1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Champion Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
Runner-up Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
Score3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Draw32
Seeds2

The 1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles 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 32 teams of which two were seeded. Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez were the defending U.S. Pro Tennis Championships doubles champions but lost in the first round. The unseeded team of Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez won the title by defeating the team of Mike Cahill and John Whitlinger, also unseeded, in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 7–6.[1][2][3]

Seeds

  1. Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez (first round)
  2. Juan Gisbert Sr. / Manuel Orantes (first round, withdrew)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
  Mark Edmondson
John Marks
2 4
  Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
6 6
Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
3 6 7
Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
6 3 6
  Charlie Pasarell
Stan Smith
6 1
  Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
7 6

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez
4 6 2
Mark Edmondson
John Marks
6 3 6 Mark Edmondson
John Marks
6 6
Ramiro Benavides
František Pála
3 3 Iván Molina
Jairo Velasco Sr.
1 4
Iván Molina
Jairo Velasco Sr.
6 6 Mark Edmondson
John Marks
2 6 6
John Alexander
Mike Estep
7 6 John Alexander
Mike Estep
6 4 4
Raz Reid
Rolf Thung
6 4 John Alexander
Mike Estep
1 6 6
Hank Pfister
Bill Scanlon
6 6 7 Hank Pfister
Bill Scanlon
6 4 3
Pat DuPré
Ferdi Taygan
7 0 6 Mark Edmondson
John Marks
2 4
Ross Case
Geoff Masters
4 6 Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
6 6
Jim McManus
Tenny Svensson
6 7 Jim McManus
Tenny Svensson
1 1
Gerald Battrick
Norman Holmes
6 1r Ricardo Cano
Belus Prajoux
6 6
Ricardo Cano
Belus Prajoux
7 3 Ricardo Cano
Belus Prajoux
0 6 3
Éric Deblicker
Jean-Louis Haillet
2 1 Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
6 3 6
Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
6 6 Ray Ruffels
Allan Stone
6 6
Jiří Hřebec
Hans Kary
2 2 Jeff Borowiak
Bob Hewitt
1 1
Jeff Borowiak
Bob Hewitt
6 6

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
6 6
Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson
3 4 Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
7 7
Cliff Letcher
Kim Warwick
6 6 Cliff Letcher
Kim Warwick
6 6
Pat Cramer
Steve Krulevitz
3 0 Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
3 4
Jerry Cromwell
Paul Sullivan
2 7 2 Charlie Pasarell
Stan Smith
6 6
Bill Cashman
Bill Drake
6 5 6 Bill Cashman
Bill Drake
3 2
Ismail El Shafei
Brian Fairlie
3 1r Charlie Pasarell
Stan Smith
6 6
Charlie Pasarell
Stan Smith
6 3 Charlie Pasarell
Stan Smith
6 1
Eddie Dibbs
Harold Solomon
6 6 Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
7 6
Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol
4 1 Eddie Dibbs
Harold Solomon
7 5 6
Elio Lito Alvarez
Víctor Pecci
6 6 6 Elio Lito Alvarez
Víctor Pecci
6 7 4
Álvaro Betancur
Jun Kuki
3 7 2 Eddie Dibbs
Harold Solomon
Paul Kronk
Frew McMillan
6 6 5 Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
w/o
Jim Delaney
Mike MacHette
7 3 7 Jim Delaney
Mike MacHette
6 3
Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
w/o Mike Cahill
John Whitlinger
7 6
2 Juan Gisbert Sr.
Manuel Orantes

References

  1. ^ "Borg stops Solomon for Pro Tennis Championship". The Capital Times. AP. August 31, 1976. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1977). World of Tennis 1977 : a BP yearbook. London: Macdonald and Janes. pp. 95–96. ISBN 9780354090117.
  3. ^ "1976 Boston – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).