1978 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Boys' singles
1978 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Ivan Lendl
Runner-up	Jeff Turpin
Score	6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Ivan Lendl defeated Jeff Turpin in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Ivan Lendl	8	6	6
	8	Blaine Willenborg	9	1	0
								1	Ivan Lendl	6	1	6
								5	Robbie Venter	3	6	3
	5	Robbie Venter	9	1	6
	4	Stefan Simonsson	7	6	2
															1	Ivan Lendl	6	6
																Jeff Turpin	3	4
		Glenn Michibata	8	3	3
		Jeff Turpin	6	6	6
									Jeff Turpin	8	2	6
								2	Per Hjertquist	6	6	3
	7	John Corse	3	6
	2	Per Hjertquist	6	8

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	Ivan Lendl	7	6
		Gabriel Urpí	3	5					T El-Sakka	5	3
		Tarek El-Sakka	6	7											1	I Lendl	6	6
																C Panatta	1	2
									Claudio Panatta	6	6
		Petri Hietala	7	3					D Atkinson	0	3
		David Atkinson	9	6																		1	I Lendl	8	6	6
																						8	B Willenborg	9	1	0
								8	Blaine Willenborg	6	6
		Peter Chiche	1	5					M Mortensen	1	2
		Michael Mortensen	6	7											8	B Willenborg	6	7
																P Serret	2	5
									Brian Yearwood	1	4
		Pat Serret	7	6					P Serret	6	6
		Jose Manuel Cordeiro	5	3

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	Robbie Venter	2	6	9
		Marc Albert	6	4	7			5	R Venter	6	6
									Alejandro Ganzábal	3	2
															5	R Venter	7	6
		Erik Tisthammer	3	1												M Fancutt	5	2
		WA Paipa	6	6					WA Paipa	3	0
									Michael Fancutt	6	6
																						5	R Venter	9	1	6
	4	Stefan Simonsson	6	7																		4	S Simonsson	7	6	2
		Ivan Dupasquier	3	5				4	S Simonsson	8	6
									Hans Gildemeister	6	2
															4	S Simonsson	6	6
																B Pils	1	4
									Andrzej Jagielski	2	1
		Bernhard Pils	6	6					B Pils	6	6
		Peter Hannon	3	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
									Christo Steyn	4	6	4
		Nik-Raof Daud	2	0					G Michibata	6	1	6
		Glenn Michibata	6	6												G Michibata	6	6	6
		Philippe Pinet	6	9											3	R Krishnan	2	8	4
		Y Saleh	4	7					P Pinet	2	3
								3	Ramesh Krishnan	6	6
																							G Michibata	8	3	3
		Khalid Farid	1	1																			J Turpin	6	6	6
		Jeff Turpin	6	6					J Turpin	6	6
									Edgar Giffenig	3	2
																J Turpin	6	8
																D Keretić	3	6
									Lawrence Field	0	3
		Damir Keretić	6	6					D Keretić	6	6
	6	Bill Gilmour Jr.	2	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
									Jeremy Dier	2	3
		José Juan Boveda	6	6					JJ Boveda	6	6
		Jan Vanlangendonck	2	3												JJ Boveda	8	6	6
		Michael Sprott	3	6	2											J Corse	9	4	8
		Mario Martínez	6	4	6				M Martínez	1	5
									John Corse	6	7
																						7	J Corse	3	6
		Stuart Sarnia	6	6																		2	P Hjertquist	6	8
		Marko Ostoja	2	3					S Sarnia	6	6
									Jamil Ahmed	3	4
																S Sarnia	4	4
		Sujit Fernando	0	0											2	P Hjertquist	6	6
		Cássio Motta	6	6					C Motta	6	6
								2	Per Hjertquist	8	8

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "The Junior Championships, Wimbledon 1978". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 28 November 2017.