1976 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 1976. It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the men's and the women's tennis circuits.

Australian Open

Men's singles

Main article: 1976 Australian Open – Men's singles

Australia Mark Edmondson defeated Australia John Newcombe, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1

  • It was Edmondson's 1st and only career Grand Slam singles title. Edmondson is the lowest ranked player ever to win a Grand Slam event.[1]

Women's singles

Main article: 1976 Australian Open – Women's singles

Australia Evonne Goolagong defeated Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová, 6–2, 6–2

  • It was Goolagong's 5th career Grand Slam singles title and her 3rd title at the Australian Open.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1976 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Australia John Newcombe / Australia Tony Roche defeated Australia Ross Case / Australia Geoff Masters, 7–6, 6–4[2]

Women's doubles

Main article: 1976 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Australia Evonne Goolagong / Australia Helen Gourlay defeated Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey / Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová, 8–1[3]

• It was Goolagong's 5th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 4th title at the Australian Open.
• It was Gourlay's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd title at the Australian Open.

Mixed doubles

No competition between 1970 and 1986.

French Open

Men's singles

Italy Adriano Panatta defeated United States Harold Solomon, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Panatta's 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

United Kingdom Sue Barker defeated Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová, 6–2, 0–6, 6–2

  • It was Barker's 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

United States Frederick McNair / United States Sherwood Stewart defeated United States Brian Gottfried / Mexico Raúl Ramírez, 7–6(8-6), 6–3, 6–1

Women's doubles

Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli / France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau Lovera defeated United States Kathleen Harter / West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3

Mixed doubles

South Africa Ilana Kloss / Australia Kim Warwick defeated South Africa Delina Boshoff / Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell, 5–7, 7–6, 6–2

Wimbledon

Men's singles

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Sweden Björn Borg defeated Romania Ilie Năstase, 6–4, 6–2, 9–7[4]

Women's singles

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

United States Chris Evert defeated Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6[5]

Men's doubles

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

United States Brian Gottfried / Mexico Raúl Ramírez defeated Australia Ross Case / Australia Geoff Masters, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5[6]

Women's doubles

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

United States Chris Evert / United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Billie Jean King / Netherlands Betty Stöve, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5[7]

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Australia Tony Roche / France Françoise Dürr defeated United States Dick Stockton / United States Rosie Casals, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5[8]

US Open

Men's singles

Main article: 1976 US Open – Men's singles

United States Jimmy Connors defeated Sweden Björn Borg, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(11-9), 6–4

  • It was Connors's 4th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd US Open title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1976 US Open – Women's singles

United States Chris Evert defeated Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–3, 6–0

  • It was Evert's 6th career Grand Slam title, and her 2nd (consecutive) US Open title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1976 US Open – Men's doubles

Netherlands Tom Okker / United States Marty Riessen defeated Australia Paul Kronk / Cliff Letcher 6–4, 6–4 [9][10]

Women's doubles

Main article: 1976 US Open – Women's doubles

South Africa Delina Boshoff / South Africa Ilana Kloss defeated Soviet Union Olga Morozova / United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–1, 6–4 [11]

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1976 US Open – Mixed doubles

United States Billie Jean King / Australia Phil Dent defeated Netherlands Betty Stöve / South Africa Frew McMillan 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 [9]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Ten Greatest Upsets in Men's Tennis". CNN. June 2, 2009.
  2. ↑ "1976 Men's Doubles". Tennis Australia.
  3. ↑ "1976 Women's Doubles". Tennis Australia.
  4. ↑ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Official results archive (ITF)". itftennis.com.
  10. ↑ "Connors Defeats Borg for Open Crown". nytimes.com.
  11. ↑ Source: U.S. Open Archived 2015-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
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