the All- Comers competition itself. This system was maintained at a tournament in Wimbledon until 1922. In the Challenge Round, a further rule change was applied: Winning a set required from a score of 5:5 two games difference ( "advantage games" ).

From the experience with the first tournament in which the Aufschläger had won 62% of all games, it was decided that service line to four feet (1.2 m) zoom zurücken grid. The service court was characterized with 22 feet only a foot ( 30 cm) longer than today. The height of the net to the posts was slightly reduced by three inches ( 7.5 cm ). The weight of a ball was (56 g) set to 2 ounces.

In addition to last year's winner Spencer Gore took 34 players participated in the tournament. The Challenge Round pursued about 700 spectators.

Arthur Thomas Myers led in this tournament the overhead surcharge.

Men's Singles

In the Challenge Round Frank Hadow beat the defending champion Spencer Gore. Hadow sat against Gore, whose tactics as well as in the previous year was to score points at the net volley, successfully praise a. In the All- Comers final Hadow had previously beaten Lestocq Robert Erskine.

Since the practice of volleys was controversial at the time, it was before the final efforts to make it more difficult; so should a " volley " line be drawn parallel to the network to which the player could vollieren. A second voiced in this context, the proposal to prohibit the touching of the net with the racket, was added to the tournament in 1880 into rules.

1877 Wimbledon Championship 1879 Wimbledon Championship 1877 Wimbledon Championship – Singles Spencer Gore (sportsman) 1878 Wimbledon Championship – Singles 1880 Wimbledon Championship 1881 Wimbledon Championship 1882 Wimbledon Championship 1883 Wimbledon Championship 1884 Wimbledon Championships 1885 Wimbledon Championships 1886 Wimbledon Championships 1887 Wimbledon Championships 1888 Wimbledon Championships 1889 Wimbledon Championships 1890 Wimbledon Championships 1891 Wimbledon Championships 1892 Wimbledon Championships 1893 Wimbledon Championships 1894 Wimbledon Championships 1895 Wimbledon Championships 1896 Wimbledon Championships 1897 Wimbledon Championships 1898 Wimbledon Championships 1899 Wimbledon Championships 1900 Wimbledon Championships 1901 Wimbledon Championships 1902 Wimbledon Championships 1903 Wimbledon Championships 1904 Wimbledon Championships 1905 Wimbledon Championships 1906 Wimbledon Championships 1907 Wimbledon Championships 1908 Wimbledon Championships 1909 Wimbledon Championships 1910 Wimbledon Championships 1911 Wimbledon Championships 1912 Wimbledon Championships 1913 Wimbledon Championships 1914 Wimbledon Championships 1919 Wimbledon Championships 1920 Wimbledon Championships 1921 Wimbledon Championships 1922 Wimbledon Championships 1923 Wimbledon Championships 1924 Wimbledon Championships 1925 Wimbledon Championships 1926 Wimbledon Championships 1927 Wimbledon Championships 1928 Wimbledon Championships 1929 Wimbledon Championships 1930 Wimbledon Championships 1931 Wimbledon Championships 1932 Wimbledon Championships 1933 Wimbledon Championships 1934 Wimbledon Championships 1935 Wimbledon Championships 1936 Wimbledon Championships 1937 Wimbledon Championships 1938 Wimbledon Championships 1939 Wimbledon Championships 1946 Wimbledon Championships 1947 Wimbledon Championships 1948 Wimbledon Championships 1949 Wimbledon Championships 1950 Wimbledon Championships 1951 Wimbledon Championships 1952 Wimbledon Championships 1953 Wimbledon Championships 1954 Wimbledon Championships 1955 Wimbledon Championships 1956 Wimbledon Championships 1957 Wimbledon Championships 1958 Wimbledon Championships 1959 Wimbledon Championships 1960 Wimbledon Championships 1961 Wimbledon Championships 1962 Wimbledon Championships 1963 Wimbledon Championships 1964 Wimbledon Championships 1965 Wimbledon Championships 1966 Wimbledon Championships 1967 Wimbledon Championships 1968 Wimbledon Championships 1969 Wimbledon Championships 1970 Wimbledon Championships 1971 Wimbledon Championships 1972 Wimbledon Championships 1973 Wimbledon Championships 1974 Wimbledon Championships 1975 Wimbledon Championships 1976 Wimbledon Championships 1977 Wimbledon Championships 1978 Wimbledon Championships 1979 Wimbledon Championships 1980 Wimbledon Championships 1981 Wimbledon Championships 1982 Wimbledon Championships 1983 Wimbledon Championships 1984 Wimbledon Championships 1985 Wimbledon Championships 1986 Wimbledon Championships 1987 Wimbledon Championships 1988 Wimbledon Championships 1989 Wimbledon Championships 1990 Wimbledon Championships 1991 Wimbledon Championships 1992 Wimbledon Championships 1993 Wimbledon Championships 1994 Wimbledon Championships 1995 Wimbledon Championships 1996 Wimbledon Championships 1997 Wimbledon Championships 1998 Wimbledon Championships 1999 Wimbledon Championships 2000 Wimbledon Championships 2001 Wimbledon Championships 2002 Wimbledon Championships 2003 Wimbledon Championships 2004 Wimbledon Championships 2005 Wimbledon Championships 2006 Wimbledon Championships
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