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]
Doubles | |
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1976 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships | |
Champion | Ray Ruffels Allan Stone |
Runner-up | Mike Cahill John Whitlinger |
Score | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Draw | 32 |
Seeds | 2 |
Seeds
edit- Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez (first round)
- Juan Gisbert Sr. / Manuel Orantes (first round, withdrew)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
editSemifinals | 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
editFirst 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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 – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).