Two-time defending champion Björn Borg defeated Jimmy Connors in a rematch 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. It was his third Wimbledon title and sixth major title overall.
Having won the 1978 French Open title the previous month, Borg’s Wimbledon crown made him the second man, after Rocket Rod Laver in 1969, in the Open Era to complete the Channel Slam at old. He would hold the record for the youngest man to complete the Channel Slam until Carlos Alcaraz became the 6th man of this exclusive club at just old.
Seeds
Björn Borg (champion) Jimmy Connors (final) Vitas Gerulaitis (semifinals) Guillermo Vilas (third round) Brian Gottfried (quarterfinals) Roscoe Tanner (fourth round) Raúl Ramírez (quarterfinals) Sandy Mayer (quarterfinals) Ilie Năstase (quarterfinals) Dick Stockton (first round) John McEnroe (first round) Buster Mottram (second round) Wojciech Fibak (fourth round) John Alexander (fourth round) Arthur Ashe (first round) John Newcombe (fourth round)
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation