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{{Infobox tennis tournament year|1978|Wimbledon Championships|
| date = 26 June – 8 July
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| prize_money = £279,023
| surface = [[Grass court|Grass]]
| location = Church Road<br>
| venue = [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]]
| champms = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Björn Borg]]
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| champgs = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tracy Austin]]
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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==
===Seniors===
====Men's Singles====▼
{{main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles}}▼
{{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]]|accessdate=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}}</ref>▼
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{{main|1978 Wimbledon Championships –
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:<small>It was Navratilova's 1st Grand Slam singles title.</small>
====Men's
{{main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Men's
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} '''[[Bob Hewitt]]''' / {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} '''[[Frew McMillan]]''' defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]], 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
====Women's
{{main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Women's
{{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Kerry Melville|Kerry Reid]]''' / {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Wendy Turnbull]]''' defeated {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Mima Jaušovec]] / {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} [[Virginia Ruzici]], 4–6, 9–8<sup>(12–10)</sup>, 6–3
====Mixed
{{main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} '''[[Frew McMillan]]''' / {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Betty Stöve]]''' defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ray Ruffels]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]],
===Juniors===
====Boys' Singles====▼
{{Main|1978 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles}}▼
{{flagicon|TCH}} '''[[Ivan Lendl]]''' defeated {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Turpin]], 6–3, 6–4 <ref name="boyss">{{cite web|title=Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/boyssingles.html|website=wimbledon.com|publisher=[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon Championships]]|accessdate=13 August 2017}}</ref>▼
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{{Main|1978 Wimbledon Championships –
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==Singles seeds==
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===Men's singles===
# {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Björn Borg]] (
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]] ''(
# {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Vilas]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Gottfried]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roscoe Tanner]] ''(
# {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Raúl Ramírez]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]] ''(
# {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Stockton (tennis)|Dick Stockton]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[John McEnroe]] ''(
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Buster Mottram]] ''(
# {{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Wojciech Fibak]] ''(
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Alexander (Australian politician)|John Alexander]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]] ''(
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] ''(
{{Col-2}}
===Women's singles===
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Evert]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Martina Navratilova]] (
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Evonne Goolagong
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Virginia Wade]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Billie Jean King]] ''(
# {{flagicon|NED}} [[Betty Stöve]] ''(
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wendy Turnbull]] ''(
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dianne Fromholtz]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tracy Austin]] ''(
# {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kerry Melville|Kerry Reid]] ''(
# {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Marise Kruger]] ''(
# {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Mima Jaušovec]] ''(
# {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} [[Virginia Ruzici]] ''(
# {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sue Barker]] ''(
# {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Regina Maršíková]] ''(
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[Marita Redondo]] ''(
{{Col-end}}
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{{1978 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix}}
{{1978 WTA Tour}}
{{1978 in tennis}}
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