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1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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Björn Borg defeated Ilie Năstase in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 9–7 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1976 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was the first of his five consecutive Wimbledon titles, and his third major title overall. He became the first man in the Open Era to win the title without losing a set during the tournament.

Men's singles
1976 Wimbledon Championships
1975 ChampionUnited States Arthur Ashe
Final
ChampionSweden Björn Borg
Runner-upRomania Ilie Năstase
Score6–4, 6–2, 9–7
Details
Draw128 (16 Q )
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships

Arthur Ashe was the defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Vitas Gerulaitis.

Seeds edit

01.     Arthur Ashe (fourth round)
02.     Jimmy Connors (quarterfinals)
03.     Ilie Năstase (final)
04.     Björn Borg (champion)
05.     Adriano Panatta (third round)
06.     Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals)
07.     Roscoe Tanner (semifinals)
08.     Raúl Ramírez (semifinals)
09.     Tom Okker (third round)
10.     John Newcombe (third round)
11.     Eddie Dibbs (withdrew)
12.     Tony Roche (fourth round)
13.     Jaime Fillol (third round)
14.     Brian Gottfried (fourth round)
15.     Jan Kodeš (withdrew )
16.     Stan Smith (fourth round)

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

Eddie Dibbs and Jan Kodeš withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by lucky losers John Holladay and Milan Holeček respectively.

Qualifying edit

Main article: 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
  Vitas Gerulaitis 6 4 2 4
8   Raúl Ramírez 4 6 6 6
8   Raúl Ramírez 2 7 3
3   Ilie Năstase 6 9 6
3   Ilie Năstase 6 6 6
  Charlie Pasarell 4 2 3
3   Ilie Năstase 4 2 7
4   Björn Borg 6 6 9
6   Guillermo Vilas 3 0 2
4   Björn Borg 6 6 6
4   Björn Borg 6 97 6
7   Roscoe Tanner 4 81 4
7   Roscoe Tanner 6 6 8
2   Jimmy Connors 4 2 6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   Arthur Ashe 7 6 7
  Ferdi Taygan 5 4 5 1   A Ashe 7 8 9 7
Q   John Yuill 4 6 1 3   A Stone 5 9 7 5
  Allan Stone 6 4 6 6 1   A Ashe 7 6 8
  Ray Moore 5 6 9 5 2   M Edmondson 5 2 6
  Mark Edmondson 7 4 8 7 6   M Edmondson 9 9 6
Q   Jayakumar Royappa 4 2 4 Q   M Farrell 8 7 4
Q   Mark Farrell 6 6 6 1   A Ashe 6 9 4 3 4
LL   Milan Holeček 5 1 5   V Gerulaitis 4 8 6 6 6
  Vitas Gerulaitis 7 6 7   V Gerulaitis 6 6 6
  Mark Cox 6 9 6   M Cox 3 4 4
  Antonio Muñoz 4 8 4   V Gerulaitis 6 6 6
  Billy Martin 7 6 8 6   S Krulevitz 2 2 1
  Sherwood Stewart 9 2 6 4   W Martin 2 3 6 8
  Colin Dowdeswell 6 3 2 6   S Krulevitz 6 6 4 9
  Steve Krulevitz 3 6 6 8

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8   Raúl Ramírez 6 6 9
Q   Chris Kachel 3 4 8 8   R Ramírez 6 8 6 6
  Norman Holmes 3 4 6 0   M Wayman 4 9 4 3
  Michael Wayman 6 6 3 6 8   R Ramírez 6 7 6
  Karl Meiler 6 9 3 6 6   K Meiler 2 5 1
  Mike Cahill 8 7 6 3 4   K Meiler 6 6 6 8 8
  Ray Ruffels 9 6 6   R Ruffels 8 2 4 9 6
  Jim McManus 7 1 1 8   R Ramírez 9 3 6 6
10   John Newcombe 8 9 6 6   B Mitton 8 6 1 1
Q   James "Chico" Hagey 9 8 4 1 10   J Newcombe 6 3 8 6 6
  John Feaver 6 1 6 7   J Feaver 3 6 9 4 4
  Henry Bunis 1 6 2 5 10   J Newcombe 6 3 8 8
  Bernard Mitton 7 6 1 6   B Mitton 3 6 9 9
  Éric Deblicker 5 2 6 4   B Mitton 8 6 6
  Sashi Menon 5 6 9 2 10   S Menon 6 2 1
  Roger Taylor 7 2 8 6 8

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Ilie Năstase 6 6 6
  Nikola Špear 2 3 2 3   I Năstase 6 7 6
  Lito Álvarez 2 4 2   Ž Franulović 1 5 3
  Željko Franulović 6 6 6 3   I Năstase 8 7 6
  Brian Fairlie 4 2 0   K Warwick 6 5 4
  Geoff Masters 6 6 6   G Masters 5 4 4
  Kim Warwick 6 6 6   K Warwick 7 6 6
  Ricardo Cano 4 2 1 3   I Năstase 7 6 6
13   Jaime Fillol 6 6 6   O Parun 5 4 3
LL   Rolf Thung 1 2 3 13   J Fillol 8 6 6 9 6
Q   Paul McNamee 3 8 2   R Case 9 4 8 8 2
  Ross Case 6 9 6 13   J Fillol 5 4 4
  Chris Lewis 8 3 7 0   O Parun 7 6 6
  Jiří Hřebec 6 6 5 0r   C Lewis 3 4 2
  John Alexander 6 8 7 6 6   O Parun 6 6 6
  Onny Parun 2 9 9 1 8

