# 1879 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

John Hartley defeated Vere 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 champion Frank Hadow did not defend his title.

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Charles Heathcote | Charles Heathcote | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Hartley | John Hartley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | John Hartley | John Hartley | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Cecil Parr | Cecil Parr | 6 | 6 | 6 | | Cecil Parr | Cecil Parr | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Charles Barry | Charles Barry | 2 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | John Hartley | John Hartley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
| George Tabor | George Tabor | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | Vere St. Leger Goold | Vere St. Leger Goold | 2 | 4 | 2 | | |
| Vere St. Leger Goold | Vere St. Leger Goold | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | Vere St. Leger Goold | Vere St. Leger Goold | | | | |
| | | | | | | bye | bye | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Cecil Parr | Cecil Parr | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Vere St. Leger Goold | Vere St. Leger Goold | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

### Earlier rounds
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| CL Stephen | CL Stephen | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hugh Taylor | Hugh Taylor | | | | | | CL Stephen | CL Stephen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CJ Coventry | CJ Coventry | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | C Heathcote | C Heathcote | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charles Heathcote | Charles Heathcote | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Heathcote | C Heathcote | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Victor Brooke | Victor Brooke | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | V Brooke | V Brooke | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ernest Renshaw | Ernest Renshaw | | | | | | V Brooke | V Brooke | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BT Cotton | BT Cotton | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | BT Cotton | BT Cotton | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Alfred Schacht | Alfred Schacht | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Heathcote | C Heathcote | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Cole | Charles Cole | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Hartley | J Hartley | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| John Hartley | John Hartley | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | J Hartley | J Hartley | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FW Porter | FW Porter | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | R Erskine | R Erskine | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Erskine | Robert Erskine | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | J Hartley | J Hartley | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| George Cartland | George Cartland | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | W Marshall | W Marshall | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| Henry Mulholland | Henry Mulholland | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | G Cartland | G Cartland | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| William Marshall | William Marshall | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | W Marshall | W Marshall | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Algernon Cochran | Algernon Cochran | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Cecil Parr | Cecil Parr | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Montgomerie | George Montgomerie | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | C Parr | C Parr | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hubert Medlycott | Hubert Medlycott | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | H Medlycott | H Medlycott | 5 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edward Hill | Edward Hill | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | C Parr | C Parr | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Capt. Belson | Capt. Belson | 1 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | T Hoare | T Hoare | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| Edward Buxton | Edward Buxton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | E Buxton | E Buxton | 3 | 2 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WF Adams | WF Adams | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | T Hoare | T Hoare | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Hoare | Thomas Hoare | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Parr | C Parr | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Arthur Basil-Brooke | Arthur Basil-Brooke | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Charles Barry | Charles Barry | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Harry Gillson | Harry Gillson | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | A Basil-Brooke | A Basil-Brooke | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arthur Myers | Arthur Myers | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | A Myers | A Myers | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| William Wells-Cole | William Wells-Cole | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | A Myers | A Myers | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Charles Barry | Charles Barry | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Charles Barry | Charles Barry | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| R Barrington | R Barrington | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | Charles Barry | Charles Barry | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| George Arbuthnot | George Arbuthnot | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | G Arbuthnot | G Arbuthnot | 1 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Otway Woodhouse | Otway Woodhouse | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| George Tabor | George Tabor | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| William Renshaw | William Renshaw | | | | | G Tabor | G Tabor | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WE Martin | WE Martin | 6 | 6 | 6 | | WE Martin | WE Martin | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyttleton Winslow | Lyttleton Winslow | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | G Tabor | G Tabor | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Edmond Brackenbury | Edmond Brackenbury | 0 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Lubbock | E Lubbock | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| S Pilkington | S Pilkington | 6 | 6 | 6 | | S Pilkington | S Pilkington | 2 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Herbert Lawford | Herbert Lawford | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | E Lubbock | E Lubbock | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edgar Lubbock | Edgar Lubbock | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Tabor | G Tabor | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Alfred Mulholland | Alfred Mulholland | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Goold | V Goold | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Arthur Tabor | Arthur Tabor | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | AJ Mulholland | AJ Mulholland | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | AJ Mulholland | AJ Mulholland | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Vere St. Leger Goold | Vere St. Leger Goold | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | V Goold | V Goold | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| F Durant | F Durant | 1 | 2 | 3 | | V Goold | V Goold | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | JD Vans Agnew | JD Vans Agnew | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |