Two-time defending champion Björn Borg successfully defended his title, defeating Jimmy Connors in a repeat of the previous year's final, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships.[1]
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Two time defending champion Bjorn Borg successfully defended his title defeating Jimmy Connors in a repeat of the previous year s final 6 2 6 2 6 3 to win the gentlemen s singles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships 1 Men s singles1978 Wimbledon ChampionshipsFinalChampionBjorn BorgRunner upJimmy ConnorsScore6 2 6 2 6 3DetailsDraw128 16Q 8WC Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girlsDoubles men women mixed boys girls 1977 Wimbledon Championships 1979 Main article 1978 Wimbledon Championships Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 References 5 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Bjorn Borg champion 0 2 nbsp Jimmy Connors final 0 3 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis semifinals 0 4 nbsp Guillermo Vilas third round 0 5 nbsp Brian Gottfried quarterfinals 0 6 nbsp Roscoe Tanner fourth round 0 7 nbsp Raul Ramirez quarterfinals 0 8 nbsp Sandy Mayer quarterfinals 0 9 nbsp Ilie Năstase quarterfinals 10 nbsp Dick Stockton first round 11 nbsp John McEnroe first round 12 nbsp Buster Mottram second round 13 nbsp Wojciech Fibak fourth round 14 nbsp John Alexander fourth round 15 nbsp Arthur Ashe first round 16 nbsp John Newcombe fourth round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying editMain article 1978 Wimbledon Championships Men s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit 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 edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Bjorn Borg7668 nbsp Sandy Mayer5431 nbsp Bjorn Borg666 nbsp Tom Okker444 nbsp Tom Okker76269 nbsp Ilie Năstase51631 nbsp Bjorn Borg6662 nbsp Jimmy Connors2235 nbsp Brian Gottfried56723 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis74963 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis7212 nbsp Jimmy Connors9667 nbsp Raul Ramirez4422 nbsp Jimmy Connors666Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp Bjorn Borg86166 nbsp Victor Amaya916331 nbsp B Borg666 nbsp Christophe Roger Vasselin6373 nbsp P McNamara224 nbsp Peter McNamara86561 nbsp B Borg6666 nbsp Jaime Fillol662 nbsp J Fillol4284 nbsp Jan Kodes210r nbsp J Fillol666 nbsp Robin Drysdale22666 nbsp R Drysdale332 nbsp Jiri Hrebec664321 nbsp B Borg668 nbsp Ove Bengtson667 nbsp G Masters246WC nbsp Fred Stolle445 nbsp O Bengtson0884 nbsp Bill Scanlon5832 nbsp G Masters6696 nbsp Geoff Masters7666 nbsp G Masters676 nbsp Frew McMillan666 nbsp F McMillan351 nbsp Rick Fagel112 nbsp F McMillan966LL nbsp Douglas Palm52212 nbsp C Mottram84312 nbsp Buster Mottram766Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round13 nbsp Wojciech Fibak677 nbsp Jose Luis Clerc35513 nbsp W Fibak8466Q nbsp Johan Kriek676Q nbsp J Kriek6624 nbsp Tim Wilkison45313 nbsp W Fibak6479WC nbsp John Paish342 nbsp T Moor1657 nbsp Ray Ruffels666 nbsp R Ruffels558 nbsp Marcelo Lara248 nbsp T Moor779 nbsp Terry Moor66913 nbsp W Fibak42865 nbsp Van Winitsky66468 nbsp A Mayer66617LL nbsp Bruce Manson1363 nbsp V Winitsky3267 nbsp Mike Fishbach122 nbsp M Riessen6649 nbsp Marty Riessen666 nbsp M Riessen653Q nbsp Mark Edmondson326668 nbsp A Mayer876 nbsp Ray Moore66424Q nbsp M Edmondson4262 nbsp Tomas