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   Adriano Panatta 4 6 7 6
  Jorge Andrew 6 4 5 4 5   A Panatta 9 2 3 8 6
Q   Dale Collings 4 7 2 Q   D Collings 7 6 6 6 1
  Bob Hewitt 6 5 0r 5   A Panatta 9 6 4 5 4
  François Jauffret 8 3 4   C Pasarell 8 4 6 7 6
  Vijay Amritraj 9 6 6   V Amritraj 4 2 4
  Jun Kamiwazumi 3 1 3   C Pasarell 6 6 6
  Charlie Pasarell 6 6 6   C Pasarell 2 4 6 6 7
9   Tom Okker 6 6 6   P Dent 6 6 4 0 5
  Sandy Mayer 3 2 4 9   T Okker 9 6 6
  Julián Ganzábal 3 4 4   V Amaya 7 2 3
  Victor Amaya 6 6 6 9   T Okker 4 8 4
  Erik van Dillen 3 6 5 3   P Dent 6 9 6
  Andrew Pattison 6 3 7 6   A Pattison 2 2 5
  Phil Dent 4 5 6 9 7   P Dent 6 6 7
  John Lloyd 6 7 3 8 5

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Wojciech Fibak 8 6 3 6
  John Whitlinger 6 1 6 1   W Fibak 3 8 3
  Hans Kary 8 1 4 9 4   U Pinner 6 9 6
  Ulrich Pinner 6 6 6 7 6   U Pinner 4 6 2 1
Q   Raz Reid 6 5 6 6 12   A Roche 6 3 6 6
  Iván Molina 4 7 3 4 Q   G Reid 4 2 4
  Syd Ball 8 8 4 12   A Roche 6 6 6
12   Tony Roche 9 9 6 12   A Roche 4 6 7 3 4
Q   Gene Mayer 2 0r 6   G Vilas 6 3 5 6 6
  Alex Metreveli 6 5   A Metreveli 6 6 6 3 11
Q   Bill Lloyd 3 4 3   R Stockton 8 3 3 6 9
  Dick Stockton 6 6 6   A Metreveli 6 5 2 4
  Georges Goven 5 2 4 6   G Vilas 2 7 6 6
  Haroon Rahim 7 6 6   H Rahim 7 3 4
  Barry Phillips-Moore 3 1 4 6   G Vilas 9 6 6
6   Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Mike Estep 9 2 4 7
  Tom Gorman 7 6 6 9   T Gorman 1 9 3 6 4
  Jeff Borowiak 6 4 4 4   R Lutz 6 8 6 2 6
  Bob Lutz 4 6 6 6   R Lutz 3 1 6 6 1
Q   Russell Simpson 5 4 4 14   B Gottfried 6 6 3 4 6
  John Andrews 7 6 6   J Andrews 6 9 6 4 2
  Tim Gullikson 6 3 2 7 14   B Gottfried 8 7 2 6 6
14   Brian Gottfried 4 6 6 9 14   B Gottfried 2 2 5
  Jürgen Fassbender 2 6 8 3 3 4   B Borg 6 6 7
  James Delaney 6 3 6 6 6   J Delaney 6 5 6
  Colin Dibley 6 6 6   C Dibley 8 7 8
  Paul Kronk 2 3 2   C Dibley 4 4 4
  Frew McMillan 3 3 6 4   B Borg 6 6 6
  Marty Riessen 6 6 8   M Riessen 2 2 4
  David Lloyd 3 3 1 4   B Borg 6 6 6
4   Björn Borg 6 6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
  Byron Bertram 2 5 2
  Nikola Pilić 6 7 6   N Pilić 8 9 6 5 6
  Víctor Pecci 6 6 6   V Pecci 9 8 3 7 4
  Pat Cramer 3 3 4   N Pilić 3 6 6 6
  Richard Lewis 6 2 6 1 8   R Lewis 6 4 3 3
  Patrick Proisy 4 6 2 6 6   R Lewis 3 9 9 9
  Brian Teacher 9 3 9 6   B Teacher 6 7 8 8
LL   John Holladay 7 6 8 4   N Pilić 3 4 4
  Jonathan Smith 3 7 7 2 7   R Tanner 6 6 6
  Carlos Alberto Kirmayr 6 9 5 6   C Kirmayr 8 6 6
  Buster Mottram 8 1 0r   H-J Pohmann 6 3 3
  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 9 6 0   C Kirmayr 9 8 3 2
Q   Kenichi Hirai 6 6 6 7   R Tanner 8 9 6 6
Q   Vadim Borisov 3 4 0 Q   K Hirai 3 4 7
  Martin Robinson 6 5 4 7   R Tanner 6 6 9
7   Roscoe Tanner 8 7 6

Section 8 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
Q   Teimuraz Kakulia 6 9 6
  Balázs Taróczy 1 8 2 Q   T Kakulia 6 6 6
  Robin Drysdale 2 3 4   C Drysdale 1 3 4
  Cliff Drysdale 6 6 6 Q   T Kakulia 6 6 1 1
  Gerald Battrick 6 6 7 16   S Smith 8 3 6 6
  Hans-Joachim Plötz 3 3 5   G Battrick 0 8 2 3
  Patricio Cornejo 1 2 4 16   S Smith 6 6 6 6
16   Stan Smith 6 6 6 16   S Smith 4 1 3
  Dick Crealy 6 2 1 6 5 2   J Connors 6 6 6
  Bob Carmichael 4 6 6 4 7   R Carmichael 6 4 4
  Ismail El Shafei 9 6 6   I El Shafei 8 6 6
  Jean-François Caujolle 8 3 4   I El Shafei 4 0 3
Q   Stephen Warboys 5 7 3 6 6 2   J Connors 6 6 6
Q   John Marks 7 5 6 4 3 Q   S Warboys 3 2 3
  Antonio Zugarelli 1 3 2 2   J Connors 6 6 6
2   Jimmy Connors 6 6 6

References edit

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links edit

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