Singles
1879 Wimbledon Championship
Final
Champions	John Hartley
Runners-up	Vere St. Leger Goold
Score	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	45
Seeds	–
Events
Singles
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John Hartley defeatedVere 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 championFrank Hadow did not defend his title.^[1][2]

Key

	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

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	CL Stephen		w/o
	Hugh Taylor									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		w/o																V Brooke		2	0	1
	Ernest Renshaw									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

	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																						Charles 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														Charles Barry		6	6	6
	R Barrington		0	1	1					Charles Barry		6	6	6
	George Arbuthnot		6	4	6	6				G Arbuthnot		1	4	4
	Otway Woodhouse		2	6	1	2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	George Tabor		w/o
	William Renshaw									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

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