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| date = 26 June – 8 July
| edition = 92nd
| location=Church Road<br>[[SW19]], [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]],<br>London, United Kingdom▼
| draw = 128S/64D/52XD
| surface=[[Grass court|Grass]]▼
| prize_money = £279,023
▲| category=[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] (ITF)
▲| surface = [[Grass court|Grass]]
| champws={{Flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]<ref name="womenss">{{Cite news|url=http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=q0pkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fXQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1565,1679012|title=Martina Navratilova Fulfills Her Highest Ambition.|newspaper=[[St. Joseph News-Press]]|date=8 July 1978|location=[[Wimbledon, London]], England}}</ref>▼
| venue = [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]]
| champms = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Borg]]
| champws = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Martina Navratilova]]
| champmd = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]] / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]]
| champwd = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville|Kerry Reid]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wendy Turnbull]]
| champxd = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]] / {{flagicon|NED}} [[Betty Stöve]]
| champbs = {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ivan Lendl]]
| champgs = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tracy Austin]]
}}
The '''1978 Wimbledon Championships''' was a [[tennis]] tournament that took place on the outdoor [[
==Prize money==
The total prize money for 1978 championships was £279,023. The winner of the men's title earned £19,000 while the women's singles champion earned £17,100.<ref name=little2013>{{cite book|last=Little|first=Alan|title=Wimbledon Compendium 2013|year=2013|publisher=All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club|location=London|isbn=978-1899039401|
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==Champions==
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{{Main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles}}▼
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{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Björn Borg]]''' defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]], 6–2, 6–2, 6–3<ref name="menss">{{cite web|title=Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877–2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]]|access-date=22 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-lwaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pCkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6640,3622162|title=Borg Romps Past Connors.|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|date=8 July 1978|location=[[Wimbledon, London]], England}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
====Women's singles====
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:<small>It was Navratilova's 1st Grand Slam singles title.</small>
====Men's doubles====
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====Women's doubles====
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====Mixed doubles====
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===Juniors===
====Boys'
{{Main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Boys'
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====Girls'
{{Main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Girls'
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==Singles seeds==
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===Men's singles===
# {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Björn Borg]] (champion)'''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]] ''(final, lost to [[Björn Borg]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] ''(semifinals, lost to [[Jimmy Connors]])''
# {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Vilas]] ''(third round, lost to [[Tom Okker]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Vitas Gerulaitis]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Ilie Năstase]])''
# {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Jimmy Connors]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Björn Borg]])''
# {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Tom Okker]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Stockton (tennis)|Dick Stockton]] ''(first round, lost to [[John Marks (tennis)|John Marks]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] ''(first round, lost to [[Erik van Dillen]])''
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Buster Mottram]] ''(second round, lost to [[Frew McMillan]])''
# {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Wojciech Fibak]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Sandy Mayer]])''
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Alexander (Australian politician)|John Alexander]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Jimmy Connors]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]] ''(first round, lost to [[Steve Docherty]])''
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Raúl Ramírez]])''
{{Col-2}}
===Women's singles===
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] ''(final, lost to [[Martina Navratilova]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Martina Navratilova]] (champion)'''
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]] ''(semifinals, lost to [[Martina Navratilova]])''
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Virginia Wade]] ''(semifinals, lost to [[Chris Evert]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Chris Evert]])''
# {{flagicon|NED}} [[Betty Stöve]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Virginia Ruzici]])''
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wendy Turnbull]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Mima Jaušovec]])''
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dianne Fromholtz]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Marise Kruger]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tracy Austin]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Martina Navratilova]])''
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville|Kerry Reid]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Chris Evert]])''
# {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Marise Kruger]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Martina Navratilova]])''
# {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Mima Jaušovec]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Virginia Wade]])''
# {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} [[Virginia Ruzici]] ''(quarterfinals, lost to [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]])''
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sue Barker]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Billie Jean King]])''
# {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Regina Maršíková]] ''(fourth round, lost to [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]])''
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marita Redondo]] ''(third round, lost to [[Ruta Gerulaitis]])''
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.wimbledon.
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