Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl (; born March 7, 1960) is a Czech–American former professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Lendl was ranked world No. 1 in singles for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles. ...

defeated

Jeff Turpin Jeff Turpin (born May 13, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Turpin's father Jack, a businessman, was a collegiate player at Rice University and is a member of the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame. Jeff also h ...

in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1978 Wimbledon Championships.

Seeds

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Per Hjertquist Per Hjertquist (born 6 April 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won one singles title and one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in 1980 and a career-high doubles r ...

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Ramesh Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan (born 5 June 1961) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from India. As a junior player in the late 1970s, he won the singles titles at both, Wimbledon and the French Open. He went on to reach three Grand Sla ...

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Stefan Simonsson Per Stefan Mikael Simonsson (born 5 January 1960, in Hyltebruk) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing singles. During his career, he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high ...

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Robbie Venter Robert Eben "Robbie" Venter (born 7 May 1960) is a South African businessman and former professional tennis player. Biography A left handed player from Boksburg, Venter is the son of South African businessman Bill Venter. Venter was a semi-fi ...

''(semifinals)'' Bill Gilmour Jr. ''(first round)'' John Corse ''(quarterfinals)''

Blaine Willenborg Blaine Willenborg (born January 4, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Willenborg enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an add ...

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Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:1978 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles Boys' Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Boys' singles