1976 South American Championships – Singles

Guillermo Vilas was the defending champion and won in the final 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 against Jaime Fillol.

Singles
1976 South American Championships
1975 ChampionArgentina Guillermo Vilas
Final
ChampionArgentina Guillermo Vilas
Runner-upChile Jaime Fillol
Score6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Seeds

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A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1.   Guillermo Vilas (champion)
  2.   Jaime Fillol (final)
  3.   Paolo Bertolucci (semifinals)
  4.   Víctor Pecci (quarterfinals)
  5.   Željko Franulović (quarterfinals)
  6.   Mark Cox (second round)
  7.   José Higueras (quarterfinals)
  8.   Ricardo Cano (quarterfinals)

Draw

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  • NB: The final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

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Final
1   Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6    
2   Jaime Fillol 2 2 3    

Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   G Vilas 6 6  
    P Gorostiaga 3 4   1   G Vilas 6 6  
    J Pinto-Bravo 4 6 6     J Pinto-Bravo 1 3  
    Á Betancur 6 3 2 1   G Vilas 6 6  
    H Kary 6 6   7   J Higueras 3 4  
    J Velasco, Sr. 1 4       H Kary 2 0  
    T Fontana 1 1   7   J Higueras 6 6  
7   J Higueras 6 6   1   G Vilas 6 6 6
3   P Bertolucci 4 7 6 3   P Bertolucci 7 3 0
    C Kirmayr 6 5 1 3   P Bertolucci 3 6 6
    I Molina 6 3 4     A Muñoz 6 2 0
    A Muñoz 2 6 6 3   P Bertolucci 6 7  
    P Rodríguez 6 4 10 5   Ž Franulović 4 5  
    L Álvarez 4 6 12     L Álvarez 3 1  
    Á Fillol 4 2   5   Ž Franulović 6 6  
5   Ž Franulović 6 6  

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6   M Cox 6 6 6
    J Soares 7 1 2 6   M Cox 6 4 6
    R Benavides 7 2 1     T Koch 3 6 8
    T Koch 6 6 6     T Koch 3 6 6
    H Varela 2 6 4 4   V Pecci 6 3 4
    P Cornejo 6 3 6     P Cornejo 2 0  
    T Vázquez 5 3   4   V Pecci 6 6  
4   V Pecci 7 6       T Koch 2 1  
8   R Cano 4 6 6 2   J Fillol 6 6  
    E Caviglia 6 4 2 8   R Cano 6 7  
    J Ganzábal 7 6       J Ganzábal 1 6  
    E Mandarino 6 2   8   R Cano 4 6 4
    B Prajoux 6 6   2   J Fillol 6 4 6
    J Thamin 3 1       B Prajoux 3 4  
    N Holmes 7 3 3 2   J Fillol 6 6  
2   J Fillol 5 6 6
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