# 1877 Wimbledon Championship – Singles

Spencer Gore defeated William Marshall, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the inaugural Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1877 Wimbledon Championships.

## 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Spencer Gore | Spencer Gore | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Charles Heathcote | Charles Heathcote | 2 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Charles Heathcote | Charles Heathcote | 2 | 5 | 2 | Spencer Gore | Spencer Gore | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | | | | | William Marshall | William Marshall | 1 | 2 | 4 | | |
| William Marshall | William Marshall | | | | William Marshall | William Marshall | 1 | 2 | 4 | | |
| bye | bye | | | | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place | Second Place |
| | | | | | Charles Heathcote | Charles Heathcote | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | William Marshall | William Marshall | 6 | 6 | | | |

### Earlier rounds
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Harry Thomas Gillson | Harry Thomas Gillson | 2 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Spencer Gore | Spencer Gore | 6 | 6 | 6 | | S Gore | S Gore | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Robert Dalby | Robert Dalby | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | M Hankey | M Hankey | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Montague Hankey | Montague Hankey | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | S Gore | S Gore | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| John Baker | John Baker | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | FN Langham | FN Langham | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| John William Trist | John William Trist | 1 | 4 | 0 | | J Baker | J Baker | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Francis Langham | Francis Langham | w/o | | | | FN Langham | FN Langham | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Charles Buller | Charles Buller | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Henry Wheeler | Henry Wheeler | 2 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lestocq Robert Erskine | Lestocq Robert Erskine | 6 | 6 | 6 | R Erskine | R Erskine | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Henry Soden | Henry Soden | 1 | 5 | 5 | J Lambert | J Lambert | 2 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | |
| J Lambert | J Lambert | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | R Erskine | R Erskine | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Bayly Akroyd | Bayly Akroyd | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | W Marshall | W Marshall | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| George Nicol | George Nicol | 0 | 0 | 4 | BN Akroyd | BN Akroyd | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| William Marshall | William Marshall | 6 | 6 | 6 | W Marshall | W Marshall | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Frederick Dorville Jackson | Frederick Dorville Jackson | 3 | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Frederick Oliver | Frederick Oliver | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Montague Battye | Montague Battye | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | FW Oliver | FW Oliver | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| Julian Marshall | Julian Marshall | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | J Marshall | J Marshall | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| Capt. Grimston | Capt. Grimston | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Marshall | J Marshall | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Charles Heathcote | Charles Heathcote | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | C Heathcote | C Heathcote | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Geoffrey Buxton | Geoffrey Buxton | 0 | 2 | 3 | | | C Heathcote | C Heathcote | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | bye | bye | | | | | | | | | | |