Smid5438 nbsp A Mayer66468 nbsp Sandy Mayer766Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round4 nbsp Guillermo Vilas666 nbsp Stan Smith4334 nbsp G Vilas6266WC nbsp John Feaver666WC nbsp J Feaver3643Q nbsp Joel Bailey4444 nbsp G Vilas342 nbsp Onny Parun8332 nbsp T Okker666 nbsp Tom Okker6666 nbsp T Okker666 nbsp Yannick Noah836610 nbsp Y Noah232 nbsp Ricardo Ycaza96218 nbsp T Okker696 nbsp Antonio Zugarelli74296 nbsp T Leonard181Q nbsp Chris Kachel56681 nbsp A Zugarelli248 nbsp Paul McNamee343 nbsp T Leonard669 nbsp Tom Leonard666 nbsp T Leonard6486 nbsp Steve Krulevitz335 nbsp B Fairlie2663 nbsp Brian Fairlie667 nbsp B Fairlie666 nbsp Steve Docherty89657 nbsp S Docherty34315 nbsp Arthur Ashe98375Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp Ilie Năstase6656 nbsp John Yuill22739 nbsp I Năstase669LL nbsp Stanislav Birner3646 nbsp G Ocleppo347 nbsp Gianni Ocleppo64689 nbsp I Năstase6616 nbsp Vladimir Zednik7633 nbsp To Gullikson4363LL nbsp Mike Machette9466LL nbsp M Machette442Q nbsp Bob Carmichael346 nbsp To Gullikson666 nbsp Tom Gullikson6689 nbsp I Năstase2666 nbsp Jiri Granat8846 nbsp R Tanner6423 nbsp Peter Fleming996 nbsp P Fleming88663 nbsp Cliff Letcher354Q nbsp F McNair96486Q nbsp Fred McNair676Q nbsp F McNair422 nbsp Bob Giltinan6696 nbsp R Tanner666WC nbsp David Lloyd218 nbsp R Giltinan224 nbsp Ismail El Shafei962726 nbsp R Tanner6666 nbsp Roscoe Tanner81696Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round5 nbsp Brian Gottfried6686 nbsp John Lloyd18645 nbsp B Gottfried676 nbsp Brian Teacher6636 nbsp B Teacher253 nbsp Bob Lutz44615 nbsp B Gottfried6966 nbsp Terry Rocavert144 nbsp A Stone8721 nbsp Allan Stone666 nbsp A Stone626610Q nbsp Mark Farrell1714 nbsp B Mitton16818 nbsp Bernard Mitton65665 nbsp B Gottfried666Q nbsp Jan Simbera7836 nbsp Ti Gullikson242WC nbsp Andrew Jarrett5663Q nbsp J Simbera234 nbsp Andrew Pattison4610 nbsp Ti Gullikson666 nbsp Tim Gullikson6366 nbsp Ti Gullikson697 nbsp Billy Martin5666 nbsp W Martin375 nbsp Jeff Borowiak7444 nbsp W Martin57667Q nbsp Erik van Dillen71866Q nbsp E van Dillen7584511 nbsp John McEnroe56943Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round10 nbsp Dick Stockton285Q nbsp John Marks697Q nbsp J Marks323 nbsp Nick Saviano6636 nbsp N Saviano666WC nbsp Chris Bradnam4261 nbsp N Saviano7922 nbsp Hank Pfister666 nbsp H Pfister9866Q nbsp Alvaro Fillol112 nbsp H Pfister669LL nbsp David Carter869LL nbsp D Carter348 nbsp Richard Lewis648 nbsp H Pfister3623Q nbsp Michael Wayman4833 nbsp V Gerulaitis6366 nbsp Sherwood Stewart696 nbsp S Stewart699 nbsp Rick Fisher666 nbsp R Fisher477 nbsp Jean Francois Caujolle331 nbsp S Stewart802Q nbsp Jayakumar Royappa26663 nbsp V Gerulaitis966 nbsp Greg Halder6322Q nbsp J Royappa352 nbsp Heinz Gunthardt22613 nbsp V Gerulaitis6763 nbsp Vitas Gerulaitis6646Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round7 nbsp Raul Ramirez996 nbsp Colin Dibley7837 nbsp R Ramirez666 nbsp Dick Crealy248Q nbsp D Schneider102Q nbsp David Schneider6697 nbsp R Ramirez676 nbsp Ion Țiriac6344Q nbsp R Frawley453Q nbsp Rod Frawley3666Q nbsp R Frawley7666 nbsp Eric Deblicker68636 nbsp E Deblicker9003 nbsp Louk Sanders293637 nbsp R Ramirez696 nbsp Phil Dent6744716 nbsp J Newcombe283 nbsp Tony Roche45665 nbsp P Dent36647 nbsp Vijay Amritraj669 nbsp V Amritraj63365 nbsp Carlos Alberto Kirmayr138 nbsp P Dent1 td style, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
