1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles

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The 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles was an event of the 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships tennis tournament and was played on outdoor green clay courts at the Longwood Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts in the United States from August 23 through August 30, 1976. The draw comprised 64 players and two of them were seeded. Second-seeded Björn Borg was the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships singles champion and retained his title by defeating Harold Solomon in the final, 6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Singles

1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Score

6–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2

Details

Draw

64

Seeds

2

Events

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Seeds

01.

Jimmy Connors (Quarterfinals)

02. Björn Borg (Champion)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	1	Jimmy Connors	3	6	3

		Raúl Ramírez	6	3	6
									Raúl Ramírez	6	2	2

									Harold Solomon	4	6	6
		Paolo Bertolucci	6	2

		Harold Solomon	7	6
																Harold Solomon	7	4	1

															2	Björn Borg	6	6	6
		Eddie Dibbs	2	6	7

		Guillermo Vilas	6	2	5
									Eddie Dibbs	6	2	1

								2	Björn Borg	7	6	6
		Adriano Panatta	2	4

	2	Björn Borg	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	1	Jimmy Connors	7	6
		Steve Krulevitz	5	4				1	Jimmy Connors	6	6
		Jeff Borowiak	3	4					Víctor Pecci	4	3
		Víctor Pecci	6	6											1	Jimmy Connors	2	6	6
		Rolf Thung	4	1												Jiří Hřebec	6	2	3
		Jiří Hřebec	6	6					Jiří Hřebec	7	6
		Nick Saviano	2	6	6				Kim Warwick	6	2
		Kim Warwick	6	4	7																	1	Jimmy Connors	3	6	3
		Raúl Ramírez	6	7																			Raúl Ramírez	6	3	6
		František Pála	3	5					Raúl Ramírez	6	4
		Patricio Cornejo	7	4	6				Patricio Cornejo	4	1^r
		Tom Gullikson	6	6	2											Raúl Ramírez	6	6
		Brian Gottfried	6	6												Brian Gottfried	2	4
		Juan Gisbert Sr.	3	1					Brian Gottfried	6	6	6
		Ismail El Shafei	6	6					Ismail El Shafei	7	3	2
		Mike Cahill	4	3

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Manuel Orantes	4	4
		Paolo Bertolucci	6	6					Paolo Bertolucci	7	6
		Doug Crawford	4	6	3				Ricardo Cano	6	3
		Ricardo Cano	6	1	6											Paolo Bertolucci	6	6
		Wojciech Fibak	6	4	6											Wojciech Fibak	1	2
		Bill Scanlon	1	6	4				Wojciech Fibak	6	6
		Ferdi Taygan	3	1					Gerald Battrick	3	1
		Gerald Battrick	6	6																			Paolo Bertolucci	6	2
		Harold Solomon	2	6	6																		Harold Solomon	7	6
		Jun Kuki	6	2	1				Harold Solomon	6	6
		Iván Molina	2	6	6				Iván Molina	2	1
		Bob Hewitt	6	1	2											Harold Solomon	6	6
		Stan Smith	3	7	6											John Alexander	2	1
		Tim Gullikson	6	6	4				Stan Smith	7	6	3
		John Alexander	6	3	6				John Alexander	6	7	6
		Jürgen Fassbender	1	6	1

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Pat Cramer	1	6	2
		Ray Ruffels	6	3	6				Ray Ruffels	4	4
		Hans Kary	4	6	6				Hans Kary	6	6
		Pat DuPré	6	1	3											Hans Kary	4	3
		Charlie Pasarell	6	7												Eddie Dibbs	6	6
		Geoff Masters	3	5					Charlie Pasarell	4	4
		Belus Prajoux	4	3					Eddie Dibbs	6	6
		Eddie Dibbs	6	6																			Eddie Dibbs	2	6	7
		Lito Álvarez	6	6																			Guillermo Vilas	6	2	5
		Norman Holmes	3	3					Lito Álvarez	6	6	1
		José Higueras	6	4	2				Jaime Fillol	7	1	6
		Jaime Fillol	4	6	6											Jaime Fillol	5	4
		Jairo Velasco Sr.	3	6	7											Guillermo Vilas	7	6
		François Jauffret	6	1	6				Jairo Velasco Sr.	5	6	5
		Jean-Louis Haillet	3	4					Guillermo Vilas	7	3	7
		Guillermo Vilas	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Mike Estep	6	2	2
		Mark Edmondson	3	6	6				Mark Edmondson	7	6
		Álvaro Betancur	5	2					Corrado Barazzutti	6	2
		Corrado Barazzutti	7	6												Mark Edmondson	2	3
		Ramiro Benavides	1	6	6											Adriano Panatta	6	6
		Allan Stone	6	4	4				Ramiro Benavides	2	0
		Tonino Zugarelli	3	6					Adriano Panatta	6	6
		Adriano Panatta	6	7																			Adriano Panatta	2	4
		Jim Delaney	7	6																		2	Björn Borg	6	6
		Brian Fairlie	5	2					Jim Delaney	4	6
		Éric Deblicker	3	3					Ross Case	6	7
		Ross Case	6	6												Ross Case	0	7	3
		Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6	7											2	Björn Borg	6	5	6
		Terry Ryan	4	5					Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	2	1
		John Whitlinger	3	1				2	Björn Borg	6	6
	2	Björn Borg	6	6

References

^ "Borg stops Solomon for Pro Tennis Championship". The Capital Times. AP. August 31, 1976. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 95–96. ISBN 9780354090117.
^ "1976 Boston – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

ITF tournament edition details

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